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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Fredrik Logevall suggests that President Biden take a lesson from John F. Kennedy and own up to the mistakes, calmly and firmly, and learn from them.
Security 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
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
Vivien L. Chang
Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Diplomacy
Diplomacy ResearchRSS
In the wake of the United States’ shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, European leaders have done little to conceal their frustration with the U.S. president’s foreign policy.
Diplomacy Experts
Tarek Masoud
Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Director, Middle East Initiative; Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Peter Wittig
Fisher Family Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Daniela Schwarzer
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
Energy & Environment
Energy & Environment ResearchRSS
Joel Clement writes that while climate change is a scientific matter, climate action is a political one, and, if done right, can usher in dramatic social, economic and ecological improvements.
Energy & Environment Experts
Cristine Russell
Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program
Joel Clement
Senior Fellow, Arctic Initiative
Fang Zhang
Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program and Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Science & Technology
Science & Technology ResearchRSS
This report assesses common features of organized cybercrime groups and the socioeconomic conditions that influence cybercrime networks in specific countries. It seeks to provide a preliminary picture of how organized cybercrime groups operate and evolve and the conditions that likely allow them to thrive in particular locations using the case studies of Nigeria, India, and Mexico.
Science & Technology Experts
Afreen Siddiqi
Visiting Scholar, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Jonathan L Zittrain
Faculty Affiliate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
James Waldo
Professor of Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Chief Technology Officer, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS); Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, SEAS
