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.”
FORUM: "American Cities at a Crossroads" A conversation with U.S. Mayors moderated by IOP Director Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville, TN (1999-2007)
Date: Thursday, November 19 2009
Time: 06:00 PM
Location: John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
A conversation with: Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston, MA; Mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle, WA; Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia, PA