Description
Traditional notions of national security have generally dominated cybersecurity debates, but the response to emerging cybersecurity issues should not merely focus on the militarization of cyberspace. Weaponizing a space heavily populated by civilians has enormous implications for human rights. Yet, cybersecurity studies in international relations have largely overlooked the impact of cybersecurity policies on individuals and communities--including the consequences of surveillance, data overcollection, cybercrime, and cyberbullying. Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity offers a new approach to understanding cybersecurity in international relations. As a counterpoint to existing work, which focuses largely on the security of states, private actors, and infrastructure, chapter authors examine how women and communities across the Global South understand "cybersecurity," including what threats and forms of resistance are most important to them. They make the case that policies need to consider individual human rights by putting people's empowerment and wellbeing at their center. Drawing on feminist and postcolonial theory, the chapters also cover issues that challenge conventional notions of cybersecurity, including disinformation, gender-based violence online, and technology as a neocolonial force. Bringing together contributions from a globally diverse range of authors, Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw provide a human security perspective on cybersecurity that pays attention to the interplay of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and other social hierarchies, especially regarding cybersecurity in the Global South.
Table of Contents
Introduction Anwar Mhajne (Stonehill College) and Alexis Henshaw (Troy University) I. Emerging Issues in Cybersecurity: Gender, Geography, Policy, and Practice Chapter 1: A Call for Human Security in Cyber: Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Cyberspace Crystal Whetstone (Bilkent University) and Luna K.C. (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada) Chapter 2: Cyberspace and the Nouveau Colonialism Erin Saltman (Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism) and Dina Hussein (Meta) II. Cybersecurity and Society in the Global South Chapter 3: Gendered and Postcolonial Perspectives on Data Weaponization in Armed Conflict: The Case of Afghanistan Julia Hofstetter (ICT4Peace Foundation) Chapter 4: Transnational Authoritarianism in Cyberspace: A Case Study of Uyghurs Murat Yilmaz (Kastamonu University) Chapter 5: Disciplinary Power and Feminism: Nudity as Resistance to Cyber Space Bullying in Kenya Margaret Monyani (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and Allan Wefwafwa (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Chapter 6: The Application of IHL on Israeli's Cyber Strategies Against the Palestinians Anwar Mhajne (Stonehill College) Chapter 7: Capacity Building and Cyber Insecurity in Latin America: Geopolitics, Surveillance, and Disinformation Alexis Henshaw (Troy University) Conclusion Anwar Mhajne (Stonehill College) and Alexis Henshaw (Troy University) Index
