Conception of State Responsibility and Spatiality: Militarizing Cyberspace from Chinese Perspective
No ratings
Presented at SuitsandSpooks 2017 by
Through human’s military history, with technology innovation, military activities expand to new space seemly to happen, for example, navy and maritime, air force and sky. Hence, the author assumes militarizing cyberspace is irreversible trends. The process of militarized space includes the established legislation, institution and principle. The international legislation and regime-building towards militarized cyberspace is effective measure to prevent inter-state strategic rivalry similar as the nuclear balance of terror in Cold War, global terrorism network, and unnecessary collateral damage from abusing of force in practice and potential. China has been increasingly important player in the international regime-building of cyber security. Since 2013, cyber security has been significant content within the framework of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogues (S&EDs). China holds its understanding on establishing international order of cyber space, attaching importance of state responsibility and sovereign. It can be understood that China insists territory principle under international law. Security is fundamental to sovereign. At the same time, the concept of boundary is key to Chinese traditional political and military philosophy. State responsibility and boundary is in direct contradiction to cyberspace characterized with open. In this paper, the author explores the influence of China’s concept of state responsibility and spatiality on policy-making communities in Beijing within theoretical framework of strategic culture. The following sections constitute this paper: Theoretical framework: the interaction between political philosophy and strategic culture and political making-decision; Conception of state responsibility and spatiality in Chinese traditional political/military philosophy; China’s policy-making community of cyber security Conclusion and suggestions