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
Jeremy Jick is a Master in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School, concentrating in International & Global Affairs. Recent professional experience includes internships at the State Department, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the office of the Governor of Connecticut. Prior to HKS, he worked in consulting for the Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco, working primarily with healthcare and government clients. Jeremy earned his B.A. in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with minors in Economics and American Public Policy.
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