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.”
55 Experts
- Fellow
- Fellow, Middle East Initiative
- Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program, 2022–2023
Peter Ajak
- 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:
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/Middle East Initiative
- Former Research Fellow, Emirates Leadership Initiative, 2022–2023
Peyman Asadzade
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program (ISP), 2012–2014; Former Associate, ISP, 2009–2012; Former Research Fellow, ISP, 2007–2009
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
- Staff
- Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2017–2018, 2019–2020
- Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2016–2017
Mariana Budjeryn
Expertise:
- 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
- Research Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Zachary Burdette
- Fellow
- Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Sudarshana Chanda
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Academic Dean for Faculty Engagement, Harvard Kennedy School
- Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School
- Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
Erica Chenoweth
- Fellow
- Research Fellow, International Security Program
Angela Chesler