Cyber balancing in international security

With the advancement of technology and the widespread use of the internet, both the states and international collaborations from the actors in the international platform were obliged to develop structures and produce policies for the cyberspace. When used maliciously, cyberspace contains vital dangers for states. Although traditional wars require serious financial obligations for states; The fact that the way to harm a state with various cyber-attacks contains extremely low requirements makes cyber-attacks attractive. Moreover, sometimes cyber attacks that will be carried out by providing these minimum conditions can cause more dangerous results for states than traditional wars. These dangers have created a great security concern for states in the cyber field over time. With these developments, cyber space has become one of the important issues of international security by becoming a platform where states must protect their sovereignty and security. In this study, the cyber space will be evaluated together with the concept of balance of power, and the behaviors and policies of the actors in the international platform will be discussed. The basic structuring of the actors within the framework of countries and collaborations will be included; Then, the main events taking place in the cyber space will be discussed. With a final overall assessment, a conclusion will be reached on whether there is a search for cyber balancing among the actors in the cyber space.