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.”
Please join the Belfer Center, the Future of Diplomacy Project, and the Institute of Politics for a JFK Jr. Forum on combating extremism at home and abroad.
Farah Pandith
Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center, HKS
IOP Resident Fellow, S’14
Eric Rosenbach
Lecturer in Public Policy and Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
George Selim
Senior Vice President of Programs, Anti-Defamation League
Juliette Kayyem (Moderator)
Belfer Lecturer in International Security and Faculty Chair, Homeland Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School