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.”
Graham T. Allison
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Kay Hagan
Institute of Politics Spring 2015 Resident Fellow
Senator, North Carolina (2009 -2015)
Gary Samore
Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Special Assistant to President Obama and White House coordinator, weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation and counterterrorism (2009 to 2013)
Nick Burns (moderator)
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Under Secretary of State, Political Affairs (2005-2008)
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