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.”
11 Experts
- Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Gbemisola Abiola
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Vivien L. Chang
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Barnaby Crowcroft
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Augusta Dell’Omo
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
Jeff Fields
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jeffrey Frankel
Expertise:
- Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Antonia Juelich
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Zoe Marks
- Fellow
- Senior Resident Recanati-Kaplan Fellow
Wayne Stone