The use of cyber operations to disrupt, degrade or destroy target systems is an area that attracts increasing attention and speculation in a way that sometimes adds more heat than light to the debate.  Discussion of doctrine and tactics does not always reflect the legal, ethical and practical questions involved in the use of offensive cyber capabilities by democratic nations.  And the language used around cyber operations can sometimes also present difficulties. What are the practical issues involved in the application of offensive cyber by democracies?

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How does a West that believes in progress cope with instances of evil? How does it reconcile a belief in progress and the existence of suffering? How does it cope and restore hope? Barnett will present an argument linking the relationship between suffering and the creation of international institutions with a cosmopolitan ethos, which are intended to represent the West's continued faith in progress. But for how long can the West continue to respond to suffering with hope? Has the West reached its end?

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