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 discussion with:
Ashton Cater, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government; Deputy U.S. Policy Advisor on North Korea (1998-2000); Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (1993-1996)
General John Tilelli Jr., Commander in Chief, U.N. Command, Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea (1996-2000)
Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (1997-2001); Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University