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The Theory of Lateral Pressure Highlights of Quantification & Empirical Analysis
(SSRN, 2016-11-11)Lateral Pressure refers to any tendency (or propensity) of individuals and societies to expand their activities and exert influence and control beyond their established boundaries, whether for economic, political, military, ... -
Three views of cyberspace
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-01-05)The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to an important but perhaps under- appreciated aspect of the Internet: the emergent idea of a global commons in the use of the Internet, in which people might transcend national ... -
Tools of engagement: Mapping the tussles in cyberspace
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-03-12)This paper has been prepared as part of the Explorations in Cyber International Relations project being carried out at MIT, Harvard and collaborating institutions. The goal of this paper is to lay the groundwork for the ... -
Toward the design of a future Internet
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009-10-10)This document is one very preliminary proposal for the design of a Future Internet—an outline of requirements and architecture. This document should only be seen as a first step in such a proposal; there are many parts ... -
Understanding cyber complexity: Systems modeling and the financial services sector
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-02)Recent developments within the financial services sector have demonstrated that as the diffusion of cyber enabled technologies increases, so too does dependency on a cyber infrastructure susceptible to failure, outages, ... -
Understanding ICANN’s complexity in a growing and changing Internet
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The ever-increasing relevance of the Internet in all aspects of our lives has significantly raised the interest of cyberspace in the political, economical and international spheres. Internet governance and its future design ... -
What is cybersecurity? Explorations in automated knowledge generation
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-11-06)This paper addresses a serious impediment to theory and policy for cybersecurity: Trivial as it might appear on the surface, there is no agreed upon understanding of the issue, no formal definition, and not even a consensus ...
