CYBER-SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EAST ASIA
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2023
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
Cybersecurity has emerged as a critical domain in global politics, posing significant threats to economy,
national security and the integrity of states. East Asia, with its geopolitical dynamics featuring China as
an emerging power, Japan, and the historically rival Koreas, holds particular importance. This region
encompasses technologically advanced states, as well as a globally isolated state that remains wary of
cyber warfare threats. As the scope of cyber politics expands, states in East Asia have recalibrated their
foreign policies, prioritizing cyber diplomacy as a key component of their strategic approach. This study
tends to explore the policy implications mainly focusing on regional and international cooperation in
order to initiate confidence-building measures and capacity-building the participating states. This research
seeks to explain the cyber threat because of the strategic interconnectedness from the central concept of
the al security and international cooperation by using the theory of neo-realism and neo-liberalism. The
theoretical framework offers valid arguments to examine how the international cooperative measures and
the inclusion of the strategic policies regarding cyber threats strengthen the strategic outreach of the states
(China, Japan, South Korea) to maintain their regional political positions and edge over North Korea.
Moreover, the research investigates and elaborates the dynamics that drove the cyber politics from level
of low politics to high politics and provide an analytical insight over the cyber diplomatic efforts of the
states to maintain the global peace and security.