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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Former Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Belfer Center Faculty Affiliate; Former Principal Investigator, Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness; and Former Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1996-1998
Current Affiliation: Deputy Commissioner of Counterterrorism, NY City Police Dept., New York, New York
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