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
Former Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow, International Security Program, 2019–2021
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California, Dornsife, Los Angeles, California
Last Updated: Jul 13, 2021, 6:50pmAwards
Winner of the 2020 ISA International Security Studies Section Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper