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Cyber warfare; kinetic warfare; chaos theory; Iran; Aegs; United States; keystroke; Tallinn Manual; Morris worm; autonomous; DDoS attack; Russia; Stuxnet; Kaspersky Red October; hackers; back hacking; Shamoon; National Security Agency; WannaCry; malware; Windows; cybersecurity; ransomware; NotPetya; artificial intellegence; international law; Caroline doctrine; UN Charter; NATO; butterfly effect; Edward Lorenz
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A Keystroke Causes A Tornado: Applying Chaos Theory To International Cyber Warfare Law, Daniel Garrie, Masha Simonova
A Keystroke Causes A Tornado: Applying Chaos Theory To International Cyber Warfare Law, Daniel Garrie, Masha Simonova
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Cyber warfare today finds itself on the front page of the news daily. It is increasingly apparent that the cyber domain demands more guidance, with leaders opting for the deployment of cyber capabilities to bypass kinetic warfare norms. Proposed solutions abound, but none adequately address the specific features of cyber warfare that set it apart from traditional kinetic warfare. This Article argues that a new legal framework is necessary to properly address this problem, and such a doctrine should incorporate principles of chaos theory. Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics dealing with complex systems, with the most well-known example …