Information Warfare, Hybrid Threats, and Nuclear Risk: The Hidden Threats of a Digital Age

December 12, 2024

This conference is closed to the Harvard community.

This conference aims to explore how emerging forms of information warfare and hybrid threats are reshaping global security, particularly in the context of nuclear risk. It aims to foster expert dialogue on the strategic, technological, and policy dimensions of these challenges, and to identify ways to strengthen resilience and decision-making in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Through expert panels and high-level policy discussions, the conference will assist in building cross-regional understanding and collaboration among policymakers, academics, and security professionals to address the hidden vulnerabilities of the digital age.

Sponsored by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, G7 Italia.

Convener

Matthew Bunn, Faculty Associate. James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Speakers

• Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky, Professor at the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University, Israel.
• Benedetta Berti, Director of Policy Planning, NATO.
• Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Gabriele Carrer, Visiting Fellow,  European Council on Foreign Relations, Rome office.
• Rory Cormac, Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham.
• Francesca Giovannini, Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Dominika Hajdu, Director for Policy & Programming, GLOBSEC.
• Beniamino Irdi, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council.
• Nicole Jackson, Associate Professor of International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
• Peter Mattis, President, The Jamestown Foundation.
• Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security journal, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Mareike Ohlberg, Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States.
• Virginia Padovese, Managing Editor & Vice President Partnerships, Europe, Australia and New Zealand at NewsGuard Technologies.
• Giorgio Silli, Deputy Minister, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
• Gian Piero Siroli, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna.
• Teija Tiilikainen, Director, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.