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.”
17 Experts
- Fellow
Apekshya Prasai
Current Affiliation:
Gender & Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Lecturer in Public Policy
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- 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
- Associate
- Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program, 2020-2021
- Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), May 16–August 31, 2016; Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program (ISP)/MTA, September 1, 2015–May 15, 2016; Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014–2015
Jayita Sarkar
- Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
- Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2020–2021
Christopher Wiley Shay
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
- Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Afreen Siddiqi
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Richard Verma
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
Kristin Wood