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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- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 1998-2002
Samina Ahmed
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- Former Associate, Middle East Initiative 2015 - 2017
Holger Albrecht
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- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative 2015-2016
Dina Bishara
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- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2017–2018
Alexander K. Bollfrass
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- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative, 2017-2018
Matt Buehler
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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 Research Fellow and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2012–2014
Tytti Erästö
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- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Initiative, 2019-2020
- Former Associate, Middle East Initiative, 2018-2019
Hilary Falb Kalisman
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- Former Associate, Middle East Initiative 2015 - 2017