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
Zachariah Mampilly is Professor and the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the City University of New York. He is the author of Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War and Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change (with Adam Branch). His work explores the politics of violent and non-violent resistance with a focus on Africa and South Asia.
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