Cyber Peace
Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace

Chapters and essays thinking through both the meaning of, and the mechanisms for achieving, cyber peace.

Scott J. Shackelford (Edited by), Frederick Douzet (Edited by), Christopher Ankersen (Edited by)

9781108845038, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 May 2022

300 pages
23.5 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg

'Is it possible to find peace in a digital world where cyberattacks continue to become more robust, sophisticated and dangerous? And how do we begin to define the term 'cyber peace?' The contributors to this important and timely volume explore an agenda for illuminating a concept that, despite its global impact, eludes easy definition and presents considerable difficulties. They also attempt to sketch a digital ecosystem in which resiliency, safety, and stability are possible despite major challenges. But by wrestling with these complex and intricate problems, they lay the groundwork for how humankind can make fundamental and transformative use of today's extraordinary technological advancements, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, without sacrificing our individual freedoms, our democracy, and our security.' Michael A. McRobbie, University Chancellor, President Emeritus, and University Professor Indiana University

The international community is too often focused on responding to the latest cyber-attack instead of addressing the reality of pervasive and persistent cyber conflict. From ransomware against the city government of Baltimore to state-sponsored campaigns targeting electrical grids in Ukraine and the U.S., we seem to have relatively little bandwidth left over to ask what we can hope for in terms of 'peace' on the Internet, and how to get there. It's also important to identify the long-term implications for such pervasive cyber insecurity across the public and private sectors, and how they can be curtailed. This edited volume analyzes the history and evolution of cyber peace and reviews recent international efforts aimed at promoting it, providing recommendations for students, practitioners and policymakers seeking an understanding of the complexity of international law and international relations involved in cyber peace. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Part I. Beyond Stability, Toward Cyber Peace: Key Concepts, Visions, and Models of Cyber Peace: 1. Cyber Peace: Is that a thing? Renée Marlin-Bennett
2. Domestic digital repression and cyber peace Jessica Steinberg, Cyanne E. Loyle, and Federica Carugati
Part II. Modalities: How Might Cyber Peace Be Achieved? What Practices and Processes Might Need to Be Followed in Order to Make it a Reality?: 3. Information sharing as a critical best practice for the sustainability of cyber peace Deborah Housen-Couriel
4. De-escalation pathways and disruptive technology: cyber operations as off-ramps to war Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen
5. Cyber peace and intrastate armed conflicts: toward cyber peacebuilding? Jean-Marie Chenou and John K. Bonilla-Aranzales
6. Artificial intelligence in cyber peace Tabrez Y. Ebrahim
Part III. Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
7. Contributing to cyber peace by maximizing the potential for deterrence: criminalization of cyberattacks under the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute Jennifer Trahan
8. Trust but verify: diverse verifiers are a prerequisite to cyber peace Rob Knake and Adam Shostack
9. Building cyber peace while preparing for cyber war Frédérick Douzet, Aude Géry, and François Delerue
Part IV. Reflections and Research Notes: 10. Imagining cyber peace: an interview with a cyber peace pioneer Camille François and Christopher Ankersen
11. Overcoming barriers to empirical cyber research Anne E. Boustead and Scott J. Shackelford
12. Bits and 'peaces': solving the jigsaw to secure cyberspace Stéphane Duguin, Rebekah Lewis, Francesca Bosco, and Juliana Crema
13. Cyber hygiene can support cyber peace Megan Stifel, Kayle Giroud and Ryan Walsh
14. Crowdsourcing cyber peace and cybersecurity Vineet Kumar
15. Advanced persistent threat groups increasingly destabilize peace and security in cyberspace Anne-Marie Buzatu.

Subject Areas: International organisations & institutions [LBBU], International humanitarian law [LBBS], Public international law [LBB], Law [L], Armed conflict [JPWS], International relations [JPS]