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
Nicholas Anway is a joint Juris Doctor and Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School. At the Belfer Center, he is a Belfer Young Leader student fellow. After beginning his career on President Obama’s 2012 campaign, Nicholas led digital strategy in roles at Resilient Democracy, Fidelity Investments, and several EdTech startups. At Harvard, his work focuses on related issues in election law; digital campaigns and civic tech; AI governance; and democracy reform. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Politics & Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh Honors College, where he was a Brackenridge Research Fellow.
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