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.”
Matthew Kroenig, MTA Affiliate, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University will present an MTA seminar entitled "Nuclear Superiority or the Balance of Resolve? Explaining Nuclear Crisis Outcomes," on April 13, 2010 in the Belfer Center library, beginning at 9:30am.
All are welcome and invited to attend.
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