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.”
671 People
- International Council
- International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ylias Akbaraly
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
- Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative, Fall 2021
- Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative, 2020-2021
Sultan Al Qassemi
- Associate
- Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
- Former Visiting Scholar, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2008–2009
Mohammed Al-Juaied
- International Council
- International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Mansoor Al-Mahmoud
- Visiting Scholar
- Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative
Abbas Al-Mejren
- Emergency Medicine Resident Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lorenzo Albala
Expertise:
- Faculty
- Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Joseph E. Aldy
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative
Layane Alhorr
- Belfer Summer Research Assistant, Research Assistant to Professor Erica Chenoweth
Zesean Ali
- Fellow
- Research Fellow
- Kuwait Program Research Fellow (Spring 2023)
Abdullah Alibrahim