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.”
Dean David T. Ellwood
requests the pleasure of your company
at a reception and dinner preceded by an address
to be delivered by
The Honorable John Howard
Prime Minister of Australia
1996-2007
Fisher Family Distinguished International Fellow
Monday, March 10, 2008
6:00 p.m., Forum Address
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Littauer Building
Harvard Kennedy School