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
Julia Martin is the former Assistant Director at the Belfer Center's Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, where she oversaw the administration of MEI’s research programs, managed MEI’s budgets and financial resources, and supported strategic planning. Prior to joining MEI, she worked as the Secretariat Manager for Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), a global network which seeks to increase the voice, visibility, and validity of the working poor, especially women, based at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Hauser Institute for Civil Society. Julia has also supported the work of the Hauser Institute’s programs on Humanitarian & Development NGOs and Justice and Human Rights. Julia holds a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies from Florida State University and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School.
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