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
Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNO ASA, an Olso-listed oil and gas company active in the Middle East and North Africa.
An experienced industry executive, he serves concurrently as Chairman of RAK Petroleum plc, an energy investment company also listed in Oslo, and of Foxtrot International, LDC, a privately-held oil and gas company active in West Africa. He was founder and first chief executive of Houston‐based Apache International, Inc.
In addition to his industry positions, Mr. Mossavar‐Rahmani is active in philanthropy, education and the arts. He is a member of the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Kennedy School and a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where he also chairs the Visiting Committee of the Department of Islamic Art.
He has published more than ten books and dozens of articles on global energy markets and was decorated a Commandeur de l’Ordre National de la Cote d’Ivoire for services to the energy sector of that country.
He is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Universities.
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