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.”
7 Experts
- Associate
- Associate, International Security Program
- Former Research Fellow, Cyber Security Project, 2017–2018
- Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002–2009
Ivan Arreguin-Toft
- Fellow
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
- Non-Resident Fellow, Intelligence Project
Jeff Fields
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
Joseph S. Nye
Expertise:
- Faculty
- Board of Directors
- Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Lecturer in Public Policy
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- 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
- Faculty
- Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Fellow, Cyber Project
Bruce Schneier
- Alumni
- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Project
- Head of Security Policy & Election Integrity for Google Play & Android
Camille Stewart
- Faculty
- Professor of Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Chief Technology Officer, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
- Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, SEAS
James Waldo