Reflections on virtual to real: Modern technique, international security studies and cyber security environment

Abstract

This chapter addresses the analysis of the phenomenon of modern technique by Martin Heidegger, especially regarding the issue of information societies and the role of the virtual network with respect to providing information about the political behavior of states, which accordingly affects the international security environment. We propose a debate on international relations theory, specifically from the perspective adopted by the Copenhagen School of International Security Studies. We conduct a study from the perception that cyberspace, as a multiverse, is not uniform, and therefore, the various actors emerge with different capacities for political action depending on the dependency of the states and societies to use new information and communication technologies (NICTs) as well as the interconnections with critical infrastructures (i.e., Critical Information Infrastructure).