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.”
Major General (Ret.) Yaakov Amidror
Israeli National Security Advisor, 2011-2013
Thomas Donilon
U.S. National Security Advisor, 2010-2013
Graham T. Allison (Moderator)
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School