James Shires is Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity Governance at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. He is also a nonresident fellow with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council.

"An ambitious yet deeply thoughtful treatment of the stark effects of moral maneuvers in cyberspace. Shires' deft blend of culture, technology, and politics betrays a talent on the rise and offers compelling new insights."-- Trey Herr, Director of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative

"Dr. Shires masterfully weaves together three complex narratives-politics, cybersecurity, and the Middle East-into a policy-relevant analysis that provides insight into how and why governments use the cybersecurity domain to advance their interests."-- Lauren Zabierek, Executive Director of the Cyber Project, Harvard Kennedy School

"An excellent book. Shires does an admirable job of showing how decisions over the politics of cybersecurity have a real-world impact 'on the ground.' Clear and compelling, it will appeal to scholars and policy practitioners alike."-- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University

"One of the best books about cybersecurity in the Middle East. Shires does a great job of unpacking how cybersecurity is used to further political and societal goals and the impact that this has on domestic and regional dynamics." -- Joyce Hakmeh, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House, and co-editor of the Journal for Cyber Policy

"Shires' book uses the concept of moral maneuvers to explore the relationship between values and norms within the cybersecurity community. There is little academic work on cybersecurity in the Middle East, so this is a unique contribution. Thorough, engaging and well written."-- Marc Owen Jones, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar, and author of Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East