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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- Board of Directors
Robert N. Stavins
- Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
- A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
- Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group
- Chairman, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government
- Co-Chair, Kennedy School–Harvard Business School Joint Degree Programs
