Publication

This paper looks at the securitization of cyberspace. The first half of the paper focuses on the forces that are contributing to escalating international tensions and conflicts in cyberspace, largely driven by state-based concerns around national security. The second half uses a different meaning of 'bounding power' — which refers to tying down, checking or restraining the exercise of power — and outlines steps that might be taken to lead us down an alternative path, whereby security and openness are both protected and preserved.