Why NATO Countries Don’t Share Cyber Weapons

Why NATO Countries Don’t Share Cyber Weapons

As states start to operationalize their cyber commands, they will have to stand on their own feet and not expect much help from their friends.

This essay is based on No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force, published with Oxford University Press and Hurst Publishers.

Max Smeets is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich and director of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative.

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