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.

At CMIST we address the challenges of new and emerging technologies through a political science lens.

CMIST Diploma Ceremony Spring 2024
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CMIST Diploma Ceremony Spring 2024
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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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Audrey Kurth Cronin Foreign Affairs article
Josh Schwartz Journal of International Security article

John Chin and Haleigh Bartos Texas National Security Review article

The Nuclear Taboo is a Myth by Joshua A. Schwartz; Lawfare
Can Bolivia Ever Escape the Coup Trap?
Will Artificial Intelligence Lead to War? By Patrick M. Cronin and Audrey Kurth Cronin; The National Interest
Haiti: A Best-Case Scenario by Haleigh Bartos, John Chin, and Tyler Ashner; War on the Rocks
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What Iran's Drone Attack Portends for the Future of Warfare by Joshua A. Schwartz; Modern War Institute

Team of Teams

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Public Events

Dates and times for Fall 2024 public-facing events 
Date Time Event & Registration Speaker(s) Location
Thurs, 9/12/2024 5:00-6:15 PM* Lawfully Speaking - Promise and Peril: The Next Ten Years of National Security AI and its Regulation The Honorable Judge James E. Baker Posner Grand Room (340), CMU
Thurs, 9/19/2024 5:00-6:30 PM* Scientists &Strategists - Securing Tomorrow: U.S. Industrial Strategy, Security, and the Clean Energy Transition Harry Krejsa and Costa Samaras Posner Grand Room (340), CMU
Wed, 9/25/2024 3:30-4:15 PM Conversations with Senior Leaders: Dr. Stacey A. Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI) Dr. Stacey A. Dixon and Audrey Kurth Cronin Rachel Mellon Walton Room, Posner (1st Floor), CMU
Fri, 9/27/2024 11:00 AM-12:15 PM* Celebrating CMIST: Pathways to Public Service Ambassador Nathaniel C. Fick and Audrey Kurth Cronin Posner Grand Room (340), CMU
Thurs, 10/10/2024 5:00-6:30 PM* Scientists &Strategists - Human and Machine: Evolving Military Strategies in the Age of AI and Robotics Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Jeff Schneider Posner Grand Room (340), CMU
Mon, 10/28/2024 5:00-6:30 PM** CMU Deeper Conversations - Cyber-Enabled Nation-State Influence Operations: Are Russia, China and Iran Interfering in the U.S. Election? Panelists: Bret Schafer, Bryan Prior, Darren Linvill; Moderator: Audrey Kurth Cronin. Simmons A, Tepper Building, 1st Floor

 Register now, seating is limited
*Doors open 30 minutes prior to event; Refreshments served
** CMU event open to current students & alumni