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.”
Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Intelligence Project, and the Homeland Security Project for a seminar to explore the topics above with Farah Pandith, Future of Diplomacy Senior Fellow and former special representative to Muslim Communities, moderated by Juliette Kayyem, Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Coffee and snacks will be served.