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<P><i>Cyber Blockades</i> is the first book to examine the phenomena of blockade operations in cyberspace, large-scale attacks on infrastructure or systems that aim to prevent an entire state from sending or receiving electronic data. Cyber blockades can take place through digital, physical, and/or electromagnetic means. Blockade operations have historically been considered acts of war, thus their emergence in cyberspace has significant implications for international law and for our understanding of cyber warfare. </P><P>The author defines and explains the emerging concept of “cyber blockades” and presents a unique comparison of blockade operations in five different domains—on land, at sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace—identifying common elements as well as important distinctions. Alison Lawlor Russell’s framework for defining cyber blockades, understanding how they occur, and considering the motivations of actors who employ them is applied with in-depth analysis of the cyber attacks on Estonia in 2007 and on Georgia during the 2008 Georgia-Russia War. </P><P>Blockade operations have occurred in cyberspace and will doubtlessly be used again in the future, by both state a

Author

Alison Lawlor Russell

Publisher

Washington DC: Georgetown University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781626161122

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Social_sciences