10/23/17 Colloquium Series - Scott Shackelford: “Cyber War and Peace: Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age”

Many leading environmental and security concerns now facing the international community may be traced to the frontiers, that is, the areas historically outside of national jurisdiction including the deep seabed, outer space, Antarctica, the atmosphere, and some argue, cyberspace. From climate change and cyber attacks to the associated problems of space weaponization and orbital debris, solutions to all of these issues have at their root governance failures in these frontiers, sometimes called the “global commons.” Environmental and security threats too are proliferating as a result of these regulatory regimes being in flux. This book stands on the shoulders of giants by comparing and contrasting the environmental and security issues facing these frontiers, analyzing how and why existing governance structures are often failing to mitigate global collective-action problems, and proposing a new way forward incorporating lessons from successful regimes as well as the interdisciplinary scholarship on polycentric governance.