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.”
Yessenia Funes is a journalist covering the intersection of race, climate, and environment. She's currently the climate editor of Atmos, a climate and culture magazine. She was previously the senior staff writer at Earther, the environmental news vertical from Gizmodo. Her reporting centers on community-oriented solutions for climate justice and aims to reframe how we define the "environment" in a broader context. Twitter: @yessfun
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Justin Worland is a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for TIME, covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society. He is the 2019 winner of the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award. Worland came to TIME as a New York-based reporter in 2014 and has covered climate, environment, energy and other topics. He became a senior correspondent in September 2020. Twitter: @JustinWorland