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.”
6 People
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Jeffrey Frankel
Expertise:
- Board of Directors
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Energy
- U.S. energy policy
- Transportation
- Renewable energy
- India energy policy
- Energy security
- Energy R&D
- Energy Innovation policy
- Energy conservation
- Coal, Carbon Capture, & Storage
- China energy policy
- Environment & Climate Change
- Air pollution
- Climate change policy
- Environmental policy
- China & security
- Science & Technology
- Innovation systems
- Science & Technology Policy
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Expertise:
- Board of Directors
- Faculty
- Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Robert Lawrence
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Senior Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
- Director, Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Co-Director of Belfer Center (2017-June 2023)
- 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
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- Board of Directors
- Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Co-Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Daniel Schrag
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- Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
- A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
- Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group
- Chairman, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government
- Co-Chair, Kennedy School–Harvard Business School Joint Degree Programs
Robert N. Stavins