Securing Democracies
Defending Against Cyber Attacks and Disinformation in the Digital Age
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2026
Book
Hardback
423 pages
978-1-009-57413-6 (ISBN)
Description
Securing Democracies examines the attacks on voting processes and the broader informational environment in which elections take place. The volume's global cadre of scholars and practitioners highlight the interconnections among efforts to target vulnerable democratic systems and identify ways to prevent, defend against, and mitigate their effects on both the technical and the informational aspects of cybersecurity. The work takes a wider view of defending democracy by recognizing that both techniques-attacking infrastructure and using misinformation and disinformation-are means to undermine trust and confidence in democratic institutions. As such, the book proposes a wide range of policy responses to tackle these cyber-enabled threats focusing on the geopolitical front lines, namely Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
745 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-57413-6 (9781009574136)
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Persons
Scott J. Shackelford is Provost Professor of Business Law and Ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He serves as Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop and the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. Shackelford has written more than 100 articles, book chapters, essays, and op-eds for diverse publications. Frederick Douzet is Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Paris 8. She serves as Director of the French Institute of Geopolitics research team (IFG Lab) and Director of the Center Geopolitics of the Datasphere (GEODE). In January 2020 she was appointed as member of the French Defense Ethics Committee. Christopher Ankersen is Clinical Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Faculty Lead, Global Risk Specialization at New York University's Center for Global Affairs. He has previously worked for the United Nations and the Canadian Armed Forces. He is co-editor (with W. P. S. Sidhu) of The Future of Global Affairs: Managing Discontinuity, Disruption and Destruction (2021).
Content
1. Introduction [strategic/three regional hot spots]; Part I. Challenges to Democratic Institutions: 2. Hacking elections: contemporary developments in historical perspective Andy Grotto and Ash Narayan; 3. From free speech to false speech: analyzing foreign online disinformation campaigns targeting democracies Rachel Brooks; 4. Cyber challenges to democracy and soft power's dark side Renee Marlin-Bennett; 5. Cyber disinformation risk perception and control: integration of the extended theory of planned behavior and a structural equation model Malgorzata Pankowska and Ioana Vasiu; Part II. Case Studies: 6. Innovative frontrunner or delayed by political gridlock? Israel's attempts at countering disinformation Inga Trauthig and Gabrielle Beacken; 7. Israel information strategies and maneuvers David Amsellem; 8. Ukraine's support coalition and the long (Info) war: mitigating the disinformation threat to democratic collaboration Jaclyn A. Kerr; 9. Weapons of mass derision: humor and democracy: Russia case study Maria Shardakova et al.; 10. Election cyber threats in Central Asia: a multistakeholder approach to tackling election interference and increasing resilience Pavlina Pavlova; 11. Stacking up for resilience - DPI: the India way Ravi Nayyar; 12. The domestication of cybersecurity in authoritarian regime: China's media narrative on cybersecurity and its challenge to democracy Jun Liu; 13. Defending Taiwan's democracy in the internet commons Simon Sun; Part III. Policy Responses: 14. Some truths about lies-misinformation and inequality in policy making and politics Lindsay Flynn and Barbara Allen; 15. Getting a grip on disinformation: from distrust to trust within learning communities Deike Shulz et al.