This research proposal on the relationship between cyber power and national security will seek to examine and provide responses to the following research questions.
i. What are the elements of the cyberspace which are also forming part of the national security?
ii. What are the roles of the cyber power in the attainment of the national security?
PURPOSE STATEMENT
Different countries such as China have always tried to be a superpower regarding the military capabilities. Since China has not been able to match the military strength of the United States, they have always shifted to asymmetric methods to counter the America’s strength. Specifically, the China’s use of the cyber power to counter the United States military has been a matter of public discussion and concern. Cyber power refers to the use of computer network attack as well as the computer network exploitation. Therefore, the People’s Republic of China has continuously funded, acquired, established as well as fielded a more advanced cyber technology in various sectors including its government, military together with the civil sectors. This is considered a holistic effort towards building China’s political and economic power which will ensure there is national security. Besides, the development of the cyber power is always a deliberate attempt of establishing a cyber warfare ability as asymmetric methods of fighting and defeating the United States’ superior military power which is also translated to the national security. Moreover, some countries such as China have always believed that the national security does not only depend on the military power of the country but also the cyber power of a given nation. Hence, the paper is meant to prove that the cyber space can actually be a war fighting domain and that cyber power is now with the same as land, sea, as well as air power about the strength of the military.
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