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Ruling by Norms
Technical Experts and the Making of International Cybersecurity Law
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This volume explores the important contribution of technical experts to shaping statesâ perceptions of what international rules apply to their conduct in cyberspace, and how those rules regulate various cyber operations. Drawing on 67 interviews of diplomats, lawyers, and technical experts, along with nine months of immersive observation of international cybersecurity negotiations, this book offers a sweeping assessment of how technical expertise has influenced legal discourse on key issues such as cyber countermeasures, election hacking, sovereignty, due diligence, and protection of core internet infrastructure. The book demonstrates how the articulation of informal âcyber normsâ became intertwined with the application of existing international law at the UN and multistakeholder forums over two decades. Technical experts, who were active participants in norms development processes, therefore became direct interlocutors in the creation and interpretation of international cybersecurity law â a phenomenon this book terms âcreeping expertiseâ.
Arun Sukumar is an assistant professor of International Relations at Ashoka University, India. He was formerly an assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, and holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
This book is intended for: a) international law and international relations scholars as well as think-tanks, practitioners and policy professionals interested in cybersecurity governance; b) scholars of law and politics who track trends in contemporary global governance, especially in relation to the participation of private, transnational actors (especially international law scholars).
From a scholastic perspective, the book can become an integral component of teaching curricula on cybersecurity governance specifically and global governance courses generally.
From a scholastic perspective, the book can become an integral component of teaching curricula on cybersecurity governance specifically and global governance courses generally.