The Case for Cyber and Cyber-Physical Weapons: India’s Grand Strategy and Diplomatic Goals

Arun Mohan Sukumar

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Abstract: This briefing document articulates a grand strategy for India to pursue the development of cyber and cyber-physical weapons, with a view to manage conflicts and the future balance of power in Asia.India must work towards creating a new legal and political architecture around cyber and cyber-physical weapons. Were such an order to emerge, India should enter it as a manager and not exclusively as a subject, disaggregating any links with the extant nuclear nonproliferation regime. The objective of regime creation can be pursued at an advanced stage of capabilities, with a view to limit their actual deployment in conflict. New Delhi should help ensure that cyber and cyber-physical weapons are not accessible to actors who pose a strategic threat in Asia.

Keywords: India; development; cyber; cyber-physical weapon; conflicts; balance of power; Asia; legal; political architecture; New Delhi; advanced stage of capability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07
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