Abstract
Over the past three decades, state actors have used cyber means in various, often unexpected ways to achieve political goals. This reflects cyberspace’s flexible and adaptable nature as a human-made domain and social technology. This talk will focus on how and why cyberspace has evolved from a fifth domain of warfare to a tool for sub-threshold destabilization, and finally to a resource in strategic competition. Without acknowledging the dynamic and context-dependent nature of how and when cyber capabilities are used, we cannot grasp their impact. We need to understand cyberspace not as an isolated domain or tool, but an integral and underlying condition embedded in increasingly digital societies if we want to understand how key actors adapt(ed) their use of cyber capabilities to changing strategic contexts.
About the speaker
Dr. Myriam Dunn Cavelty is Senior Scientist and Deputy for Research and Teaching at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich.
Language
English.
This is a free hybrid event. Registration is mandatory.
The event will run from 12.30 until 14.00. A cold lunch will be offered from 12.00.