to be confirmedCyberwar and Power in the International System: Assessing the Redistributive Potential of Cyber-capabilities in the International Syste

自从Arquilla和Ronfeldt（1993）宣布网络战来临以来，许多人都支持这样一种观点，即信息通信技术（ict）和网络的军事应用将彻底改变社会和政治。美国安全和情报专家声称，网络战争使无数行为者能够利用我们国家网络基础设施的潜在漏洞，对人类、社会和国家造成无法弥补的破坏、伤害或死亡。一个社会对网络的依赖程度越高，对网络攻击的防御能力就越弱（Krepinevich, 2009; Clarke and Knake, 2010; McConnell, 2010）。网络战争被认为为行为者提供了不对称武器和进攻优势，这将使弱国和强国之间的竞争环境变得公平（见Liff， 2012）。鉴于最近的技术进步，提出一个问题，即网络空间的无限扩张和网络技术的日益使用是否正在导致国际体系中的权力重新分配，这不仅是必然的，而且是必要的。

Since Arquilla and Ronfeldt (1993) announced the advent of cyberwar, many espoused the idea that the military use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and networks would be radically transformative for society and politics. American security and intelligence experts claim that cyberwar enables a myriad of actors to exploit latent vulnerabilities in our states' cyber-infrastructure and inflict irreparable damage, harm, or death to human beings, their societies, and their nations. The more a society is reliant on cyber-networks the weaker its defences against cyber-attacks (Krepinevich, 2009; Clarke and Knake, 2010; McConnell, 2010). Cyberwar is believed to provide actors with an asymmetric weapon and an offensive advantage that would level the playing field between weaker and stronger states (see Liff, 2012). Given recent technological advancements, raising the question of whether the limitless expansion of cyberspace and the increasing use of cyber-technologies are causing a redistribution of power in the international system would not only seem consequential but also necessary.