As a geographer I find the discussion illuminating. Despite the
challenges to conventional - or traditional - notions of territory and
sovereignty that information and the internet represent, we
(practitioners, activists, academics, etc.) continue to try to ground
notions of cyberwar in the almost 350 year-old Westphalian way of
organizing and demarcating political space.
Maybe the way we relate to cyberwar isn't so "cyber" after all?
Cameran
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Ph.D. student
Department of Geography
University of California, Los Angeles
Quoting Alex Comninos <[email protected]>:
Political science generally defines war as over 1,000 casualties per
year as a result of political conflict. Being a political scientist, I
find cyberwar meaningless. Perhaps information conflict is a better
term? The word "war" also generates fear, and state response, as well
as extraordinary measures to deal with it, which are not always nice
(think PATRIOT Act and NDAA 1021). Using the word war can escalate
conflict. So lets rather not use it.
Thanks for initating this discussion.
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