The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
This study group willl be hosted by Thomas Matussek, former German Ambassador to the UK, the UN and India; Senior Advisor, Flint Global, Berlin.
Light lunch provided before the talk in the CES Atrium.
Hosted by the EU Study Group and the American Council on Germany, Boston Warburg Chapter