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.”
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- Editorial Board
- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
- Former Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program, 2011–2012
Aisha Ahmad
- Fellow
- Fellow, Non-Resident (administrative leave)
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Peter Ajak
- Staff
- Executive Director, Belfer Center
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Natalie Colbert
- Research Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Nate Grau
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2021–2023
Antonia Juelich
- Editorial Board
- Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2007–2008
- Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Adria Lawrence
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center