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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- Former Non-Resident Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
Ashlie L Burkart
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Doug Calidas
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- Former Head of Responsible AI, Meta (formerly Facebook)
Joaquin Quiñonero Candela
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- Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
- Former Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs
- Former Faculty Director, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Former Faculty Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom
- Former United States Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
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Ash Carter
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- Founder and CEO, tEquitable
- Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Chief Digital Service Officer, U.S. Department of Education
Lisa Gelobter
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- China Tech & Society Reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Former Senior AI Editor, MIT Tech Review
Karen Hao
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- Co-founder, Rebellion Defense
- Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project
- Founder Director, Defense Digital Service
Chris Lynch
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- Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Physics, Emeritus
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Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti
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- Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kathy Pham
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- Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Nick Sinai