“Whether you’re a superpower doesn’t seem to be nearly as important as whether you’ve got the ability to fire drones or design your own weapons for relatively little money," CMIST director Audrey Kurth Cronin tells David Wallace-Wells of The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...
What are China's international ambitions? Todd Hall and CMIST's Hannah Bailey joined the SOAS China in Context podcast to discuss their analysis of China’s international role — as the leader of a ‘global opposition campaign’.
Listen: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/epis...
"The maritime balance in the Indo-Pacific is no longer calculated by how many ships sail today, but by how many can be built, repaired, and regenerated tomorrow," write CMIST scholar-in-residence Patrick M. Cronin and student David Glick.
Read: nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
Cyber operations are accelerating in speed and complexity. CMIST National Security Fellow Major Gabrielle Nesburg is researching how agentic AI can strengthen intelligence-driven cyber defense and improve mission-focused planning. Read more: https://ow.ly/xiWj50YMPmI
"It's more important to select next-generation technology projects that will benefit Korean corporate competitiveness in the long term—like small modular reactors (SMRs)—as investment destinations in the U.S.," says Troy Stangarone, CMIST non-resident fellow. en.sedaily.com/internationa...
“We can no longer believe that the use of air power is going to be definitive and that the other side will not be able to respond,” CMIST director Audrey Kurth Cronin tells @dwallacewells.bsky.social of The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...
Thank you to Professor Iganacio Arana Araya for an enlightening discussion on his new book, Presidential Personalities and Constitutional Power Grabs in Latin America, 1945-2021.
Visit the publisher's website: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
As part of CMIST's "Geopolitics in the Age of AI," CMU Alumni & former Trustee, Luis Ball returned to campus to provide an overview of Venezuela’s 20th-century development and its lasting implications for today’s global energy & security landscape.
Watch here: youtu.be/HkKT_2zcOWg
“With intensifying competition and declining share in China’s domestic market, Samsung appears to have concluded its best strategy is to focus on global competition rather than competing head-on in China,” says CMIST non-resident fellow Troy Stangarone. www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/business...
From the pool to policy, discover how @cmist-cmu.bsky.social student-athletes use their competitive edge to excel in interdisciplinary strategy.
Full article here: www.cmu.edu/cmist/news-a...
Join CMIST on Thurs., April 16 at 5pm to celebrate the release of Presidential Personalities and Constitutional Power Grabs in Latin America, 1945-2021 and its contribution to better understanding how political leaders wield their influence and transform institutions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In his new book, Presidential Personalities and Constitutional Power Grabs in Latin America, 1945-2021, CMIST's Ignacio Arana Araya shows how overreaching leaders share individual characteristics that make them more likely to undermine democracy. Read about his research: www.cmu.edu/cmist/news-a...
“Samsung faces a strategic dilemma: put resources into defending market share in China or better competing against Chinese firms globally,” said Troy Stangarone, a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology. www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...
We're glad to be part of CMU’s great research enterprise. www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/20...
"The greatest danger is not that deterrence collapses outright, but that it fails in ways we do not anticipate," writes Patrick M. Cronin, Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute & CMIST scholar in residence. nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
"Beijing is adopting the tactics of a global opposition party, argues a new paper by Hannah Bailey of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology and Todd Hall, director of the China Centre at the University of Oxford." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
“The madman strategy tends to be quite unpopular among the domestic public," CMIST's @joshschwartz.bsky.social tells The New York Post. nypost.com/2026/04/08/u...
How can the US and China improve cybersecurity globally? To reduce suspicion and risk, dialogue and agreed translations are crucial first steps, writes Mieke Eoyang, CMIST visiting professor and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. acf.sais.jhu.edu/the-united-s...
Jackie Schneider visits CMIST for a lecture on her book, "The Hand Behind Unmanned"
Can the evolution of unmanned military systems be explained by more than technological capability alone?
@jackieschneider.bsky.social discussed the development of the US unmanned arsenal at our recent CMIST event, with guest discussant @joshschwartz.bsky.social.
Watch here: youtu.be/9H9JIPQiwQc
How do political leaders drive political change, and how can we measure their impact? In his new book, CMIST’s Ignacio Arana Araya identifies specific individual characteristics in national leaders that explain authoritarian behavior.
Read more about his research: www.cmu.edu/cmist/news-a...
Faculty Spotlight - See what CMIST's Connor Halloran Phillips had to say about his research on interest groups, parties, legislatures and elections in the US, his goals for the next generation of scholars, and more. www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...
What lessons can we draw from Russia's use of propaganda? CMIST’s @dmsilverman.bsky.social, together with Jeanne Cavelier, joined Disrupting Peace to discuss how powerful actors use propaganda as a crucial war strategy.
Listen to the episode: pod.link/1759500826/e...
Congratulations to the new members of the Alpha Nu Alpha chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, at Carnegie Mellon University. Your commitment to academic excellence is an impressive achievement, and we look forward to your continued success!
“Few advanced economies rely on the Middle East as heavily as South Korea,” Troy Stangarone, CMIST non-resident fellow, tells @fpri.bsky.social, part of Experts React | Iran Energy and Indo-Pacific Realignment.
Read: www.fpri.org/article/2026...
Todd Hall and CMIST's Hannah Bailey joined the SOAS China in Context podcast to discuss China’s international ambitions, and the tensions between what they describe as the nation’s overlapping and sometimes contradictory personas.
Listen: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/epis...
Thank you to Luis Ball for the insight into Venezuela’s political evolution and its ongoing influence on global energy and security.
Scheduled for mid-May in Beijing, the summit is unlikely to result in earth-shattering outcomes, but it may reveal divergent strategies, write Patrick Cronin and Pinshan Lai, today in @Diplomat_APAC. thediplomat.com/2026/04/when...
In "Foreign and International Cybersecurity Laws," chapter 9 in the 4th edition of the ABA Cyber Security Handbook, CMIST's Harvey Rishikof and Tanner Wilburn cover key agreements, norms, and laws around the world, and offer practical takeaways for lawyers.
www.americanbar.org/content/dam/...
Last month, CMIST Director Audrey Kurth Cronin joined the Coudert Institute in Florida to present a timely lecture: "Geopolitics and Realignment: How Our World is Changing," a deep dive into the forces reshaping our global landscape.
Full video here: youtu.be/G_Kx_dq9Big?...
