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.”
A JFK Jr. Forum event with:
R. Nicholas Burns
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Richard Rosecrance
Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-editor “The Next Great War? The Roots of World War I and the Risk of US-China Conflict”
Etel Solingen
Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace Studies, University of California, Irvine
Graham Allison (moderator)
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School