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.”
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Stephen Walt enumerates five lessons that leaders and publics around the world might learn after a year of war in Ukraine.
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Stephen M. Walt
Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program; Member of the Board, Belfer Center; Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project; Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
Erica Chenoweth
Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jacqueline L. Hazelton
Executive Editor, International Security Journal; Former Associate, International Security Program, 2000–February 2022; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2009–2011
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In honor of International Women's Day and U.S. Women's History Month, Erika Manouselis, Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project, spoke with Desirée Cormier Smith, the U.S. State Department’s first ever Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice.
Diplomacy Experts
Juliette Kayyem
Member of the Board, Belfer Center; Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Director, Homeland Security Project; Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
Tarek Masoud
Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance; Faculty Chair, Middle East Initiative; Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Calder Walton
Assistant Director for Research, Intelligence Project; Assistant Director, Applied History Project
Energy & Environment
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On March 31 at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, the government of Norway presented its program for Norway’s upcoming Chairship of the Arctic Council. In response, John Holdren, Co-Director of the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, issued the following statement of support.
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William C. Clark
Member of the Board, Belfer Center ; Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development; Area Chair, HKS International and Global Affairs
John P. Holdren
Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Member of the Board, Belfer Center; President Obama's Science Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (January 2009 – January 2017)
Matthew Bunn
James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy ; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Science & Technology
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Belfer Center experts on security, intelligence, and cybersecurity issues were interviewed on the recent leak of classified military intelligence documents allegedly by Airman Jack Teixeira.
Science & Technology Experts
Joel Clement
Senior Fellow, Arctic Initiative
Nadezhda Filimonova
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Arctic Initiative
Cathy O'Neil
Program Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
