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.”
670 People
- Fellow
- National Security Fellow 2021
Jacquelyn Barcomb
- Fellow
- National Security Fellow 2021
Jack Kiesler
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Current Affiliation:
Middle East Initiative
- Associate
- Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former Senior Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom, 2018-2019
Nobuyasu Abe
Expertise:
- Staff
- Publications Coordinator, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Monica Achen
- Fellow
- Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Serkant Adiguzel
- Belfer Summer Research Assistant, Arctic Initiative
Allison Agsten
- 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
- Fellow
- Fellow, Middle East Initiative
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Peter Ajak