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.”
FORUM--A Public Address by: Terry McAuliffe, Chairman of the DNC (2001-2005)
Event Speakers: TERRY McAULIFFE Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (2001-2005); National Chairman of the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign