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. 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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Lawfully Speaking: Law, Technology, and the Future of Conflict
At CMIST we address the challenges of new and emerging technologies through a political science lens.
Recent Work
As AI demand drives a historic expansion of the US power grid, a central question remains: How do we decouple from strategic competitors without throttling our own industrial growth? CMIST joined forces with the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) to tackle this question in our latest white paper, "The Electrotech Moneyball: An Industrial Strategy for Ranking Risk and Opportunity in Energy & AI Supply Chains." The research introduces a "Moneyball" framework for the electrotech stack. By assessing components based on their "smart" connectivity and systemic influence, authors Phoebe Benich, Dr. Emma Stewart, and Harry Krejsa provide a roadmap for policymakers to implement zero-trust security where it matters most, while preserving the cost advantages of global commodity markets where it doesn't.
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By Justin Key Canfil
By Nadiya Kostyuk et al.
By Joshua A. Schwartz and Michael C. Horowitz
Foreign Affairs
By Audrey Kurth Cronin
Lawfare
By Michael McLaughlin and Harvey Rishikof
War on the Rocks
By Harry Krejsa and Phoebe Benich
War on the Rocks
By Joshua Scwhartz and Michael Horowitz
East Asia Forum
By Hannah Bailey
Just Security
By Joshua Schwartz and Meghan M. Garrity
Team of Teams
