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MIT-Harvard Conference Explorations in Cyber International Relations ( ECIR )

MIT-Harvard Conference Explorations in Cyber International Relations ( ECIR ). New Politics in International Relations? Nazli Choucri , Political Science Collaboration : David Clark, CSAIL Stuart Madnick, Sloan School

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MIT-Harvard Conference Explorations in Cyber International Relations ( ECIR )

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  1. MIT-Harvard Conference Explorations in Cyber International Relations (ECIR) New Politics in International Relations? NazliChoucri, Political Science Collaboration: David Clark, CSAIL Stuart Madnick, Sloan School Research Robert Reardon, Ph.D. Political Science Assistance: Gaurav Agarwal, SM, SDM Nancy Chen,Undergraduate UROP OSD Minerva Research Project at MIT & Harvard Explorations in Cyber International Relations

  2. Focusing on Basics – Three Questions • 1. International relations theories are anchored in 20 C. • experience. How portable are they for 21st C. realities? • If so how? • If not why not? • 2. Can we relate the “real” & cyber features of international • relation in intellectually defensible ways? • What are the “real” factors, • the cyber & the linkages? • 3. What do we know about cyber conflicts and cyber • cooperation to date? • Can we define types? • Can we identify cases?

  3. 1. Exploring Portability • Levels of analysis • The Individual needs, demands, etc. • The State features, constituencies, capacity • The International System state & non-state entities • The Global System human & natural systems, • Contending Theoretical “Lenses” • Realism national security & power politics • Liberalism the “open society” • Institutionalism structured organized collaboration • Constructivism cognitive & cultural focus • Global Perspective globalization & its effects • Cyber access is relevant at all levels. Different theories • highlight or “see” different features of cyberspace.

  4. 2. Connecting “Real” & Cyber IR* • Identifying linkages is based on two major tasks • Mapping Cyberspace • Identifying Control Points

  5. Structure & Process Real & Cyber International Institutions Level of Analysis in International Relations Actors in the Cyber “Playing Field” Incidents & Intensity 5 OSD Minerva Research Project at Harvard & MIT Explorations in Cyber International Relations

  6. 3. Cyber Conflicts & Security Threats • TYPES CASES • I. Cyber Threats to National Security • Militarization of cyberspace • Cyber threats to Infrastructure • Cyber terrorism • Cyber warfare • II. Cyber Conflicts for Strategic Advantage • State power for political control • Political competition via cyber venues • Cyber Crime and Cyber Espionage • III. Contentions over Cyber Structure & Process • End-to end-argument • “Code is law” • Layers principle • “Network neutrality”

  7. Source: “War in the Fifth Domain” The Economist July 3, 2010, pg. 26. Example - Infected IP Addresses

  8. 4. Cyber Collaboration & Coordination • TYPES CASES • I. Cyber Governance • Networked Governance • Institutions for Cyber Management        • Institutions for Cyber Security • International Cyber Treaties • II. Global Norms & Public Goods • Politicizing Cyber Rights • Consolidating New Norms      • Facilitating Knowledge Provision • III. Toward a Global Agenda • Internationalizing Cyber Supports • Framing New Cyber Behaviors • Exploring Treaty Precedents • Supporting Sustainability

  9. The following sessions will explore these & related issues in some detail.

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