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.”
William Rosenberg was Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He worked with Prof. Roger Porter to implement the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 when both were in the first Bush Administration. Mr. Rosenberg's research will focus on developing a financing and regulatory plan to support large-scale investment in electricity generation from coal gasification/CO2 sequestration/hydrogen production and utilization.
Download background materials:
-Presentation: Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Financing Project at:http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication.cfm?program=STPP&ctype=presentation&item_id=49
-Concept Paper: 3 Party Covenant IGCC FinancingProposal at: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication.cfm?program=STPP&ctype=paper&item_id=419