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
Jonah Glick-Unterman is a Research Assistant at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where he focuses on strategy, defense policy, nuclear weapons, and Asia-Pacific security.
Prior to joining the Belfer Center, Jonah worked at the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Wilson Center. Jonah graduated from Stanford University Phi Beta Kappa by junior election with Honors and Distinction in Political Science. At Stanford, Jonah served as class president and conducted research with Siegfried Hecker, Colin Kahl, William Perry, Condoleezza Rice, and Scott Sagan.
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