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.

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 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 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's Lawfully Speaking: A Forum for Law & Ethics event with John Bellinger
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CMIST's MITS graduate students present their Capstone Projects
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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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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. 

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CMIST is a Team of Teams that works with cutting-edge Carnegie Mellon University research units, including the School of Computer Science, Cy-Lab, the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, Heinz College, the Block Center, Dietrich College, the Software Engineering Institute, the Tepper School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Engineering and Public Policy program. And CMIST’s home for its vibrant political science graduate and undergraduate academic programs is the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Haiti: A Best-Case Scenario by Haleigh Bartos, John Chin, and Tyler Ashner; War on the Rocks
What Iran's Drone Attack Portends for the Future of Warfare by Joshua A. Schwartz; Modern War Institute
Will Artificial Intelligence Lead to War? By Patrick M. Cronin and Audrey Kurth Cronin; The National Interest
Why More Femail Leaders Won't Lead to More Peace by Joshua A. Schwartz and Christopher Blair; Lawfare
Decolonizing Israel-Palestine is a Dangerous Delusion by Daniel Silverman; The National Interest
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CMIST's Scientists and Strategists - The Exceptions with Kate Zernike - recorded event
CMIST Conversations with Senior Leaders Cronin and Adm Foggo - recorded video

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Baruch Fischhoff media mention in The Washington Post

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

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