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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Emily O’Toole is Eric Rosenbach’s Executive Assistant. Previously, she worked as Eric Rosenbach’s Research Assistant and Interim Defense Project Coordinator. Before joining the Belfer Center, Emily worked on a state-wide coordinated campaign for the Texas Democratic Party, interned at the Equal Justice Center, a non-profit law firm in Austin, Texas, and conducted data-quality research at findhelp.org.
Emily holds a B.A. in Government and Human Dimensions of Organizations from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received special honors in Human Dimensions of Organizations and college honors in the College of Liberal Arts.
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