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.”
5 People
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Bethan Johnson
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2021–2022
Mina Mitreva
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Current Affiliation:
Consultant, Bain & Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program, 2015–December 2018
- Former Senior Research Associate, 2011–2013
Benjamin Rhode
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Current Affiliation:
Research Fellow in Transatlantic Affairs, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; Affiliate, Applied History Project
- Alumni
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2021–2022
Lukas Paul Schmelter
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- Alumni
- Former Associate, Applied History Project, March–June 2022
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2020–February 2022
Graeme Thompson
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Current Affiliation:
Senior Analyst, Global Macro-Politics, Eurasia Group, Washington, D.C.