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.”
Andrew Brown presented a seminar entitled "To Err was Truman: U.S. Nuclear Policymaking 1945-1952" on Tuesday October 14, 2008 in the Belfer Center Library, at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library.
The powerpoint presentation that Dr. Brown used during his presentation can be downloaded by clicking below.
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To Err Was Truman: U.S. Nuclear Policymaking 1945-1952 (2.5MB PDF)