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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- Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Graham Allison
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- United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
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Nicholas Burns
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Jeffrey Frankel
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Asim Khwaja
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Tarek Masoud
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Meghan L. O'Sullivan
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- Senior Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
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- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security and Homeland Defense (2014-2015)
- Dep. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (2011-2014)
Eric Rosenbach
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- Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
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