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.”
Biography
Andrea Innamorati is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Italian Ministry of Environment. He represented Italy in numerous intergovernmental processes, including the intergovernmental negotiations on the 2030 Agenda.
Andrea has a Master's-level education in Sociology from the University "La Sapienza" in Rome, where he researched consumption patterns and mass communication and their impact on the future of our planet. His research will focus on the 2030 Agenda and on how the sustainable development goals will be integrated into existing policy tools and strategic frameworks at the EU level.
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