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
- 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
- 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
- Associate
- Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
Ashlie L Burkart
- Fellow
- Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Doug Calidas
- Fellow
- Technical Fellow for AI, LinkedIn
- Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Head of Responsible AI, Meta (formerly Facebook)
Joaquin Quiñonero Candela
- Alumni
- Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Former Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs
- Former Faculty Director, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Faculty Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former United States Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
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Ash Carter
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
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- Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development
- Area Chair, HKS International and Global Affairs
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William C. Clark
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program / Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Nicola De Blasio
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Michael Falcone
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project