Conflict, Risk, and Tech
Oct 28, 2019
The zero-day war? How cyber is reshaping the future of the most combustible conflicts
By
Simon Handler
Conventional wisdom would suggest that scaled-up capabilities, growing competition, and the proliferation of malware across cyberspace presents a legitimate risk of escalation in state conflict, transcending the cyber domain toward the kinetic. However, recent history has shown that states have more often availed themselves of their offensive cyber arsenals to achieve surprisingly de-escalatory effects.
