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.”
29 People
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- Board of Directors
- Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Director, Belfer Center
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- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
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Graham Allison
Expertise:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Youssef Chahed
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Edward P. Djerejian
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Michael Falcone
- Faculty
- Senior Faculty Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Niall Ferguson
Expertise:
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- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative 2015 - 2016
Jamal Ibrahim Haidar
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Adel Hamaizia
- Research Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Addison Jensen
- Fellow
- Fellow, Applied History Project
Anne Karalekas
- Faculty
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Asim Khwaja