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
Caroline Kim is a Master in Public Policy 2021 candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research interests include U.S. foreign policy, conflict resolution, and political-military affairs. Prior to her graduate studies, Caroline taught English at a public Islamic high school in Manado, Indonesia, on a U.S. Fulbright grant. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science - International Relations and minors in Asian American Studies and Creative Writing. She speaks Korean, Spanish, and Indonesian. She is from Bakersfield, California.
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