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
Modern War Institute
Assad’s Downfall in Syria: Who Wins and Who Loses?
By Haleigh Bartos, John Chin and Sydney Laite
The Conversation
What Is a Self-Coup? South Korea President’s Attempt Ended in Failure − A Notable Exception in a Growing Global Trend
By John Chin and Joe Wright
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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
By John Chin, Haleigh Bartos, and Aleksaundra Handrinos
Team of Teams
Public Events
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Date
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Event & Registration
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Speaker(s)
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Thurs, 9/12/2024
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The Honorable Judge James E. Baker
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Thurs, 9/19/2024
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Harry Krejsa and Costa Samaras
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Wed, 9/25/2024
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Dr. Stacey A. Dixon and Audrey Kurth Cronin
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Thurs,
9/26/2024
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Amb. Nathaniel Fick, Minister Paula Bogantes Zamora, Amb. Benedikt Wechsler
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Fri, 9/27/2024
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Ambassador Nathaniel C. Fick and Audrey Kurth Cronin
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Thurs, 10/10/2024
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Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Jeff Schneider
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Mon, 10/28/2024
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Panelists: Bret Schafer, Bryan Prior, Darren Linvill; Moderator: Audrey Kurth Cronin
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Thurs,
11/21/2024
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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
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Prof. Harvey Rishikof
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