GEO INFORMATION POLITICS

摘要

In the realm of geopolitics-in wars hot, cold and in between-superpower relationships can be murky and alliances fluid. In a world increasingly automated and interconnected, those same dynamics are carrying over to the virtual battlegrounds of information technology and cyberspace. Taken to an extreme, the combat and its fallout would not necessarily be limited to nation-states. The collateral damage to businesses, markets and economies could be immeasurable. For the moment, underscore the words "could be." Although certain incidents have had apparent military or espionage motivations-the documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden are full of examples-significant or lasting real-world consequences have been hard to discern, let alone quantify.