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.”
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James Hammitt is Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at Harvard School of Public Health.
Professor Hammitt's research concerns the development and application of quantitative methods—including benefit-cost, decision, and risk analysis—to health and environmental policy.
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