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
Noam Alon is a first-year Master in Public Policy candidate and a Belfer Young Leader Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Before HKS, Noam worked at a global financial technology startup where she developed risk management methodologies and led the business operations for the R&D department. She graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a BA in Political Science and Business Administration. Her research interests include the role of technology and entrepreneurship policies in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
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