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
Jennifer Li is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to HKS, she was a consultant for Deloitte, where she worked with international clients in the life sciences and healthcare industries. A proud DC native, Jenny has also served as an intern for the White House, the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Jenny holds an A.B. in Social Studies, an Economics secondary, and a French language citation from Harvard College. Her research interests include the Indo-Pacific, U.S. foreign policy, and nuclear security.
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