Academic Scientific JournalsSovereignty as a Factor in Securing, Securitizing, and Fragmenting Cyberspace
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https://doi.org/10.26881/gsp.2023.2.09Keywords:
sovereignty, cyberspace, securitization, fragmentation of cyberspaceAbstract
Information and communication technologies have played an important role in shaping the globalized world we live in today. While it is an accepted fact that globalization has challenged the understanding of the concept of sovereignty, the link between sovereignty and cyberspace is often not thought of at all. There are, however, multiple ways in which sovereignty has affected cyberspace as we know it. This article looks at how the notion of sovereignty contributes to the security, securitization, and, eventually, the possible fragmentation of cyberspace.
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