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.”
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Former Associate, Cyber Security Project, 2014–2016; Former Research Fellow, Cyber Security Project, 2013–2014; Former Research Fellow, Cyber Security Project/International Security Program, 2011–2013
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor of International Relations, Senior Lecturer/Director, Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, Co-Director, Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, Oxford University, United Kingdom
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