An approach to the concept of territorial sovereignty in cyberspace

Abstract

With the expansion of cyberspace and its influence in various areas of human social life and the transboundary effects that this technological field has left, the eyes and attention of researchers, government agencies, governments, non-governmental organizations and actors, citizens. It focuses on this space and its functions. Due to the effects that cyberspace has had in various fields, which has sometimes been in line with the national interests of countries and sometimes in conflict with their interests, there have been several discussions on the governance of cyberspace. Because countries seek to gain the power to decide and exercise power in cyberspace, just like in real space, without other actors being able to stand in their way. This has led to a variety of debates on how to govern and exercise territorial sovereignty in cyberspace, and different approaches have been proposed in this regard. Given the importance of this issue, this article will try to examine and analyze the concept of territorial sovereignty in cyberspace. In this process, an attempt will be made to examine the main approaches to governance in cyberspace and to point out the consequences and effects of each of them, and finally to answer the question that in the process of territorial governance in cyberspace should be expected What happened?