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
Casey Corcoran is a dual-degree Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Policy candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School. He is a Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow whose research at Harvard includes U.S.-China relations, East Asian security, foreign influence operations, and cyber-enabled espionage. He previously led reconnaissance units as a Captain in the United States Army. Casey has a BA in International Studies and English Literature from Boston College.
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