/ RESEARCH & WRITING
Publications
01 / BOOKS
Building China into a Cyber Superpower: Desires, Drivers, and Devices
Routledge, London & New York · 2024 · ISBN 978-10-32753-33-1
A comprehensive analysis of China's cyber power ambitions, the political desires, institutional drivers, and strategic devices underpinning its rise as a dominant force in cyberspace.
India's Strategic Options in a Changing Cyberspace
(with Cherian Samuel) Pentagon Press, New Delhi · 2019 · ISBN 978-93-86618-66-5
Examines the efficacy of the concept of cyber deterrence, the troubled history of norm-making in cyberspace, protecting critical infrastructure from crippling cyber attacks, the viability of Active Cyber Defence as a means of responding to the sheer scale of attacks, and its attendant legal and ethical issues.
03 / EDITED VOLUME
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02 / MONOGRAPHS
The Road to 5G: Technology, Politics and Beyond, IDSA Monograph
IDSA Monograph Series, No. 66 · 2019 · ISBN 978-93-82169-88-8
Examines the key technologies, infrastructure, spectrum requirements, and the geopolitical landscape surrounding 5G.
Securing Critical Information Infrastructure: Global Perspectives and Practices
IDSA Monograph Series, No. 60 · 2017 · ISBN 978-93-82169-74-1
Gearing Up for Digital ++: Reimagining Security and Trust
(with Rama Vedashree) Data Security Council of India, New Delhi · 2023 · ISBN 978-93-5812-817-8
Securing Cyberspace: International and Asian Perspectives
(with Cherian Samuel) Pentagon Press, New Delhi · 2016 · ISBN 978-81-8274-918-4
04 / JOURNAL ARTICLES & RESEARCH REPORTS
Greg Austin, Kai Lin Tay, and Munish Sharma, “Great-Power Offensive Cyber Campaigns: Experiments in Strategy”, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 2022.
Munish Sharma, “Modeling Attribution of Cyber Attacks Using Bayesian Belief Networks”, Strategic Analysis, vol. 45 (January 2021).
Munish Sharma, “Decrypting China’s Quantum Leap”, The China Journal, no. 80 (June 2018): 24-45.
Munish Sharma, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Disruptive Technology”, Synergy - Journal of the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, August 2017.
Munish Sharma, “Data Theft: Implications for Economic and National Security”, Journal of Defence Studies, Volume 11, No. 1, January-March 2017, pp. 61-80.
Munish Sharma, “Raising a Cyber Command for Indian Armed Forces: Requisites and Organisational Considerations”, Synergy - Journal of the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, July 2016.
Munish Sharma, “China’s Emergence as a Cyber Power”, Journal of Defence Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2016.
Munish Sharma, “The Geopolitics of Cyber Espionage”, Journal of Defence Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2015.
Ajey Lele and Munish Sharma, “Relevance of Cloud Computing for Defence”, Journal of Defence Studies, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2014.
05 / POLICY BRIEFS & COMMENTARY