Thread by @SmeetsMWE

A few (initial) general observations about recent scholarship in the field of cyber conflict:

https://twitter.com/Maxwsmeets/status/1434813510895210497

1. Massive increase in European journals & scholars publishing on cyber conflict related topics - eg @CSP_journal , @EJIntSec, @BJPolS

2. Case studies & illustrative examples have diversified (not unrelated to previous point).

3. Less operational focus (ie. case studies of Stuxnet etc.) and more governance focus. Also fewer threat intel reports cited relative to journal articles compared to 2010-2019 period

4. More diverse group of scholars publishing on cyber conflict (& diversification of citations)

5. Greatest majority of research designs is (still) qualitative. Often not explicit – and (still) lacking clear justification cases etc.

6. Ongoing disconnect between intel and cyber studies

7. Increase use of survey experiments as preferred RD - @mgomez85, Whyte, Schandler, @JackieGSchneid etc.