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Cyber conflict studies

the trade-off among speed, intensity and control that limits what covert cyber operations can achieve, since gaining one weakens the others.

In cyber conflict studies, subversive trilemma refers to the trade-off among speed, intensity and control that limits what covert cyber operations can achieve, since gaining one weakens the others. This meaning comes from Maschmeyer (2021) in International Security.[1]

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conflict4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs control4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs intensity4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Maschmeyer, L. (2021). The Subversive Trilemma: Why Cyber Operations Fall Short of Expectations. International Security, 46(2), 51-90. https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00418

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