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.”
- Alumni
Reid Pauly
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2017–2019
Expertise:
Current Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Dean's Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
