The prospect of an all-out cyber war involving the United States, Russia, China and a host of other nations including Iran, North Korea and Saudi Arabia sounds like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Yet, based on the growing sophistication and aggressiveness of state-sponsored cyber attacks around the world, a cyber war involving attacks on the critical infrastructure of nations can no longer be ruled out. Of even more concern is that China, Iran and Russia may be presenting a united front in the cyber domain as part of a very visible response to what they perceive as aggressive unilateralism from the United States.
Signs that Russia, China and Iran might be preparing for a cyber war
Russia, China and Iran each have their own separate reasons for uniting against the United States. As a result, they are taking steps to unite in order to resist the hegemony of the United States. Not only is the United States the world’s foremost military and economic power, but also it is now the world’s leading cyber power. And the National Security Agency (NSA) of the U.S. has been carefully articulating a more robust and more offensive-minded cyber doctrine that would enable it to act much more aggressively than in the past by using cyber weapons.
To combat this hegemony, Russia has been advancing the notion of “national sovereignty” when it comes to the Internet. The Kremlin is particularly disturbed that the United States appears ready and willing to impose its will on how the Russian Internet develops – especially when it comes to issues such as freedom of speech for government opponents. Russia has even gone so far as to threaten that it would disconnect from the global Internet and form its own nation ..
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