![]() ![]() In addition, such cyber alternatives also offer state actors greater deniability and obfuscation than missile debris or blast craters ever will. Sanger supported this assertion by pointing towards reporting from June 2019 that claimed the Trump administration had opted for a cyber response rather than airstrikes in response to the Iranian shootdown of a United States’ drone. Cyber attacks appeal to policymakers because they offer a response option that is not perceived to be as escalatory as conventional military strikes with kinetic munitions. Sanger explained during his visit that cyber warfare is a niche form of conflict that can largely be carried out below the threshold of conventional armed conflict, also known as “grey zone.” As a result, nation-states are using cyber operations on a regular if not daily basis. Sanger was interviewed by Professor Peter Feaver at the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy event. The Perfect Weapon: Recapping an Event with David Sangerĭavid Sanger, New York Times National Security Correspondent, October 9, 2019.ĭavid Sanger, a veteran reporter for The New York Times and recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes, visited Duke on October 9th to discuss current national security events, cyberwarfare, and his newest book entitled The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age. ![]() Research & Scholarship open dropdown menu.Simulations & Conferences open dropdown menu. ![]()
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