Time's Battleland: (CYBER) Cyber Warfare Treaty: DOA, Thanks to President and Pentagon

Monday, June 25, 2012 at 11:42AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, Defense, India, Obama Administration, Time's Battleland, US Military, cyberwarfare, security, space

Misha Glenny making a smart case in the New York Times for a cyber arms control treaty, but it won’t happen.

Why?

For the same reason why the U.S. has refused – for many years now – to engage other great powers on a treaty banning space weaponry: our Pentagon wants to dominate that imagine conflict space like any other. This fantasy lives on despite the great private-sector forays into space transport and travel.

Read the entire post at Time's Battleland blog.

Article originally appeared on Thomas P.M. Barnett (https://thomaspmbarnett.com/).