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.”
7 Experts
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
- Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Paula J. Dobriansky
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Jeff Fields
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jeffrey Frankel
Expertise:
- Research Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Nate Grau
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2021–2023
Antonia Juelich
- Research Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Paula O'Donnell
- Fellow
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Anurag Panda