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.”
CANCELLED: A panel conversation with:
Ben Heineman
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
Roger B. Porter
IBM Professor of Business and Government,
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Lawrence H. Summers
Weil Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government;
President Emeritus, Harvard University
Nina Easton (moderator)
Senior Editor and Washington Columnist, Fortune; IOP Fellow (Fall ‘12)
Topics: Business and Government
Co-sponsored with the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government