ECIR is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research program that seeks to create a field of international cyber relations for the 21st century. It is designed as a theoretically rich, and technically informed initiative anchored in diverse tools and methods to identify, measure, model, interpret, and analyze emergent issues, challenges, and responses. http://ecir.mit.edu/ The ECIR research plan integrates social sciences, legal studies, computer science, and policy analysis. The research team brings together personnel and institutional resources from MIT and Harvard.

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  • Lost in cyberspace: Harnessing the Internet, international relations, and global security 

    Choucri, Nazli; Goldsmith, Daniel (Sage Journals/© 2012 Nazli Choucri, & Daniel Goldsmith, 2012-03-01)
    Early in the twenty-first century, new, cyber-based threats to the well-being of individuals, economies, and societies added a new dimension to the well-understood threats of the twentieth century. For the first time in ...
  • Cyber 9/12 student challenge 

    Wolff, Josephine; Young, William E.; Smith, Evann (© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-06-15)
    On June 15, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), held the first student competition devoted to high-level policy recommendations for day-after ...
  • Cyber international relations as an integrated system 

    Vaishnav, Chintan; Choucri, Nazli; Clark, David D. (© INCOSE, 2012-06-18)
    International Relations (IR) – whether in pursuit of wealth or power – have been traditionally predicated upon the dominance of the State and the effectiveness of geographical boundaries. The Internet has shattered these ...

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