Cyberspace has become the ultimate frontier and central issue of international conflict, geopolitical competition, and security. Emerging threats and technologies continuously challenge the prospect of an open, secure, and free cyberspace. Additionally, the rising influence of technology on society and culture increasingly pushes international diplomacy to establish responsible state behavior in cyberspace and internet governance toward fragmentation and polarization. In this context, novel normative practices and actors are emerging both inside and outside the conventional sites of international diplomacy and global governance. In Hybridity, Conflict, and the Global Politics of Cybersecurity, Fabio Cristiano and Bibi van den Berg explore the hybridity and conflict inherent to these recent processes of remodulation of the global politics of cybersecurity by analyzing emerging normative practices, threats and technologies, and actors. Through this comprehensive analysis, this edited volume ultimately sheds light on the problematic logic of emergence that informs the global politics of cybersecurity and delineates novel normative paths for cyberspace moving forward.
Fabio Cristiano is assistant professor in conflict studies at Utrecht University where he also coordinates the minor in conflict studies. He is an associate fellow of The Hague Program on International Cyber Security and has coedited the volume Artificial Intelligence and International Conflict in Cyberspace (2023). Bibi van den Berg is professor of cybersecurity governance at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. She is head of the cybersecurity governance research group and initiated The Hague Program for Cyber Norms. She has coedited Governing Cyberspace: Behavior, Power, and Diplomacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).
Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Hybridity and Conflict in Cyberspace: Rethinking the Emergent Character of International Cybersecurity by Fabio Cristiano & Bibi van den Berg Part I: Emerging Normative Practices Chapter 2: The New Era of Internet Governance: Technical Fragmentation and Digital Sovereignty Entanglements by Roxana Radu & Giovanni De Gregorio Chapter 3: Is International Law Fading Away in State Practice on Cyber Operations? by Francois Delerue Chapter 4: The Hybrid Role of the Big Tech Companies and the Impact of Courts on the Making of Cyber Norms by Jan Martin Lemnitzer Part II: Emerging Threats and Technologies Chapter 5: Disinformation Campaigns and Norms of Emergency Communication in Cyberspace by Taylor Grossman Chapter 6: Influence Operations in Cyberspace: How They Really Work by Peter Pijpers & Paul Ducheine Chapter 7: The Challenges Associated with AI's Military Innovation: Examining Practitioner Perspectives in the United Kingdom by Amy Ertan Part III: Emerging Actors Chapter 8: The European Normative Venture for 'Technological Sovereignty' in Cyberspace by Cedric Amon Chapter 9: Views From the Middle: Analysing the Positions of India, Indonesia, and South Africa on Cybersecurity at the UN OEWG by Irene Poetranto, Josh Gold, & Justin Lau Chapter 10: Will India Negotiate? The Politics of Multilateral Engagement for Fostering Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace by Arindrajit Basu & Karthik Nachiappan Chapter 11: The Hybrid Place: Civil Society in the Open-Ended Working Group by Andre Barrinha & Louise Marie Hurel Index About the Editors and Contributors
