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 * Proactive cyber defence

I think the most important aspect of providing neutrality depends on examining the disputed questions in terms of different points of views. We see that the author provided a great level of efforts to provide objectivity the “Current Status” title. Here, it was presented the development of the understanding of the concept over time with a focus on current understanding, which includes the period after 1994. This is an important indicator that readers see the debate rather than the standing at certain points. Although the arguments were pointed out in a logical order and conveyed the messages to the reader clearly, it seems to me that the article suffers from real scholarly sources. Most references cited belong to non-scholarly studies. It might be acceptable to some extent especially for the history of proactive pre-emptive cyber defense operations, but when it comes to the evaluation of the topic under the “current status and vulnerabilities equities,” we still see the abundance of non-scholarly sources. With that being said, I do not want to claim that each statement has to be cited by academic studies. However, I expected to see more scholarly arguments in addition to the information about the concept of cyber defense. Although the article does not specifically and explicitly provide equity gaps on minority groups, women, vulnerable groups, and other underrepresented groups, we still get the idea that how weak countries or actors in the international system can apply pre-emptive cyber defense measures. I think it is important in the literature of world politics because most studies focus on great power politics, meaning that only major and powerful international actors, such as permanent United Nations member countries, are examined. Given the nature of cyber threats to domestic and international security, I think the magnitude of the arsenals is not in question because of the methods that can be used for cyber-attacks. Therefore, by including a discussion on the role of weak countries in pro-active cyber threats, I think the article includes important content gaps for the impact of cyber defense in international security. The article was rated as C-class important across different WikiProjects. It was developed continually, and the last edit was made on June 6th. When we look at the history, we see many records made to improve the quality of the work since 2008. As my own contribution, I recommend the section below (Editing Talk:Proactive cyber defence [new section]): Title: World Politics and Pre-emptive Cyber Defense  Body: We are living in a dynamic international system in which the threat perceptions are updated according to the developments in the technological realm (Clarke and Knake, 2014). Countries prefer using pre-emptive measures before being targeted (Organski and Kugler, 1980). This is extensively studied in the power transition theory (PTT), where Organski and Kugler discussed that usually powerful countries start the attack before balance of power changes in favor of the relatively weak but rising state (Valeriano and Maness, 2018). This theory can be difficult to apply when it comes to cyber defense because it is not easy to understand the relative power differentials within the virtual environments.
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article was focusing the concept of proactive cyber defense. The examination of the topic was made clear to show the relevance of the main topics clearly to the readers at different educational levels and fields. The arguments mentioned presented convincible points that connects the relationship between proactive measures and cyber defense in general. I think the keywords, such as offensive, defensive, deterrence, and the lined, used as for the meta description of the topic was presented in a way that conveys the aim of the article clearly to the audience.


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 * Reference: Organski, A. F. K. and Jacek Kugler. 1980. The War Ledger. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
 * Valeriano, B., & Maness, R. C. (2018). International relations theory and cyber security. The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory, 259. Clarke, R. A., & Knake, R. K. (2014). Cyber war. Old Saybrook: Tantor Media, Incorporated.

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