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
Julie Gardella is the Faculty Assistant to Professor Henry Lee, the Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Prior to joining the Belfer Center in December, 2017, she previously worked at a renewable energy consulting firm in Framingham, Massachusetts. Julie graduated New York University with a degree in Environmental Studies, and she studied at the New York, Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Sydney campuses. She also has a background in student services and environmental advocacy.
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