Call for Papers: Handbook on Global Cybersecurity

Mary Manjikian Announcement
Location
Virginia, United States
Subject Fields
Cultural History / Studies, Digital Humanities, Political Science

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Cybersecurity:

We are currently soliciting abstracts for chapters on:  AUSTRALIA, CHINA, ISRAEL, CANADA, USA, BRAZIL, VENEZUELA

as well as some Middle Eastern, Asian and African Nations.  Other chapters have already been assigned.

The work is intended to serve as a general resource for those interested in comparative cybersecurity policies.  It is aimed at a general reader, and we hope to have chapters which will not "expire" immediately, through focussing on key themes, as well as specific legislation and policies.

Please contact mmanjikian@regent.edu with expressions of interest or queries.  Deadline for receipt of expressions of interest:  December 1. 

Author Requirements:

Each chapter will be between 6,000 to 8,000 words – including footnotes and will include the following headings:

1. Statement of national cybersecurity strategy:

Here you want to check to see if your country has issued a White Paper or national cyber strategy. You want to briefly summarize this document, focusing on what the key strategic issues are for this nation in cyberspace at present and in the future.

 

1. Definitions:

What are some key terms that have been defined by your nation – including cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, critical infrastructure. How does your nation’s definition of these terms differ from that of other members of the international community, if it does?

 

1. International Law:

Does your nation “buy into” the generally accepted understandings regarding the applicability of international law to cyberspace? In what ways, does it accept or reject these understandings?

 

1. International Governance:

Does your country play a role in regional or international governance? IS it generally supportive or not supportive of international governance institutions? The development of norms?

 

1. Sovereignty (i.e. “Russian cyberspace;” “Japanese cyberspace,” etc.)

Does your nation claim sovereignty in cyberspace? Does it regard the internet as its territory? What powers does it claim in Cyberspace – the power to control the flow of information, to regulate speech on the internet, to have an internet kill switch? Has it ever shut down the internet in your country? When and under what circumstances?

 

1. My country’s cultural understandings:

? Can you identify any concepts which are culturally based that have affected how your nation views cyberspace issues – either domestically or internationally? (i.e. privacy, surveillance, intellectual property) What are they?

 

1. My country’s institutions

Does your country have a Ministry of Information or a Ministry of Information Technology? What departments or ministries are involved in making information technology policy in your country, and how does the decision to devolve power to this set of institutions affect the decisions that get made?

 

1. Role of the Private Sector

Are there corporations or companies that are heavily involved in the making of internet policy in your country? What are they and how have they influenced policy making?

 

1. The role of the legislature:

Summarize the key legislative developments that have occurred in making policy in your country in the areas of: surveillance, cyberwarfare and intellectual property. Please include a timeline if desired

 

1. Cybercrime and cyberterrorism:

How are these issues combatted in your country? Who is responsible?

 

11. Societal implications:

Implications of cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and countering these threats on the

society in question.

 

*The volume will follow the sixth edition of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) and adhere to American spelling.

 

Please cite figures as appropriate but remember that the aim is to produce a monograph which will not “expire” in two or three years, but will rather provide an outline for thinking about national cybersecurity policy into the future through focusing on key concepts.

Contact Information

Mary Manjikian

Associate Dean

Robertson School of Government

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Contact Email
mmanjikian@regent.edu