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.”
Special Series - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students
Belfer Briefings on Europe | Germany's Zeitenwende -- too little, too late?
PAST EVENTTue., Nov. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
Belfer Senior Fellow Karen Donfried will moderate a conversation with Martin Klingst, John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber