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.”
9 People
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- Former Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP)/Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), July–August 2014; Former Research Fellow, STPP/MTA, 2013–2014; Former Research Fellow, STPP, 2012–2013
- Nuclear Issues
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Kathleen Araújo
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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)
- Intelligence in policymaking
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Ash Carter
Expertise:
- Alumni
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, 2008–2010; Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2005–2007, 2002–2004
Chen Zak Kane
- Alumni
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Allison Macfarlane
- Alumni
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, 2019-2023
- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Iran Project, 2017-2019
Sahar Nowrouzzadeh
- Alumni
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, 2020-2022
- Former Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, 2013-2020
Nickolas Roth
Expertise:
Current Affiliation:
Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C.
- Alumni
- Former Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2006; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999-2002
James Walsh
- Alumni
- Former Stanton Nuclear Junior Faculty Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2019–2020
Julius Weitzdörfer
Expertise:
Current Affiliation:
Junior Professor of East Asian Law; Professor of Japanese Studies, FernUniversität Hagen, Hagen, Germany
- Alumni
- Former Research Assistant to Graham Allison, 2003–2006; Former Research Associate, Project on Managing The Atom, 2006–2008
Micah Zenko