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.”
Dr. Francesca Giovannini and Professor Matthew Bunn will present a high-level overview of the MTA and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship.
Three of our current fellows (David M. Allison, Ph.D., Nicole Bayat Grajewski, Ph.D., and Sitara Noor) will also join in order to present their current work and how the fellowship has contributed to their own career advancement.