International Relations and Security in the Digital Age [Hardcover]

This book examines the impact of the information revolution on international and domestic security, attempting to remedy both the lack of theoretically informed analysis of information security and the US-centric tendency in the existing literature.

International Relations and Security in the Digital Agecovers a range of topics, including: critical infrastructure protection, privacy issues, international cooperation, cyber terrorism, and security policy. It aims to analyze the impact of the information revolution on international and domestic security; examine what existing international relations theories can say about this challenge; and discuss how international relations theory can be developed to better meet this challenge.

The analysis suggests that Liberalisms focus on pluralism, interdependence and globalization, Constructivisms emphasis on language, symbols and images (including virtuality), and some elements of Realist strategic studies (on the specific topic of information warfare) contribute to a better understanding of digital age security.

This book will be of interest to students of security studies, globalization, international relations, and politics and technology.

Introduction.  1. Closing the Gap Between International Relations Theory and Studies of Digital-Age Security  Part 1: The Politics of Threats  2. The Virtual Sanctuary of Al-Qaeda and Terrorism in an Age of Globalization  3. From Cyberterrorism to Cyberwar, Back and Forth: How the United States Securitized Cyberspace  Part 2: The Politics of Protection  4. Securing the Information Age: The Challenges of Complexity for Critical Infrastructure Protection and IR Theory  5. Assessing Theories of Information Technology and Security for the Middle East  6. Public-Private Cooperationl3: