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
Andrew Wojtanik was a researcher at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. His research interests include terrorism, conflict resolution, the Middle East, and Africa. Andrew recently received his B.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University with a concentration on international security and a certificate in African studies. While at Georgetown, Andrew worked in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the State Department and interned with the Council on Foreign Relations and National Defense University.
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