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.”
The objectives of the study that Liu will discuss are to: (1) explore major carbon capture opportunities in China; (2) identify critical enabling technologies for CCS to underpin future Chinese capacity on responding to climate change; (3) assess China’s capabilities on critical CCS enabling technologies as well as rank their priorities.
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