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.”
29 People
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Cyber Project
James Baker
Expertise:
- Staff
- Research Assistant, Cyber Project
Julian Baker
- Associate
- Associate, Cyber Security Project
Gary Belvin
- Senior Fellow
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Cyber Security Project
Sameer Bhalotra
- Belfer Summer Research Assistant, Cyber Project
Felipe Bueno
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Cyber Security Project
Amy Chang
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Naniette H. Coleman
Expertise:
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Amanda Current
Expertise:
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Cyber Security Project
Jennifer Daskal
- Fellow
- Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, China Cyber Policy Initiative
Winnona DeSombre