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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- Alumni
- Former Associate, Project on Mangaing the Atom, June 1, 2014–June 30, 2015; Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, July 1, 2011–May 31, 2014; Former Research Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, 2010–2011
Yvonne Yew
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