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.”
Forum "After Intelligence Reform," Senator Slade Gorton, former Commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("9/11 Commission"); Carrie Lemack, MPA 2006, Co-Founder, Families of September 11th; Ernest R. May, Professor of American History; Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("9/11 Commission"); and Juliette Kayyem (Moderator) Acting Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center