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.”
- Alumni
David Keith
- Former Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Former Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, SEAS, Harvard University
Expertise:
- Oil & Energy Prices
- Economic Policy
- Energy
- Biofuels
- U.S. energy policy
- Oil
- Nuclear power
- Energy security
- Energy R&D
- Energy Innovation policy
- Electricity
- Coal, Carbon Capture, & Storage
- Environment & Climate Change
- Air pollution
- Climate agreements
- Climate change policy
- Environmental economics
- Sustainable development
- Nuclear waste
- Science & Technology
- Science & Technology Policy
- Sustainability science
- Sustainable engineering
- Technology assessments
Current Affiliation:
Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative, University of Chicago
