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.”
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Josh Horton conducts research on geoengineering policy and governance issues. Before serving as research director, Geoengineering, Josh was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Belfer Center. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University.
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