Conditions of Cyber Warfare: The Russian Federation's Use of Cyber Warfare in Estonia in 2007 and in Georgia in 2008
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Nething, Constance Julia
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense
- Abstract
- In this thesis, I aim to answer this question: Under what conditions will a country use cyber warfare as a tool of war? I argue that there are three conditions under which countries, in particular the Russian Federation, decide to use cyber warfare: when the country wants to utilize the ambiguity and surprise aspects of cyber warfare, when it does not want to commit the necessary resources for a physical war, or when it wants to attack another country on all fronts (both physical and cyber) and wage a full war. There are two particular case studies that I use as evidence: the Russian Federation’s cyber attacks on Estonia in 2007, and on Georgia in 2008. I argue that the Russian Federation attacked Estonia in order to utilize the ambiguous and surprise elements of cyber attacks and due to a lack of commitment of physical resources, as well as a test pilot for its real goal, which was to attack Georgia in a full cyber and physical war.
- Date of publication
- spring 2014
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- Funding: None
- Advisor
- Johnson, Erica
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors level
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- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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