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. Frank von Hippel will present a seminar entitled "Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty: A progress report from the International Panel on Fissile Materials" on Tuesday, December 8, 2008, beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369.
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Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty: A progress report from the Internt'l Panel on Fissile Materials (2.5MB PDF)