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Euro-Atlantic security: a path to the future / Lukov, V; Austin, Greg; Hennig, Ortwin; Baranovsky, V

Lukov, V	Journal Article
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Publication	2010.
Summary/Abstract	The idea of writing this report emerged in a situation that, to put it mildly, was not conducive to a grand scientific and political debate over European security issues. Even though the cannonade in South Ossetia had already died down, a full-blown diplomatic exchange of fire continued between the West and Russia over the Caucasus war.

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United States ; Russia ; France ; South Ossetia ; Euro - Atlantic Security ; European Security Issues ;
Caucasus War ; Russia - NATO Council

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ID: 153903

Pre-emption is victory: aggravated nuclear instability of the information age / Sharikov, Pavel; Austin, Greg

Austin, Greg	Journal Article
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Leading US military figures have discussed the use of pre-emptive cyberattack to disable or disrupt enemy nuclear missiles. While Russia does not appear to have such a highly developed concept, it now sees US plans to disrupt the command and control of its nuclear weapons as the main threat it faces at the strategic level of warfare. Cyberweapons and strategies have brought us to a situation of aggravated nuclear instability that needs to be more explicitly and openly addressed in the diplomacy of leading powers, both in private and in public. This article draws attention to a convergence between Russian interest in pre-emptive attack and reasonable views of Western strategists and scholars that the character of cyberspace favors offense and may encourage pre-emptive action. Since bilateral arms-control regimes for cyberspace are unlikely given the difficulty of verification and escalating US-Russian tension, states should commit to restraint regarding cyberattacks on nuclear military assets.

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Nuclear Weapons ; Deterrence ; United States ; China ; Russia ; Information Operations ;
Cyberwar ; Strategic Stability ; Pre-emption ; Cyberweapons

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ID: 176531

Strategic Implications of China’s Weak Cyber Defences / Austin, Greg

Austin, Greg	Journal Article
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China has far less incentive than the United States to conduct the sort of military campaign in which overall military success depends on success in cyber defence.

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Strategic Implications ; China’s Weak Cyber Defences

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