The role of cyber operations in Iran's policy toward the United States: A qualitative perspective
Role kybernetických operací v íránské politice vůči Spojeným státům: Kvalitativní perspektiva
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/150357Identifikátory
SIS: 236842
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17123]
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Biagini, Erika
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS)
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra bezpečnostních studií
Datum obhajoby
15. 9. 2021
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
This study examines the role and utility of low-severity cyber operations in one state's policy toward another within the context of a long-term hostile feud. This study has fulfilled this task through an explanatory qualitative analysis with cyber operations as an embedded unit of study. The subject of research is the policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran toward the United States in the time spanning from the historic agreement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Nuclear Deal, in July 2015 through 2020. The role of the cyber operations in Iran's policy is examined by juxtaposing the pattern of escalations and de- escalations occurring in the context, and in the political and military domains conducted by the Islamic Republic with their deployment of cyber operations. Through this pattern matching, this study identified a visible relative restraint in the cyber domain during the first years following the conclusion of the JCPOA, as the Islamic Republic had obtained its top strategic goal, defined as eliminating all sanctions burdening its economy. Iran's cyber operations towards the United States re-emerged when Washington exited the Nuclear Deal in 2018 and began re-instating sanctions, and the operations were intensified when Tehran began steadily escalating in...