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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Sarah J. Donahue is the Associate Director of Operations at the Belfer Center. Sarah received her B.A. in Political Science from Stonehill College and her Master's in Higher Education Administration from Boston College. She began her career in campaigns, traveling to New Hampshire, Tennessee and Iowa as a staffer for John Kerry. She has also worked on Jon Corzine’s New Jersey gubernatorial campaign and the Tom Reilly for Governor Campaign. Outside of campaigns, she has worked for the Stonehill College Alumni Office.
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