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.”
30 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:
- 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
- Associate
- Associate, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, Cyber Security Project, 2017–2018
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002–2009
Ivan Arreguin-Toft
- Staff
- Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2017–2018, 2019–2020
- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2016–2017
Mariana Budjeryn
Expertise:
- 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
- Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
Doug Calidas
- 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)
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- U.S. foreign policy
- NATO
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- National security economics
- Chemical & biological weapons
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Homeland security
- Nuclear Issues
- China nuclear issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- North Korea nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear terrorism
- Russia nuclear program
- Science & Technology
- Science & Technology Policy
Ash Carter
Expertise:
- Associate
- Associate, Arctic Initiative
Douglas Causey
Expertise:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
- Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
Paula J. Dobriansky
- Fellow
- Communications Fellow
Ada Ezeokoli
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