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
Dr. Kaho Yu is a Senior Asia Analyst in Verisk Maplecroft’s Politics team. He focuses on the political economy, energy policy and security issues in China and Asia-Pacific, and their implications for businesses and global markets. His expertise also covers investment risks related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, US-China-Russia energy relations and global economic governance. Kaho holds affiliated research positions at the European Centre for Energy and Resources Security, the London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science at King’s College London, and the Asian Energy Studies Centre at Hong Kong Baptist University. Kaho obtained his PhD in International Political Economy from King’s College London.
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