Noelle Van der Waag-Cowling
Stellenbosch University, Faculty Of Military Science, Chair of School for Geospatial Studies and Information Systems
COIN, cyber strategy, hybrid warfare and cyber warfare. Science Communication.
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The chapters in this volume strive to enlighten the debate by laying out the concepts, clarifying theoretical issues, and providing empirical evidence. The case studies draw on Canada, Guyana, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. They examine ethno-cultural, gender, and sexual-minority diversity in a variety of missions, including Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan. The chapters are notable for their methodological pluralism and interdisciplinary range including political science, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. Although scholarly in nature, the book is readily accessible to professionals and practitioners alike.
to do so. From a developmental perspective, they are profoundly resource- and time-intensive, with
an accompanying and persistent risk of obsolescence. From a norms perspective, they pose the risk of
offensive cyber capability (OCC) proliferation amongst states and malign non-state actors, a situation
aggravated by the dual-use nature of digital technologies (2). However, unlike kinetic weapons, properly
purposed cyber weapons offer the proposition of varying options for states, which can be stealthy,
extremely precise, and even de-escalatory (3). Conversely, a poorly reconnoitred and constructed cyber
exploit can be blunt and cause considerable collateral damage with far-reaching disruption and damage.
The chapters in this volume strive to enlighten the debate by laying out the concepts, clarifying theoretical issues, and providing empirical evidence. The case studies draw on Canada, Guyana, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. They examine ethno-cultural, gender, and sexual-minority diversity in a variety of missions, including Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan. The chapters are notable for their methodological pluralism and interdisciplinary range including political science, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. Although scholarly in nature, the book is readily accessible to professionals and practitioners alike.
to do so. From a developmental perspective, they are profoundly resource- and time-intensive, with
an accompanying and persistent risk of obsolescence. From a norms perspective, they pose the risk of
offensive cyber capability (OCC) proliferation amongst states and malign non-state actors, a situation
aggravated by the dual-use nature of digital technologies (2). However, unlike kinetic weapons, properly
purposed cyber weapons offer the proposition of varying options for states, which can be stealthy,
extremely precise, and even de-escalatory (3). Conversely, a poorly reconnoitred and constructed cyber
exploit can be blunt and cause considerable collateral damage with far-reaching disruption and damage.