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.”
A panel discussion with:
David Petraeus
Chairman, KKR Global Institute
Ret. Four-Star Army General
Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2011- 2012)
Susan Hockfield
Marie Curie Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School (2012–2013)
President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004-2012)
Paras Bhayani
Boston-based Management Consultant
Harvard College ’09, Harvard Business School ‘15
Graham Allison (moderator)
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, HKS