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.”
Presidential Leadership and the Rise of American Power
A conversation with:
Graham Allison
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, HKS
Nancy F. Koehn
James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, HBS
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
University Distinguished Service Professor, HKS
David Gergen (moderator)
Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Professor of Public Service, HKS