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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- Fellow
- National Security Fellow 2021
Jacquelyn Barcomb
- Fellow
- National Security Fellow 2021
Jack Kiesler
- Fellow
- Fellow, Middle East Initiative (Spring 2024)
Yasmeen Abu Fraiha
- Affiliate
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative (2023-2024)
- Former Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Serkant Adiguzel
- Fellow
- Fellow, Non-Resident (administrative leave)
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Peter Ajak
- Affiliate
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Kuwait Program Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative (Spring 2022)
Eisa Al Nashmi
- Fellow
- Fellow, Middle East Initiative, 2023-2024
- Kuwait Program Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative (Spring 2023)
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- Affiliate
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
Pouya Alimagham
- Fellow
- Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow
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- Advisor, Defending Digital Democracy Project