Cyber offense in NATO: challenges and opportunities.
As a response to the Russian invasion of Crimea, NATO returned to the core military concepts of deterrence and collective defence. This NATO adaption has recently come to include attempts to integrate offensive cyber effects into NATO force structure and response doctrine. The article argues—counter...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 97; no. 3; pp. 703 - 721 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2021
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