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Heather Roff

Senior Research Fellow at Oxford

Heather Roff is a senior research fellow at Oxford and a research scientist at Arizona State University's Global Security Initiative. She is also a fellow at the New America Foundation’s Cybersecurity Initiative.
Ideas

Stop Saying We're Dropping 'Cyber Bombs' On ISIS

It is better to see cyber operations for what they are: changing spreadsheets, intercepting email, jamming comms, and a lot of deception.

  • Brandon Valeriano, Heather Roff and Sean Lawson, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

The International-Relations Argument Against Killer Robots

AI-assisted weapons could spark an arms race that would increase the likelihood of wars — and the slope of their escalation.

  • Heather Roff