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.”
Kayhan Barzegar will present a seminar entitled "Politics of Iran's Nuclear Program" on Thursday, May 1 at 9:30 am in the Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369.
Dr. Barzegar is an assistant professor of international relations at the Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, and a lecturer at the School of International Relations in Tehran, where he teaches Middle East politics and Iranian foreign policy.