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.
CMIST Digital Diplomacy Event
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CMIST Digital Diplomacy Event
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CMIST Digital Diplomacy Event
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CMIST Digital Diplomacy Event
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CMIST Lawfully Speaking
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CMIST Lawfully Speaking
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CMIST Diploma Ceremony Spring 2024
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CMIST Diploma Ceremony Spring 2024
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CMIST's Scientists & Strategists Speaker Series with Kate Zernike
CMIST's Scientists & Strategists Speaker Series with Kate Zernike
CMIST's Scientists & Strategists Speaker Series with Kate Zernike
CMIST's Scientists & Strategists Speaker Series with Kate Zernike
CMIST's Lawfully Speaking: A Forum for Law & Ethics event with John Bellinger
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CMIST's Lawfully Speaking: A Forum for Law & Ethics event with John Bellinger
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CMIST's Politics & Pie event
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CMIST's Politics & Pie event
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CMIST cohosted event for the US Army War College International Fellows
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CMIST cohosted event for the US Army War College International Fellows
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CMIST's MITS graduate students present their Capstone Projects
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CMU Washington Semester Program students attending the PA Delegation event with CMIST Director, Audrey Kurth Cronin
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At CMIST we address the challenges of new and emerging technologies through a political science lens.

 

Recent Work

The Conversation

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What Is a Self-Coup? South Korea President’s Attempt Ended in Failure − A Notable Exception in a Growing Global Trend

By John Joseph Chin and Joe Wright

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Can They Control the Weather? How the Secretive History of Weather Weapons Fuels Conspiracy Theories

Can They Control the Weather? How the Secretive History of Weather Weapons Fuels Conspiracy Theories

By Justin Canfil

Journal of Democracy

What Burkina Faso’s Tragic History Teaches Us

What Burkina Faso’s Tragic History Teaches Us

By John Chin, Haleigh Bartos, and Aleksaundra Handrinos

Foreign Affairs

Sinwar Is Dead, but Hamas Will Survive by Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs

Sinwar Is Dead, but Hamas Will Survive

By Audrey Kurth Cronin

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Why do 7 states decide the U.S. presidency? by Ignacio Arana

Why do 7 states decide the U.S. presidency?

By Ignacio Arana

Foreign Affairs

America Has More Latitude With Israel Than It Thinks By Daniel Silverman

America Has More Latitude With Israel Than It Thinks

By Daniel Silverman

Team of Teams

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Public Events

Fall 2024 Events
FALL 2024
Date
Event & Registration
Speaker(s)
Thurs, 9/12/2024
The Honorable Judge James E. Baker
Thurs, 9/19/2024
Harry Krejsa and Costa Samaras
Wed, 9/25/2024
Dr. Stacey A. Dixon and Audrey Kurth Cronin
Thurs,
9/26/2024
Amb. Nathaniel Fick, Minister Paula Bogantes Zamora, Amb. Benedikt Wechsler
Fri, 9/27/2024
Ambassador Nathaniel C. Fick and Audrey Kurth Cronin
Thurs, 10/10/2024
Scientists & Strategists: Human and Machine: Evolving military Strategies in the Age of AI and Robotics
Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Jeff Schneider
Mon, 10/28/2024
Panelists: Bret Schafer, Bryan Prior, Darren Linvill; Moderator: Audrey Kurth Cronin
Thurs, 
11/21/2024
Technology, Law, and Democracy: Student Law Roundtable; 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (Refreshments served at 4:45 pm); Open to CMU Students; Grand Room, Posner Hall (340), CMU
Prof. Harvey Rishikof