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
Kate Bauer attended Loyola University, New Orleans, and earned a BA in Communications and English. After serving a term with AmeriCorps, she went to graduate school at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta. She was the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project Coordinator working under Professor Calestous Juma at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
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