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 Robinson is a joint MPP and JD 2022 candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. She received her BA in English summa cum laude from Harvard University in 2015. During the following three years, Amy worked as the Communications Manager at the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, an advocacy nonprofit funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While with the SHLB Coalition, Amy founded and directed the Advocacy Committee as well as worked closely with schools, libraries, and health providers across the country. These interactions have fueled Amy’s interest in telecommunications, digital inclusion, and community broadband as well as her aspirations to continue a federal public service career. While in school, Amy has interned at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Commerce Department as well as in Commissioner Geoffrey Starks office at the Federal Communications Commission. Due to her academic achievements and public service, Amy has been recognized as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a John Harvard scholar, and a recipient of the Carl & Lilly Pforzheimer Fellowship.
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