Cyberpolitics in International Relations: Theory, Methods, Policy
This MIT OpenCourseWare course examines how cyberspace has reshaped power and conflict among individuals, corporations, states, and international institutions. Drawing on political science, security studies, and network theory, it covers topics such as cyber conflict and warfare, internet governance, sovereignty in a networked world, and the methods scholars use to study cyberpolitics empirically. Materials include the full syllabus, weekly readings drawn from academic articles and policy papers, and assignments built around case studies of state and non-state cyber activity. The course was developed at MIT under Nazli Choucri's Explorations in Cyber International Relations project and situates cyberspace as a new domain of international relations alongside land, sea, air, and space. All lecture notes, readings, and assignments are available free through MIT OpenCourseWare under a Creative Commons license, with no instructor interaction or certificate offered.