Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology

CMU's Home for Political Science and International Relations

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CMU's home for Political Science and International Relations, CMIST is an interdisciplinary institute that works across Carnegie Mellon University to tackle the risks and benefits of emerging technologies in war and peace.

The Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology, or "CMIST," is a university-wide initiative dedicated to the wise development, use and governance of new and emerging technologies that are changing war and peace.  The home for Carnegie Mellon University’s study of Political Science and International Relations, CMIST is uniquely poised to take advantage of the university’s strengths in computer science and engineering, and its distinctive tradition of cross-university, cross-disciplinary research.  Focused on questions of power and governance, CMIST builds new frameworks for managing global and national security challenges.
2025 Diploma Ceremony
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2025 Diploma Ceremony
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US Army War College Visit
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Scientists & Strategists - Beyond the Cloud: The Rise of Edge Computing
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Scientists & Strategists - Cyber Flashpoints in Space with Laura DeNardis
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CMIST's Politics & Pie Spring 2025
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Prof. Daniel Silverman Book Launch - Seeing is Disbelieving
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Lawfully Speaking - The Revolution in Military Affairs, Law, and the Future of Warfare
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Scientists & Strategists - Civil-Military Relations: Throughout History and in Modern Times with Kori Schake
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Scientists & Strategists - How Tech Firms Shape Geopolitics with Adam Segal
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Scientists & Strategists - Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence with Adam Fuhrmann
Scientists & Strategists - Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence with Adam Fuhrmann
CMIST White Paper Launch Event with Harry Krejsa
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CMIST Digital Diplomacy Event
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At CMIST we address the challenges of new and emerging technologies through a political science lens.

New Publication

CMIST Non-Resident Fellow, Jamie Morgan has released her first white paper, Harnessing Innovation: A Lethal Empowerment Approach to Partner-Led Deterrence in Asia. This paper explores how decentralized communications, unmanned platforms, and advanced planning tools could significantly bolster allied security in the Indo-Pacific. Morgan argues that the US defense export system, still governed by Cold War-era processes, is failing to deliver these critical technologies quickly and effectively. To remedy this, the paper presents specific, actionable policy solutions to ensure partners have timely access to innovative, dual-use systems—before they are forced to seek out foreign competitors.

Harnessing Innovation

Recent Work

Team of Teams

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Public Engagements

Fall 2025 Event Term Card
Date
Event
Speaker(s)
Tues, 08/26/2025
5pm
Scientists & Strategists - AI and National Security: The History and Future of Emerging Technology and Cybersecurity in Conflict Brigadier General (Ret.) Greg Touhill and Mieke Eoyang
Tues, 09/30/2025
5pm
Scientists & Strategists - Digital Frontiers: Technology, Influence, and Security in Central and South America
General (Ret.) Laura Richardson and MInister Paula Bogantes Zamora
Thurs, 10/09/2025
5pm
Lawfully Speaking - From Science to Strategy:  Navigating a Career at the Nexus of Law, Technology, and Policy 
 Lala Qadir
Thurs, 10/23/2025
5pm
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program - Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right
Professor David Rabban
Tues, 10/28/2025
5pm
Book Launch - Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices
Professor Baruch Fischhoff
Tues, 11/18/2025
5pm
Scientists & Strategists - Title & registration forthcoming
John Costello and
Thomas Şerban von Davier

 

 The views and opinions expressed in CMIST publications are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect any official position of CMIST or Carnegie Mellon University.