1st Edition
Great Power Cyber Competition Competing and Winning in the Information Environment
Introduction
David V. Gioe and Margaret W. Smith
1. A Strategic Cyberspace Overview: Russia and China
Mark Grzegorzewski and Christopher Marsh
2. On Competition: A Continuation of Policy by Misunderstood Means
Jayson Warren
3. Russian New Generation Warfare in the Baltic States and Beyond
Sandor Fabian and Janis Berzins
4. Russian Cyberspace Operations against Ukraine in the 2022 War: How Effective Have They Been and What Lessons for NATO Can Be Drawn?
Marina Miron and Rod Thornton
5. Everyone a Sensor: The Implications of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the Democratization of Intelligence for Great Power Competition
David V. Gioe and Tony Manganello
6. In Africa, Great Power Competition Requires a Great Strategy for Information Operations
Tara Heidger and David Higgins
7. Competing for Influence: Authoritarian Powers in the Cyber Domain in Latin America
Fabiana Sofia Perera
8. The Logic of Protraction in Cyber Conflict: Peace Would Ruin Me
Trey Herr, Emma Schroeder, and Stewart Scott
9. Digital IEDs on the Information Highway: PSYOPS, CYBER, and the Info Fight
Chaveso L. Cook
10. Cybersecurity as a Public Good: Government Intervention Is Only Part of the Solution
Margaret W. Smith and Jim Monken
11. Unconventional Warfare in the Information Environment
Otto C. Fiala and Jim Worrall
12. Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance and the Challenges of Military Operations in the Era of Great Power Competition
Christopher Cruden
13. Toward a Whole-of-Society Framework for Countering Disinformation
J.D. Maddox, Casi Gentzel, and Adela Levis
14. Enduring Challenges in Cybersecurity: Responding Quickly and Credibly to Asymmetric Threats
Michael Poznansky
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Biography
David V. Gioe is a British Academy Global professor and visiting professor of intelligence and international security in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He is also an associate professor of history at the U.S. Military Academy and a history fellow for its Army Cyber Institute.
Margaret W. Smith is an active-duty cyber officer in the U.S. Army, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and graduate faculty at the University of Maryland. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from The George Washington University.
'Great Power Cyber Competition: Competing and Winning in the Information Environment significantly contributes to the cyber- and information-warfare field. Whilst it may only partially satisfy the needs of advanced scholars, it serves as a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of cyber-competition amongst great powers. The book`s broad scope, diverse contributors and timely content make it a useful addition to the literature on this critical subject.'
Alfred Marleku, Defense & Security Analysis, August 2025
