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
Tiaji Sio is an alum of the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a McCloy Fellow and Belfer Young Leader Fellow. In 2018, she graduated from the German Foreign Service Academy and has since held different positions in Shanghai, Berlin, Dakar, Maputo, and Hanoi. Driven by the urge to give back, she founded the network “Diplomats of Color” as well as the inter-ministerial diversity organization “DIVERSITRY” to encourage members of marginalized communities to apply for positions in the Federal Administration. As a pioneer in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in public policy, she was selected to serve as an Ambassador for the Beyond Gender Agenda campaign and was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and Capital Magazine’s 40 Under 40.
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