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.”
36 Experts
- 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
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Director, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
- Weak/Failed states
- Energy security
- Coronavirus
- Governance
- Middle East policy
- International Relations
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- United Nations
- NATO
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- National security economics
- NATO
- Military policy
- Chemical & biological weapons
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
- Homeland security
- Iraq war
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Iran nuclear program
- North Korea nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear waste
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
Graham Allison
Expertise:
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
- Former Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013–2016
- Former Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center, 2010–2016
- Former Associate Director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center, 2012–2016
Laura Diaz Anadon
Expertise:
Current Affiliation:
Chaired Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy
- Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Matthew Bunn
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Director, American Secretaries of State Project
- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
- Rogue/Repressive States
- Governance
- Intrastate conflict
- International cooperation
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Middle East policy
- European studies
- Educating policymakers
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- United Nations
- Sanctions
- Globalization
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Negotiation
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- NATO
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
- Nuclear Issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
- U.S. nuclear issues
Nicholas Burns
Expertise:
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development
- Area Chair, HKS International and Global Affairs
- Energy
- Biofuels
- U.S. energy policy
- Environment & Climate Change
- Air pollution
- Biodiversity
- Climate agreements
- Climate change policy
- Sustainable development
- Natural resource management
- Environmental policy
- International Relations
- International development
- Science & Technology
- Globalization
- International comparisons
- Science & Technology Policy
William C. Clark
Expertise:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program / Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Nicola De Blasio
- Research Fellow
- Visiting Researcher, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Felix Dequidt
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
- Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Paula J. Dobriansky
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Dr. Karen Donfried