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.”
Please join the Intelligence Project and Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a discussion with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States, Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa.
Open to to the Harvard Community. Please RSVP below. Light Refreshments will be served.
