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.”
Working in a small team with students from Harvard Kennedy School and schools from across the Arctic, you will choose a topic in which you are interested, interview one or more influential people in that field and create a podcast to be published by the Arctic Initiative.
You will take part in training sessions with experts in communications, interviewing skills and audio-visual editing and be supported throughout the process.
Training sessions will take place on Mondays in October/early November, meeting via zoom at 4pm EDT (12pm AKDT, 6pm West Greenland, 10pm Norway/Sweden, 11pm Finland). After the training sessions, teams will determine their own meeting times.
Students will need a stable internet connection and be willing to commit to the entire program.
To apply, please go to: https://forms.gle/SCnvoSzkJqJZpRQo8
Applications close at midnight AKDT on September 27, 2020.
If you have any questions please contact Arctic Initiative Fellow,
Dr Sarah Mackie: sarahmackie@hks.harvard.edu