WPR's The New Rules: Don't Fear U.S. Cyber Deterrence
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 9:59AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, US, WPR Column, cyberwarfare

It is tempting to view the Obama administration's new cyber strategy as the creation of yet another "conflict domain" to worry about in U.S. national security. Thus, in our enduring habit of piling new fears on top of old ones -- nuclear proliferation, terror, rising powers and failed states, among others -- we imagine yet another vulnerability/threat/enemy to address with buckets of money. In truth, the strategy document is just our government finally acknowledging that, as usual, any fruitful international dialogue on this subject awaits the first move by the system's most advanced military power.

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