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.”
5 Experts
- 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
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
- Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Paula J. Dobriansky
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jeffrey Frankel
Expertise:
- Board of Directors
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Energy
- U.S. energy policy
- Transportation
- Renewable energy
- India energy policy
- Energy security
- Energy R&D
- Energy Innovation policy
- Energy conservation
- Coal, Carbon Capture, & Storage
- China energy policy
- Environment & Climate Change
- Air pollution
- Climate change policy
- Environmental policy
- China & security
- Science & Technology
- Innovation systems
- Science & Technology Policy
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Expertise:
- Fellow
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Weila Gong