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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- Alumni
- Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Hassan Abbas
- Alumni
- Former Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, 2007-2009
General (ret.) John P. Abizaid
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 1998-2002
Samina Ahmed
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008
Kwang-Chan Ahn
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2018–2019
Nicholas D. Anderson
Current Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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- 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
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Current Affiliation:
Visiting Associate Professor, College, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Former Predoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Bo Bai
- Alumni
- Former Fisher Family Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Ban Ki-moon
- Alumni
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program/Caspian Studies Program, 2004–2005
Sham L. Bathija
- Alumni
- Former Associate, International Security Program, 2017–2019; Former International Security Program Research Fellow, 2011–2012
Michael Beckley
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Current Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts