International relations in the cyber age : the co-evolution dilemma / Nazli Choucri and David D. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choucri, Nazli, author.

Clark, David D. (David Dana), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and international relations.

Internet--Political aspects.

Internet.

Internet--Security measures.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : MIT Press, [2019].

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A foundational analysis of the co-evolution of the internet and international relations, examining resultant challenges for individuals, organizations, firms, and states. In our increasingly digital world, data flows define the international landscape as much as the flow of materials and people. How is cyberspace shaping international relations, and how are international relations shaping cyberspace? In this book, Nazli Choucri and David D. Clark offer a foundational analysis of the co-evolution of cyberspace (with the internet as its core) and international relations, examining resultant challenges for individuals, organizations, and states. The authors examine the pervasiveness of power and politics in the digital realm, finding that the internet is evolving much faster than the tools for regulating it. This creates a "co-evolution dilemma"--a new reality in which digital interactions have enabled weaker actors to influence or threaten stronger actors, including the traditional state powers. Choucri and Clark develop a new method for addressing control in the internet age, "control point analysis," and apply it to a variety of situations, including major actors in the international and digital realms: the United States, China, and Google. In doing so they lay the groundwork for a new international relations theory that reflects the reality in which we live--one in which the international and digital realms are inextricably linked and evolving together.

Contents:

I Cyberspace and International Relations p. 1

1 Context and Co-Evolution p. 3

2 Cyberspace: Layers and Interconnections p. 33

3 International Relations: Levels of Analysis p. 67

4 The Cyber-IR System: integrating Cyberspace and International Relations p. 101

5 Co-Evolution and Complexity in Twenty-First-Century International Relations p. 123

II Complexities of Co-Evolution p. 165

6 Control Point Analysis: Locating Power and Leverage p. 167

7 The Power over Control Points: Cases in Context p. 193

8 Cybersecurity and International Complexities p. 209

9 Distributed Internet Governance: Private Authority and International Order p. 247

10 The Co-Evolution Dilemma: Complexity of Transformation and Change p. 287

11 Alternative Futures: Trends and Contingencies p. 315

12 Imperatives of Co-Evolution p. 351.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262349710

026234971X

OCLC:

1077769731

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