Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract The conclusion draws together the analysis of the prior chapters, engaging with their intersection and providing several opportunities for the continuation of this line of research and other, adjacent considerations. While recognizing the fraught present-day environment for bilateral and plurilateral negotiations on arms control matters, it considers whether this new resituation of the norms debate might serve as a point for mutual alignment of interest among key state. Among several others, it examines the emerging role that artificial intelligence (AI) might have on both the conclusions of the prior chapters and the international cybersecurity dynamic going forward. It also ponders the potential for deeper alignment between emerging interpretations of fundamental rights, accessibility of information infrastructure, and exceptional criminality in wartime. It concludes that in light of the alternative—an international system that regularizes large-scale cyberattacks and the collateral consequences that company them—there may be compelling reasons for states to try to beat the long odds and try to effectively and specifically cultivate a cyberattack taboo. That, however, will be for policymakers to decide.