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.”
16 People
- Faculty
- Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Joseph E. Aldy
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jeffrey Frankel
- Faculty
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Jody Freeman
- Faculty
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Jerry Green
- Faculty
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
James Hammitt
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Environment and Natural Resources Program
- Raymond Plank Research Professor of Global Energy Policy
William Hogan
- Board of Directors
- Faculty
- Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Robert Lawrence
- Staff
- Program Assistant, International Security Program
Susan M. Lynch
- Faculty
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Richard Peiser
- Faculty
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements