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.”
A workshop to identify the policy and intelligence questions necessary to answer to support the nation’s “Pivot to Asia.”
Draper Laboratory and Defense and Intelligence Projects of the Belfer Center co-host a workshop of senior defense, intelligence, diplomatic, and business experts, to identify the questions which policy-makers need answered as they execute the strategic rebalance of American resources from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region. Discussants include Gen (ret) Michael Hayden, former Director of NSA and CIA, Adm Timothy Keating, former Commander of Pacific Command and Northern Command, Amb Stephen Bosworth, former Special Representative for North Korea Policy for the Obama Administration (2009-2011), Michael Morell, former Deputy Director CIA, and others.
This meeting is off the record and comments cannot be published without the consent of the speaker.
A small number of Harvard students, fellows, faculty, and ID card holders will be permitted on a first come first served basis to observe the discussions from 9:00 to 12:00. Afterward the meeting is closed.