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.”
Ed Balls
Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, HKS
United Kingdom Shadow Chancellor (2011- 2015)
Harriet Cross
British Consul General to New England
Amanda Sloat
Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings
Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook (Moderator)
Executive Director, The Future of Diplomacy Project and Executive Director, The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, HKS
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship