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
JJ Henkin is a Research Assistant with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is currently pursuing his Master of Public Policy degree with a concentration in International and Global Affairs. Prior to his time at Harvard, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics at the University of Colorado and served for seven years as the managing partner and lead systems engineer for BTS Production Group, an engineering and design firm. He has additionally spent time working for the University of Colorado’s Office of Aerospace Ventures and Industry Collaboration—the university’s connection point to key research and development partners in various fields of science and engineering.
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Email: jhenkin@hks.harvard.edu