Kiron Skinner, the Director and Taube Professor of Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Politics and Strategy, gave a speech at the Zionist Organization of America's 2020 virtual gala accepting the Dr. Bob Shillman Award for Outstanding Pro-Israel Diplomacy.
Kiron Skinner, others honor George Shultz
In honor of George Shultz' 100th birthday, distinguished guests pay tribute to the former Secretary of State and honorary chair of the Northern California Center. Participants include fellow former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; former US Ambassador to China Winston Lord; former Deputy Secretary of State Ambassador William Burns; and Dr. Kiron Skinner, Director and Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon's Institute for Politics and Strategy and research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute.
Army War College International Fellows visit Carnegie Mellon
The Institute for Strategic Analysis and the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute collaborated to produce a day of presentations to the Army War College’s International Fellows, a group of eighty or so officers from militaries around the world who spend 10 months on the Carlisle, Pennsylvania campus taking courses and completing a research project.
National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien Joins CMU Community to Discuss Foreign Policy Priorities
CMU’s Director of the Institute of Politics and Strategy Dr. Kiron Skinner and IPS Senior Fellow Richard Grenell were honored to host a webinar seven days before the presidential election entitled “Foreign Policy Priorities from National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien,” an on-the-record, virtual presentation and Q&A session that took place Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
Lessons from a diplomat: Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley visits IPS
“As a woman or minority, you may worry about biases against you,” Abercrombie-Winstanley said Wednesday during a Professional Journeys discussion with students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Politics and Strategy, the latest virtual event from the Center for International Relations and Politics Policy Forum. “You’ve got to be aware of certain barriers to success and know where the challenges are going to be. It’s important to have in mind, where are the additional hurdles that I may have to leap? But you should go in there expecting to be successful.”