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
Kimberly Turner is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Belfer Center's International Security Program. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, an M.A. in political science from Loyola University Chicago, and a B.A. in political science from DePaul University. Last year, she held both the Adam Smith Fellowship from the Mercatus Center, as well as the Diversifying Faculty Initiative fellowship from the state of Illinois. Her current research develops new efficacy measures of non-violent protest and explores socio-economic protest incentives.
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