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The Russian regime's struggle for internal control drives
multifaceted actions in cyberspace that do not stop at national
borders. Cybercrime, technical hacking, and disinformation are
complementary tools to preserve national power internally while
projecting effects onto myriad neighbors and rivals. Russian
activity in the cyber domain is infamous in the United States and
other Western countries. Weaponizing Cyberspace explores the
Russian proclivity, particularly in the 21st century, for using
cyberspace as an environment in which to launch technical attacks
and disinformation campaigns that sow chaos and distraction in ways
that provide short-term advantage to autocrats in the Kremlin.
Arguing that Russia's goal is to divide people, Sambaluk explains
that Russia's modus operandi in disinformation campaigning is
specifically to find and exploit existing sore spots in other
countries. In the U.S., this often means inflaming political
tensions among people on the far left and far right. Russia's
actions have taken different forms, including the sophisticated
surveillance and sabotage of critical infrastructure, the ransoming
of data by criminal groups, and a welter of often mutually
contradictory disinformation messages that pollute online discourse
within and beyond Russia. Whether deployed to contribute to hybrid
war or to psychological fracture and disillusionment in targeted
societies, the threat is real and must be understood and
effectively addressed. Explains how the legacy of Soviet
information operations and the modern examples of Russian
information operations are similar but not identical to one another
Explores the development of Russian domestic information operations
techniques that can now be applied against foreign powers Describes
the relationships between technical attacks and disinformation
often used in confrontations with countries along Russia's borders
Examines the role of Russian information operations in U.S. social
and political discourse Considers the implications of other
countries' reactions that attempt to eliminate the Russian
information operation's ability to influence society
Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty
members of West Point's United States Military Academy examine
specific cases of past and present military innovation. The
complex, competitive, and dynamic environment that defines war
drives combatants to seek solutions to potentially lethal problems.
As some solutions prove effective, gain traction, and win
emulation, they follow a path of innovation. The chapters address a
broad array of innovations, including in weapon technology,
strategy, research and development philosophy, organization of the
military instrument, and leveraging maps for strategic goals.
Geographically, the examples in this volume span four continents
and the Mediterranean Sea, and chronologically they proceed from
the twelfth century to the twenty first. Collectively, the studies
point to the interconnected value of pursuing constructive
solutions to challenges, networking interdisciplinary forms of
knowledge, appropriately balancing expectations and capabilities,
and understanding an innovation as a journey rather than as an
episodic event.
This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace
"wisdom" about cyber conflict-its effects, character, and
implications for national and individual security in the 21st
century. "Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different
people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by
"cyber" and also with the information operations connected to
social media's role in digital struggle. The author discusses
numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its
presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and
location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve
blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author
outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need
modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized
conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in
the modern world. After distinguishing between the nature of
warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the
widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second
half of the book explores the role of social media and the
consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in
21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in
computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the
practicality of people's relationships with institutions and
trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things. Provides
an overview of the numerous myths and realities associated with all
aspects of cyber warfare Explains how the leveraging of social
media shapes political discourse and frays cultural norms Shows how
advanced persistent threats engage in espionage against critical
infrastructure Reveals how individuals and criminal groups conduct
an array of nefarious cyber activities with wide-ranging levels of
skill
This reference work examines how sophisticated cyber-attacks and
innovative use of social media have changed conflict in the digital
realm, while new military technologies such as drones and robotic
weaponry continue to have an impact on modern warfare. Cyber
warfare, social media, and the latest military weapons are
transforming the character of modern conflicts. This book explains
how, through overview essays written by an award-winning author of
military history and technology topics; in addition to more than
200 entries dealing with specific examples of digital and physical
technologies, categorized by their relationship to cyber warfare,
social media, and physical technology areas. Individually, these
technologies are having a profound impact on modern conflicts;
cumulatively, they are dynamically transforming the character of
conflicts in the modern world. The book begins with a comprehensive
overview essay on cyber warfare and a large section of A-Z
reference entries related to this topic. The same detailed coverage
is given to both social media and technology as they relate to
conflict in the 21st century. Each of the three sections also
includes an expansive bibliography that serves as a gateway for
further research on these topics. The book ends with a detailed
chronology that helps readers place all the key events in these
areas. Provides fascinating information about cyber weapons that
effectively strike through cyberspace to weaken and even cripple
its target Demonstrates how social media is employed in conflicts
in innovative ways, including communication, propaganda, and
psychological warfare Explores potential technology avenues related
to ensuring the continued military advantages of the United States
Identifies and describes nuclear, precision, and other
technological capabilities that have historically been the preserve
of superpowers but have been newly acquired by various states
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