Theoretical bases of research of information wars and information security of the state

The article is devoted to the issues of international information security in the context of information confrontations between modern states. The author tries to assess the place of information security of the state in information and communication technologies and in the modern world. Such phenomena as information gap and paradox of power in the network age are considered. The author pays particular attention to critical information infrastructure: to different approaches to the formulation of the term and existing discussions on this issue.