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.”
12 People
- Alumni
- Former Associate, International Security Program, 2022–2023
- Former Research Fellow, Cyber Security Project, 2017–2018
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002–2009
Ivan Arreguin-Toft
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2018–2020
Paul Behringer
- Alumni
- Director Emeritus, Center for Science and International Affairs; Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Paul Doty
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Women and Public Policy Program, 2010–2011
Maya Eichler
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008–2010
Azeem Ibrahim
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, February 2013–March 2015
Henrik Larsen
- Alumni
- Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
- Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science International Affairs
Ernest R. May
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2008–2011
Thomas M. Nichols
- Alumni
- Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
- 19th Secretary of Defense for the United States
Dr. William J. Perry
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2020–2022