Digital recognition: cybersecurity and internet infrastructure in UAE–Israel diplomacy.
The 2020 Israel–UAE Abraham Accords normalized these states' relations, with heavy emphasis on digital technologies. International Relations theories of recognition, however, hardly consider the role digital technologies play in establishing recognition between states. What role, then, did digital t...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 100; no. 6; pp. 2399 - 2419 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2024
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