1st Edition

Cyber Leviathan Digital Strategies in International Relations

By Khyati Singh Copyright 2026
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes how cyberspace transforms power, sovereignty, and security in twenty-first century international relations. The study covers cyber capabilities across great powers, middle powers, and small states including analysis of major incidents like Stuxnet, WannaCry, and SolarWinds and also includes: Comprehensive examination of how cyberspace transforms power, sovereignty, and... Read more

Introduction

Preface

Acknowledgements

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

  1. Digital Crossroads: Cyber Leviathan and the New Geopolitics of Power
  2. Walking Through the Wired Lanes: History of Cyber Conflict in the World
  3. Mapping the 'Great Powers' Cyber Matrix: The US, Russia, & China
  4. Middle Powers on the 'Cyber' Middle Path: Australia, Taiwan, Iran, Israel, Korean Peninsula
  5. Lilliputian's Cyber Strengths: Estonia, Singapore, Lithuania, New Zealand, Ukraine
  6. Power in Transition: India and the Cyber Domain

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Khyati Singh serves as Research Analyst at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India and PhD scholar at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India specializing in international relations and defence strategy with focus on US and Indo-Pacific security and emerging technologies. She contributes to leading think tanks and journals writing on hybrid warfare, AI governance, and India's grand strategy. Her research bridges academia and policy offering insights into global security order.

“Cyber Leviathan explores how the ‘digital state of nature’ is reshaping traditional hierarchies of power. Khyati Singh’s forensic examination of strategies employed by major global players provides a definitive guide to understanding the institutional capabilities and technologies integral to national security. This book is a compelling narrative about the strategic imperatives of our digital future!”

Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General MP-IDSA & Former Ambassador to Japan

“DPI is India’s gift to the world. We need a similar digital renaissance in national security and allied domains. To know why and how, read Khyati’s brilliant book on the subject: thought provoking, insightful and refreshingly original, all at once.”

Lt Gen Raj Shukla Former Army Commander and Observer of Strategic-military Affairs, India.