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
Paul Sédille is a Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow and an MPA-MBA joint degree candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to Harvard, Paul was working as a Chinese-language reporter for Hong Kong’s leading Cantonese media and lead partnerships for China’s third largest cinema chain. Most recently, Paul used his knowledge of China at a Sequoia-backed startup to map global supply chains. Outside of work, Paul has worked on AI policy, refugee rights, and ocean conservation, and started a music festival. He has published research on AI safety in academia and continues to work on AI policy around the world. He is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, Sciences Po Paris, and Sorbonne University.
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