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
Henry Kaempf is the Executive Assistant to Secretary Ash Carter, Belfer Center Director. He previously served as Faculty/Staff Assistant to Graham Allison from July 2016-January 2020. He received his BA in Political Science from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and while there served as a legislative intern on Capitol Hill for Rep. Bill Keating. His work focused around environmental issues and the Foreign Affairs Committee. He also previously spent time working as an administrative assistant in the MIT Physics Department.
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