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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- Staff
- Executive Editor, International Security Journal
- Former Associate, International Security Program, 2000–February 2022
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2009–2011
Jacqueline L. Hazelton
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- Technology Policy Researcher, Avoiding Great Power War Project
- Former Research Assistant, Avoiding Great Power War Project
Kevin Klyman
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- Senior Research Associate and Manager
Charles Landow
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- Research Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Marina Lorenzini
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- Board of Directors
- Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
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Steven E. Miller
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- Program Manager, Intelligence Project
Michael Miner
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- Impact and Outreach Coordinator, Project on Managing the Atom
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Matthew Parent
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- Program Manager, Intelligence Project and Recanati-Kaplan Fellowship
Maria Robson-Morrow
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- Director, Russia Matters Project; Assistant Director, U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Simon Saradzhyan
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- Assistant Director for Research, Intelligence Project
- Assistant Director, Applied History Project