Cyber Deterrence: The Past, Present, and Future

Author(s): Max Smeets, Stefan Soesanto
Series: Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies
Publisher(s): Springer
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Cham, Switzerland

Today, cyber deterrence remains central for the political debates on cyber policy. However, does the concept of deterrence in cyberspace have a future when for almost three decades little to no seemingly feasible practical solutions nor an academic consensus have emerged? In this chapter, CSS researchers Stefan Soesanto and Max Smeets situate the current debate on cyber deterrence within the historical evolution of deterrence thinking in cyberspace, clarify the existing conceptualizations, and comprehensively discuss whether the concept of cyber deterrence has an analytical future.

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