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
Barnaby Crowcroft is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Belfer Center. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in history from Harvard University, as well as earlier degrees from Yale University and the London School of Economics. During his fellowship, Barnaby is completing a book project on the end of the British empire, in places including Nigeria, Egypt, and Yemen, under contract with Penguin Press. He previously worked in foreign service in the United Arab Emirates.
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