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The Digital Disaggregation: Integrating Cyber Capabilities and the Information Ecosystem into Conventional Measures of Overall National Power

Onyemekihian Jude, Ph.D, Paul M. Onyemekeihia, Ph.D

Abstract

Digital globalisation has changed the determinants and configurations of power within a state. This study focuses on the incorporation of cyber capabilities and the information domain as a component of the power assessment frameworks. The study employed a mixed-methods approach of comparative and statistical analysis to examine the determinants of a nation's relative power as a function of its cybersecurity readiness and innovation ability.

Keywords

National Power; Cyber Capabilities; Information Ecosystem; Cybersecurity Readiness

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