Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Joseph Nye says 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. While this makes negotiating cyber arms-control treaties problematic, it does not make diplomacy impossible.

Efforts to combat climate change should be pragmatic above all else.

In an interview, John Holdren tells Eos that strong measures still could help avoid the most catastrophic damages from climate change.

U.S. Senator Ed Markey hosts former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, former U.S., Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, and former Office of Science & Technology Policy Director John Holdren for a public forum at Belmont High School. The discussion was moderated by MA State Senator Will Brownsberger.

Frank O'Donnell describes how the strategic gains are even more enticing than the economic ones.

Many observers have called for laws and norms to secure this new environment. But developing such standards in the cyber domain faces a number of difficult hurdles. Although Moore's law about the doubling of computing power every two years means that cyber time moves quickly, human habits, norms, and state practices change more slowly.

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