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
Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2006–2009
Current Affiliations:
Weinberg Fellow, Energy and Transportation Science Division, Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
Fellow in Energy and Technology, Baker Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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