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.”
Join the Belfer Center’s Economic Diplomacy Initiative (EDI) to learn from experts about the new direction of money. Belfer Center Executive Director Aditi Kumar will lead a conversation with:
- Dante Disparte, Vice Chair and Head of Policy and Communications at Libra Association
- Julia Friedlander, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Global Economics and Business Program at Atlantic Council and formerly Director for the European Union, Southern Europe, and Economic Affairs for the National Security Council
- Chuanwei David Zou, Chief Economist of Wanxiang Blockchain and formerly at the China Investment Corporation
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