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
Jack Schnettler is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Jack’s experience includes working in the U.S. Senate for Senators Tina Smith and Al Franken as a legislative staffer for energy, environment, and agriculture issues. He also worked as a Fellow for the Office of the Governor of North Carolina, assisting the Governor’s energy and environmental advisor with the implementation of the state’s executive order on climate change. At HKS, his studies have focused on climate change and environmental issues, and recently completed a policy analysis exercise on the economic viability of offshore wind in North Carolina. Jack graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in History and International Relations.
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