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.”
4 Experts
- 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:
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Jeff Fields
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
Joseph S. Nye
Expertise:
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Senior Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
- Director, Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Co-Director of Belfer Center (2017-June 2023)
- Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security and Homeland Defense (2014-2015)
- Dep. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (2011-2014)
Eric Rosenbach