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.”
Economics & Global Affairs
15 Experts
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
Meghan L. O'Sullivan
- Faculty
- Director, Korea Project
John S. Park
- Board of Directors
- Affiliate
- F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Meg Rithmire
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Kevin Rudd
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Richard Verma