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.”
Biography
Amy Chang is an affiliate of the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project. Her research examines cybersecurity and technology policy issues, U.S.-China relations, and U.S.-Asia foreign policy.
Ms. Chang recently served as the Staff Director of the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she was responsible for federal oversight and legislation on political, security, and economic issues in the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Previously, Ms. Chang was the Norman R. Augustine Research Associate in the Technology & National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), investigating the strategic and economic aspects of technology in the United States and in Asia.
Ms. Chang has authored several salient reports on China and Asian strategic and defense issues, including Warring State: China’s Cybersecurity Strategy on the political, military, and economic elements of China’s cyber strategy. She has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, NPR, POLITICO, and others.
Ms. Chang has also worked at The Asia Group, Albright Stonebridge Group, Defense Group Inc., the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Chang is a Fellow with the Truman National Security Project.
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