Influence Through Cyber Capacity Building: Network Analysis of Assistance, Cooperation, and Agreements Among ASEAN Plus Three Countries

Yu kyung Kim, Myong hyun Go, Kyungho Lee

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    Abstract

    ASEAN is fast emerging as a key strategic region amidst the intensifying geopolitical competition between the United States and China. Important global actors, including China, Japan, and South Korea, have each formulated regional policies with strong ASEAN saliency. The ASEAN Plus Three are global ICT powerhouses that have developed strong economic and political ties with the region, and the Plus Three countries have leveraged their significant cyber capability to extend their influence in the region. This study evaluates the relative performances of the Plus Three countries’ cyber outreach efforts to the region by visualizing the complex web of actors and cyber cooperation and assistance activities with network analysis tools and open source databases. The study finds that the Plus Three countries, despite the outward similarity in their respective regional strategies, are a study of contrasts, with one of them emerging as an influential yet silent power in the regional cyber diplomacy domain.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInformation Security Applications - 23rd International Conference, WISA 2022, Revised Selected Papers
    EditorsIlsun You, Taek-Young Youn
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
    Pages330-343
    Number of pages14
    ISBN (Print)9783031256585
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2023
    Event23rd International Conference on Information Security Applications, WISA 2022 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
    Duration: 2022 Aug 242022 Aug 26

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume13720 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference23rd International Conference on Information Security Applications, WISA 2022
    Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
    CityJeju Island
    Period22/8/2422/8/26

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

    Keywords

    • ASEAN
    • ASEAN Plus Three
    • Cyber capacity building
    • Cyber cooperation
    • Cybersecurity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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