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
Jenna Stark is a Master in Public Policy 2020 candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. Jenna graduated from Brown University in 2011 with an honors degree in international relations, with a focus on global security in the Middle East. She speaks both Arabic and Hebrew and has lived in Israel to research issues related to the peace process and in Egypt to study Arabic full-time. More recently, Jenna has worked in Washington, DC as a political analyst focused on the Middle East and as a specialist in Arabic media. She has continued her travels to the region as well. Jenna's policy interests include conflict resolution, international negotiations, and Middle East studies.
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