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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Carly Demetre is the publications coordinator for International Security and the Belfer Center Studies in International Security book series at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Prior to joining the Belfer Center, Ms. Demetre was an editorial project manager for Elsevier's Global Education, Reference, and Continuity team. She previously received a teaching fellowship instructing undergraduate students in First-Year Writing and tutored at The Connors Family Learning Center, both at Boston College. Ms. Demetre holds an M.A. in English from Boston College and a B.A. in English from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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