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.”
32 People
- 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:
- Senior Fellow
- Senior Fellow, Cyber Project
James Baker
Expertise:
- Staff
- Research Assistant, Cyber Project
Julian Baker
- Associate
- Associate, Cyber Security Project
Gary Belvin
- Senior Fellow
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Cyber Security Project
Sameer Bhalotra
- Belfer Summer Research Assistant, Cyber Project
Felipe Bueno
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy
- Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Matthew Bunn
- Affiliate
- Affiliate, Cyber Security Project
Amy Chang
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Naniette H. Coleman
Expertise:
- Fellow
- Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
Amanda Current
Expertise: