Responsible Cyber Offense

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Responsible Cyber Offense

Major powers bear responsibility for reducing systemic risk in cyberspace, and to do this they must make offensive operations more predictable.

By George Perkovich, Perri Adams, Dave Aitel, JD Work

Published on Aug 2, 2021

Lawfare

About the Authors

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow

George Perkovich is the Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program. He works primarily on nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and is leading a study on nuclear signaling in the 21^st century.

Perri Adams

Dave Aitel

JD Work

Technology Iran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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