Political warfare in the digital age: cyber subversion, information operations and 'deep fakes'/ Thomas Paterson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2020Subject(s): Online resources: In: Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol.74 Issue 3, June 2020, pp.439-454 (36)Summary: The utilisation of cyberspace by state and non-state actors to subvert democratic elections, encourage the proliferation of violence and challenge the sovereignty and values of democratic states is having a highly destabilising effect. The values of individual freedom and political expression practised within democratic states challenges their ability to respond to political warfare. The continued failure of governments to understand this has undermined their ability to combat this emerging threat.
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The utilisation of cyberspace by state and non-state actors to subvert democratic elections, encourage the proliferation of violence and challenge the sovereignty and values of democratic states is having a highly destabilising effect. The values of individual freedom and political expression practised within democratic states challenges their ability to respond to political warfare. The continued failure of governments to understand this has undermined their ability to combat this emerging threat.

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