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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- Affiliate
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative (2023-2024)
- Former Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Serkant Adiguzel
- Editorial Board
- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
- Former Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program, 2011–2012
Aisha Ahmad
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- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Kuwait Program Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative (Spring 2022)
Eisa Al Nashmi
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- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
Pouya Alimagham
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Abdulmajeed AlSaud
- Affiliate
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Former Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
- Former Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative, 2019-2020
Marsin Alshamary
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- Affiliate, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
- Former Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013–2016
- Former Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center, 2010–2016
- Former Associate Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center, 2012–2016
Laura Diaz Anadon
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- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
- Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2007-2008
Kristin M. Bakke
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- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Mats Berdal
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- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security