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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- Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative (Spring 2024)
Nadya Hajj
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Adel Hamaizia
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- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Josef Joffe
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- Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Asim Khwaja
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- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Adria Lawrence
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Marina Lorenzini
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Tarek Masoud
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James McDonnell
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- Ermest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program