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.”
Biography
Dr. Michael Miner is currently the Acting Manager of the Intelligence Project in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He holds a particular interest in organizational processes and reform in addition to the role of intelligence in policymaking. Dr. Miner has taught at Harvard for over a decade including courses on intelligence, strategy, and national security. He earned his PhD at King's College London studying with the Official Historian of the British Joint Intelligence Committee. “The Perennial Quest: Intelligence Integration from London to Washington, 1936-2019” examines the evolution of national intelligence systems in the United Kingdom and the United States. He previously served on the Fulbright Specialist Roster supported by the U.S. Department of State and volunteered in the United States Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary. Dr. Miner is President of the Massachusetts Fulbright Association, Treasurer of the North American Society for Intelligence History, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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Email: miner@g.harvard.edu