Cyberpolitik Journal

THE GENDERED DIMENSIONS OF AI-DRIVEN SECURITY

2026-07-30T20:35:13+03:00

This chapter is a critical analysis of the implications of AI-based security systems on gender and power. It states that so-called neutral technologies in fact carry and enhance the previous prejudices. In all parts of the world, AI is employed in national defense, and domestic surveillance, but it remains a reflection of the values and the blind spots of the developers. Algorithms and policies tend to be quite militarized and state-focused in the security sphere, disregarding the daily requirements of women and the marginalized populations. We integrate feminist international relations theory and new work on AI and cybersecurity to demonstrate that the existing systems do not often pose the question of “whose security is at stake”? or “if the security of the most vulnerable groups is ensured?” Facial-recognition technology, as an example, is much less effective with women and dark skinned individuals. Females are the disproportionate victims of online harassment and doxxing. Even protective measures, such as CCTV in women’s shelters, frequently become new avenues on which abuse of surveillance is exercised. The Global South particularly is affected by this issue, as the gendered digital inequalities and imported, uniform (“one-size fits all”) cyber policies exacerbate underlying actual disparities in the offline world. Using an intersectional feminist lens, we argue that “security” must be redefined as empowerment rather than control. Co-created policies should embed inclusion, dignity, transparency, and accountability into AI and cyber-governance. Practical principles include gender‐aware threat models, diverse decision-making teams, South-South collaboration, and proactive digital inclusion. We conclude that feminist approaches do not weaken security; they strengthen it by making systems more just, humane, and resilient to the needs of those historically at risk.

DISINFORMATION AS A CYBERSECURITY THREAT: IMPACTS ON DIGITAL SECURITY AND DIPLOMACY

2026-07-30T20:46:06+03:00

The circulation of information has experienced significant transformations on a global scale with the development and acceleration of digitalization. While this transformation has made access to information easier, it has also created the conditions for maniplative content and disinformation to spread rapidly and on a large scale. The main question of this article is why disinformation is increasingly viewd as a cyber security threat and how it affects diplomatic processes in the contemporary digital environment. The article applied a qualitative research method based on document analysis and case study methodology. Academic literature and institutional reports were examined to investigate the transformation of disinformation and conceptualization as a cyber threat. Case study such as 2026 U.S. presidential election, the Brexit referendum and the Russian Ukraine War were analyzed tos how the effects and political consenquences of cyber-enabled disinformation. The findings indicate that disinformation has become an integral part of the cyber space today. States and other actors in the cyber space are engage in disinformation activities by using social media platforms, algorithmic dissemination, data analysis and Al-generated content and thereby achieve various objectives. In this regard, it appears that disinformation disseminated in the cyber space can be understood as a multidimensional phenomenon at the intersection of cyber security, strategic communication and diplomacy.

LEBANON’S STRATEGIC POSITION IN THE AGE OF AI-DRIVEN DEFENSE AND CYBERSECURITY

2026-07-30T20:51:19+03:00

The application and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity technologies are rapidly advancing within Lebanon’s defense and national security sectors. This research investigates how AI can enhance Lebanese military capabilities, with particular emphasis on cyber defense functions and related operational applications. It assesses current and prospective uses of AI in the Lebanese military context, analyzing their strategic, operational, and institutional impacts. The study further examines how AI-powered systems affect military effectiveness, resilience, and threat reduction, identifying capability gaps and operational challenges in deploying these technologies within resource-limited and politically complex settings. Special focus is given to Lebanon’s evolving cyber threat environment, marked by rising exposure to cyberattacks, hybrid threats, and asymmetric security risks. Additionally, the research evaluates the strategic importance of implementing AI-driven solutions in the Lebanese defense sector, while carefully considering ethical issues, governance needs, and institutional preparedness.

FOOD REGIME AND DIGITALIZATION: A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

2026-07-30T21:01:02+03:00

This article re-evaluates the relationship between digitalization and food regimes within a historical and relational framework. The food regime approach examines agricultural production and food circulation in relation to particular forms of capital accumulation, the interstate system, the international division of labour, and class power relations. Meanwhile, the proliferation of digital technologies throughout the agri-food system is reorganizing different stages of the food chain, from production and circulation to finance and retail. Nevertheless, while the literature on digital agriculture generally adopts a descriptive approach that catalogues the fields of application of technological innovations and focuses on their social consequences, the structural position of technological organization within the food regime approach has not been sufficiently clarified.

Drawing on the Althusserian conception of structural causality, this study aims to establish a systematic theoretical connection between these two bodies of literature. The food regime is conceptualized as a contradictory fundamental unity that exists through the historically specific articulation of multiple, relatively autonomous levels. Technological organization is defined as one of the relatively specific and articulated regions within the economic level, alongside production, circulation, and other such regions. Within this framework, digitalization is conceptualized not as an autonomous technology externally added to the corporate food regime, but as a historically differentiated subregion of the region of technological organization, structured around data, platforms, and algorithmic systems.

Digitalization is analysed through three interconnected processes or elements: datafication, platformization, and algorithmic governance. The central argument of the study is that digitalization is not an autonomous technology externally added to the corporate food regime; rather, it constitutes a historical subregion of technological organization within the economic level, differentiated on the basis of data, platforms, and algorithmic systems. While it is determined by the regime, it simultaneously conditions the material operation of economic relations. What is at stake here is not a symmetrical form of mutual determination, but a metonymic relation established through the connection between structure, level, and region, in which the structure exists immanently within its constituent terms.

CYBER SECURITY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

2026-07-30T21:09:07+03:00

DIGITAL IDENTITY AND STATE OF CITIZENS' PRIVACY IN PAKISTAN

2026-07-30T21:11:20+03:00

CYBER OPERATIONS AT THE EDGE OF TRADITIONAL INTELLIGENCE: MOSSAD'S PAGEMAN ATTACK ON HEZBOLLAH

2026-07-30T21:16:22+03:00

This study aims to conduct an in-depth examination of the interaction between traditional intelligence methods and cyber operations, focusing on the following central research question: To what extent are hybrid cyber operations which incorporate both physical and digital elements—transforming traditional intelligence practices, and how is this transformation reshaping international security dynamics? To answer this question, the study employs a qualitative case study methodology; the Mossad’s pager attack against Hezbollah was examined within a comprehensive framework through a critical discourse analysis of open-source intelligence (OSINT) data, security reports, and relevant literature. The key finding resulting from the analysis is that cyber operations have moved beyond serving merely as tools for intelligence gathering or electronic surveillance; by exploiting supply chain vulnerabilities as an operational weapon, they have become a power factor that directly produces physical and strategic consequences. The study’s original contribution lies in analyzing how, beyond treating the pager attack merely as a technical case, both traditional intelligence and cyber operations have merged into an integrated hybrid model. In this context, the study aims to lay the groundwork—both conceptual and methodological for future research by discussing the dilemmas and strategic uncertainties that arise at the intersection of cyber operations and traditional intelligence.

CYBER SECURITY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS

2026-07-30T21:21:41+03:00

The work titled "Cyber Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons" is an academic study that aims to examine the concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous weapon systems, two critical dimensions that often remain in the background of the field of cyber security from a distinct perspective. While evaluating these phenomena through an interdisciplinary approach, the book aims to achieve an international character by incorporating contributions from academics from various countries and geographic regions. The first edition of the work was published by CRC Press in 2025. The book's editor, Mehmet Emin Erendor, is an academic whose work is centered on the field of International Relations; his research interests include cyber security, terrorism, the Turkic world, Turkish foreign policy, and international organizations

THE ETHICS OF INFORMATION

2026-07-30T21:24:54+03:00

AI ENABLED WEOPANS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

2026-07-30T20:32:14+03:00