Cyber Conflicts and Political Power in Information Societies

摘要: When asked what his goal was for the 1815 Waterloo Campaign, Duke of Wellington answered “Why, to beat French” (Gray 1984, 9).1 By French he meant Napoleon, and by beating him defeating good, so that Napoleon could not pose a threat European states any longer. A conflict most effective means achieve this goal. Fast-forward two hundred years, now is China vs USA, domain cyberspace where has been launching attacks against USA at least four years acquire relevant information from companies governmental offices. The would like stop cyber-attacks, best response in case but diplomatic move: American Chinese presidents meet define bilateral agreements state-run cyber-attacks between their countries. This won either actors, solved both them.