Cybersecurity
Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.
Fall 2011 · Cyberpolitics in International Relations: Theory, Methods, Policy
This course focuses on cyberspace and its implications for private and public, sub-national, national, and international actors and entities.
Readings
- Kay, Sean. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in Global Security in the Twenty-first Century . Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2011.
- Easton, David. A Systems Analysis of Political Life . John Wiley & Sons, 1965. ISBN: 9780471229407.
- Choucri, Nazli, and David D. Clark. Cyberspace and International Relations: Toward an Integrated System . Version 8-25 for internal ECIR review, August 2011. ()
- Kahler, M., ed. Chapters 1 and 11 in Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance . Cornell University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780801474767.
- Zittrain, Jonathan L. Internet Law Jurisdiction (Internet Law Series) . Foundation Press, 2005.
- Benkler, Y. Chapters 2 and 4 in The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom . Yale University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780300125771.
- Dunne, Tim, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith, eds. Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 in International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity . Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780199548866.
- Choucri, Nazli, and Robert C. North. “Lateral Pressure Theory in International Relations: Concept and Theory.” In Handbook of War Studies . Edited by Manus I. Midlarsky. Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 289–326. ISBN: 9780044970552.
- Choucri, Nazli. “The Theory of Lateral Pressure: Highlights.” MIT . Unpublished note, 2011.
- Required reading related to Professor Madnick’s lecture:
- Recommended reading related to Professor Madnick’s lecture:
- Lessing, Lawrence. Chapter 6 in Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy . Penguin Press, 2008.
- Latham, Robert, ed. Chapters 7, 11 and 12 in Bombs and Bandwidth: The Emerging Relationship Between Information Technology and Security . New Press, 2003. ISBN: 9781565848627.
- Lessig, L. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace . Basic Books, 1999. ISBN: 9780465039128.
- Mahoney, James, and Kathleen Thelen, eds. Chapter 1 in Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power . Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780521134323.
- Simon, Herbert A. The Sciences of the Artificial . 2nd ed. MIT press, 1981. ISBN: 9780262191937.
- Capra, Fritjof. The Hidden Connections: Integrating The Biological, Cognitive, And Social Dimensions Of Life Into A Science Of Sustainability . Doubleday Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780385494717.
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as IDS.050[J] , MAS.460[J] Subject meets with 17.448[J] , IDS.350[J] , MAS.660[J] Prereq: None U (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units. HASS-S
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