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.”
53 People
- Fellow
- Fellow, Non-Resident (administrative leave)
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Peter Ajak
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Director, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
- Weak/Failed states
- Energy security
- Coronavirus
- Governance
- Middle East policy
- International Relations
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- United Nations
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- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- National security economics
- NATO
- Military policy
- Chemical & biological weapons
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
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- Iraq war
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Iran nuclear program
- North Korea nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear waste
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
Graham Allison
Expertise:
- Associate
- Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2021–February 2022
- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2020–2021
Abolghasem Bayyenat
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program (ISP), 2012–2014; Former Associate, ISP, 2009–2012; Former Research Fellow, ISP, 2007–2009
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Zachary Burdette
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- 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
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Director, American Secretaries of State Project
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- Rogue/Repressive States
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- Intrastate conflict
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- Intelligence in policymaking
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- Globalization
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
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- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- NATO
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
- Nuclear Issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
- U.S. nuclear issues
Nicholas Burns
Expertise:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Youssef Chahed
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Academic Dean for Faculty Engagement, Harvard Kennedy School
- Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School
- Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Erica Chenoweth
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty, International Security Program
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Dara Kay Cohen
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Edward P. Djerejian