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.”
Lu Mai
Secretary General, China Development Research Foundation
Rohini Pande
Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School
Anthony Saich
Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Graham Allison (Moderator)
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School