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.
Recent Work
Rethinking U.S. Africa Policy Amid Changing Geopolitical Realities
By John J. Chin and Haleigh Bartos
To Compete or Strategically Retreat? The Global Diffusion of Reconnaissance Strike
By Michael C. Horowitz and Joshua A. Schwartz
Australian Outlook
Diplomatic Double Standards: The Sexism a President Kamala Harris Would Face
By Christopher W. Blair and Joshua A. Schwartz
Good Authority
’House of the Dragon’ Tells Us to Worry about More than Dragons
By Nadiya Kostyuk and Joshua Schwartz
Team of Teams
Public 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 | Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Jeff Schneider | |||
| Mon, 10/28/2024 | 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