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.”
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Currently a research fellow with the International Security Program and Project on Managing the Atom at HKS' Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Assaf is an experienced senior researcher and lawyer specializing in managing multidisciplinary collection and analysis teams dealing with national and international security issues, and their public, economic, legal, political, and technological context. He has dedicated the past 25 years to policy shaping, operational planning, and strategic dialogue with decision makers in Israel and abroad.
Assaf holds a Master's degree in political science and earned his L.L.B and his B.A in East Asian studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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