Hybridity, Conflict, and the Global Politics of Cybersecurity

Fabio Cristiano is assistant professor in conflict studies at Utrecht University and associate fellow of The Hague Program on International Cyber Security. He 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).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: Hybridity and Conflict in Cyberspace: Rethinking the Emergent Character of International Cybersecurity by Fabio Cristiano & Bibi van den BergPart I: Emerging Normative PracticesChapter 2: The New Era of Internet Governance: Technical Fragmentation and Digital Sovereignty Entanglements by Roxana Radu & Giovanni De GregorioChapter 3: Is International Law Fading Away in State Practice on Cyber Operations? by François DelerueChapter 4: The Hybrid Role of the Big Tech Companies and the Impact of Courts on the Making of Cyber Norms by Jan Martin LemnitzerPart II: Emerging Threats and TechnologiesChapter 5: Disinformation Campaigns and Norms of Emergency Communication in Cyberspace by Taylor GrossmanChapter 6: Influence Operations in Cyberspace: How They Really Work by Peter Pijpers & Paul DucheineChapter 7: The Challenges Associated with AI’s Military Innovation: Examining Practitioner Perspectives in the United Kingdom by Amy ErtanPart III: Emerging ActorsChapter 8:

Insightful and empirically rich, this impressive volume unpicks the complex interplay of politics, institutions, and values in the making and remaking of global cybersecurity. Its attention to hybrid forms of governance is an important contribution to understanding the politics of technology in the digital 21st century.