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.”
With
His Excellency Ali Suleiman Aujali, Libyan Ambassador to the United States (Jan. 2009-Feb. 2011); Chief, Libyan Interests Section (2004-2009)
The Honorable R. Nicholas Burns, Sultan of Oman Professor of the Practice of International Relations
Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs
Dirk Vandewalle, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College