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Choucri, Nazli. Cyberpolitics in international relations. MIT press, 2012.

Review

td;dr Traditional IR theory stinks. Also, computers are a thing people should care about.

Cyberpolitics is one of first books that pushed the IR community to think about cybersecurity in a meaningful way. Choucri argues that cyberspace constitutes a new “space”, and as such, “provide[s] opportunities for expanding power and influence in world politics” (p. 5).

Choucri argues that traditional IR theory has failed us. It is static, state-focused, unable to combine perspectives, and ignorant or unwilling to address change.  IR theory must be modified to address cyberspace.

Below are some of my notes, with definitions and quotes. I recommend you check out Clark’s model of cyberspace for an IR-cyber stack.

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