Cyberwarfare between the United States and China 2014 -2022: in Retrospect

Nadia Dian Ardita (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Septyanto Galan Prakoso (IPS NSYSU Taiwan Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Ferdian Ahya Al Putra (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Arif Sulistiobudi (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Randhi Satria (Universitas Sebelas Maret)

Jurnal Pertahanan : Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism dan Integrity
Vol 9, No 1 (2023)

The development of security in the context of international politics and international relations has developed from time to time. Nowadays, the practice of security done by a country's government can be imbued with the advancement of technological innovation, dubbed cyber-influenced. Hence the term cyber-security is often used to indicate the association of information technology with security. The United States and China, as two competing big-power countries, also actively utilize cyber-security over the years. This article will describe the cyberwarfare between The United States and China, focusing from 2014 until 2022. A qualitative descriptive method is used, complemented by cyber security and state sovereignty concepts to analyze the case. Results indicate that both countries are involved in cyberwarfare based on defensive reasoning. The fact that both countries are referred to as great powers in international politics also complicates the case, as they have a high-tension nature of the relationship.