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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- Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Hassan Abbas
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- Honorary Lecturer in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs/College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), August 2018–June 2019; Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program (ISP)/MTA, July 2016–July 2018; Former Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, ISP/MTA, 2015–2016
Mansoor Ahmed
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- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 1998-2002
Samina Ahmed
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- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2014–2015; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, August 1, 2011–August 31, 2012
Ahsan I. Butt
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- Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Former Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs
- Former Faculty Director, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Faculty Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former United States Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
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Ash Carter
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- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2014–2015
Christopher Clary
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- Former Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2003
Subrata Ghoshroy
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- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Vaidyanatha Gundlupet
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- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, November 2013–June 2014
Han Hua
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- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2016–2017