Cyber Wares Strategies after 2010: The Iranian-Israeli War As model

Volume 16, Issue: 2 part 2
Autumn 2025
Pages 1017-1054

Document Type : Research Paper

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College of Political Science/University of Baghdad

Abstract
Despite growing international fears of cyber attacks to national security as threats to countries' sovereignty, stability and economic and military capabilities, but so far it has not International consensus is achieved to develop international law prohibiting cyber attacks and wars that threaten infrastructure States and national assets. These developments threaten international peace and security, especially as States have not been able to date develop integrated and effective cyber deterrent strategies. In addition, military strategic thinking has turned to integrate cyber capabilities with economic, diplomatic, and military tools to achieve the so-called response cyber.
This response ensures that the opponent realizes that any cyber threat will be met with a retaliation that involves employing all means available to the state. These practices include counter-cyber retaliation, international legal procedures allowing for the imposition of punitive sanctions and diplomatic measures, directly using and employing military capabilities, or threatening to use such capabilities to prevent cyber attacks against the state's national targets such as infrastructure, flag networks, and national security files. These variables have led countries to upgrade their cyber deterrence capabilities. In light of the information and communication revolution, which has changed many war strategies. These challenges added some offensive and defensive dimensions to the virtual space and even changed the nature of international relations in general. As far as the topic of research is concerned, the most important challenge facing the Eastern Mediterranean region is the increasing tension in Iran-Israel relations after 1979.

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  • Receive Date 22 March 2025
  • Revise Date 10 April 2025
  • Accept Date 10 April 2025