Lessons to learn from the Qatar crisis before a cyber war breaks out

Lessons to learn from the Qatar crisis before a cyber war breaks out | Opinion

Intrigues, espionage, and manipulation of information are not new in international affairs and, to the extent to which it revolves around the circulation of disinformation, neither is the Qatar crisis. What differentiates the ongoing crisis in Qatar from conventional international crises, however, is the means-the deployment of cyber attacks-and the risk of escalation posed by this new brand of warfare.