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.”
40 Experts
- 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:
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program (ISP), 2012–2014; Former Associate, ISP, 2009–2012; Former Research Fellow, ISP, 2007–2009
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Zachary Burdette
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Academic Dean for Faculty Engagement, Harvard Kennedy School
- Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School
- Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Erica Chenoweth
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty, International Security Program
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Dara Kay Cohen
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Michael Falcone
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2107–2018
- Former Research Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2015–2017
Eleanor Freund
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2021–2023
- Nuclear power
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- U.S. foreign policy
- Diplomacy
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- China & security
- Military intervention
- Intelligence
- China nuclear issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- North Korea nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
Mayumi Fukushima
Expertise:
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
Julie George
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Elizabeth Good