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Kimi K3 and the New Terms of AI Competition
A frontier open-weight model from China reframes the debate over export controls and American technology leadership.
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TPI helps to secure NATO allies from the threat of drones
The institute and the Icelandic think tank Varða publish Detect and Deter, on drone threats, governance gaps, and the future of Icelandic defence.
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New op-ed: who draws the line on dual-use defense technology?
Junior Fellow Sumajja Denysiuk argues that the boundary between commercial and military technology is set largely by the firms being regulated, and that this is an accountability problem.
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New op-ed: when trust in AI becomes scarce
Junior Fellow Fiona Neibart argues that the regulation-versus-innovation framing misses how trust is becoming infrastructure, and how it could harden into a competitive moat.
News · Cornell Chronicle
Former Iceland president Jóhannesson visits Cornell for Messenger lectures
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland from 2016 to 2024 and Professor of History at the University of Iceland, delivered three Messenger Lectures at Cornell.
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
A screening of Mstyslav Chernov's front-line documentary at Cornell Cinema, followed by a panel with Executive Director James Patton Rogers.
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TPI Senior Fellows guide bipartisan Arctic security simulation on Capitol Hill
Paul Lushenko and Keith Carter led congressional staffers through a simulation on great power competition in the Arctic Ocean.
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New brief sets out a whole-of-government approach to defending America against drones
From Hamas on October 7 to Ukraine's Operation Spider Web, drones now open wars. Paul Lushenko and Joseph Amoroso argue the U.S. must defend against them everywhere and all the time.
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Tech Policy Institute launches two-year study on financial privacy
A collaboration with the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Fedi, examining how public policy and enforcement shape behaviour around privacy technologies.
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Tech Policy Institute hosts Senior Director at Cisco
Eric Wenger addressed more than 250 students on why technology policy is now central to national security and economic competitiveness.
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Tech Policy Institute releases 2024-25 Annual Report
A year of growth as technology and security questions moved to the centre of public policy.
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Drone vulnerabilities and the threat of directed energy weapons
Director's Fellow John Miller on how drone warfare has evolved over the past decade, and what it means for future conflict.
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Cornell names President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland as 2026 Messenger Lecturer
The Messenger Lectures are the University's highest recognition of scholarship. The award was secured through the institute's Geopolitics and Technology Hub.
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TPI simulation tests Arctic technology and security risks
The Svalbard Consensus? workshop in London, funded by the Royal Navy and held with Loughborough University.
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Cornell hosts Indonesian economic leader on critical minerals and the geopolitics of technology
Septian Hario Seto of Indonesia's National Economic Council set out the country's shift from raw-ore extraction to higher-value manufacturing, using nickel as the focal case.
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TPI leads global dialogue on cyber and tech policy in Silicon Valley
Executive Director James Patton Rogers delivered the keynote at the Cyber and Tech Retreat, a forum bringing senior diplomats from more than 25 countries to Silicon Valley.
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TPI 2025 Open House: a showcase of research and innovation
The institute opened its doors to students, faculty, and visitors, with demonstrations of the Cyber Test Range and the latest drone technologies.
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Craig Newmark Philanthropies supports the TPI Cyber Test Range
A $140,000 award to support the Cyber Test Range, designed to detect hidden cyber vulnerabilities in critical hardware.
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New report on the militarization of outer space and commercial interests
As governments lean on commercial space systems for military advantage, private companies face an impossible bind, and the rules governing them are decades out of date.
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Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know
A new book from Oxford University Press on the past, present, and future of military and civilian drones.
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New report examines criminal drone operations targeting prisons
Dark Skies reviews the escalating use of drones by organised crime against His Majesty's Prison Estate, and the legislative gaps that leave the response unclear.
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TPI hosts high-level panel on Arctic science and technology cooperation
The institute convened Soft Power, Hard Questions at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik.
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TPI Junior Fellows meet with Professor Michael Brenes
A wide-ranging conversation on great-power competition, American strategic posture, and the trade-offs embedded in U.S. defense strategy.
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A conversation about NATO and Europe's defensive capabilities with Dr. Jean-François Bélanger
A discussion of why European defence needs predictable, long-term industrial and procurement planning, and how doctrine and logistics must align with new platforms.
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Junior Fellow advances cybercrime research with INTERPOL and the University of Oxford
Cynthia Tan spent nine weeks at Oxford mapping how law enforcement agencies collaborate on cybercrime, and found cryptocurrency in nearly three-quarters of U.S. financial cybercrime indictments since 2020.
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New report: the U.S. must invest in biomining to secure mineral independence
A new institute report urges federal action on biomining, the use of microorganisms to extract metals from ores and waste streams.
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Stress Over the Straits: wargaming Sino-American relations in an era of great power competition
Fellow Joshua Greenberg joined a three-day wargaming conference in the Adirondacks examining the political, diplomatic, economic, and military objectives of the People's Liberation Army.
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In conversation with Suresh Kumar
Basim Ali sat down with Suresh Kumar, a senior Indian civil servant and former Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Punjab, to discuss the interplay between internal security, digital governance, and participatory policymaking in a border state.
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TPI takes bipartisan security simulation to Capitol Hill
A national security simulation developed with the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, taken to Congress in July.
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In conversation with Chinasa T. Okolo
Kayla Schechter spoke with Chinasa T. Okolo, a Cornell alumna working on AI governance, to discuss AI policy in the Global South and what meaningful participation in global governance requires.
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In conversation with Lauryn Williams
Danyal Herlaar-Hassan spoke with Lauryn Williams, who joins the institute as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow, to discuss her route into cyber policy and what she plans to work on with us.
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In conversation with Dr. Lewis Sage-Passant and Colin Reed
Basim Ali sat down with Dr. Lewis Sage-Passant and Colin Reed, private sector intelligence experts, to discuss the growing role of private sector intelligence in countering nation-state threats.
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Two events on AI and geopolitics with Dr Anatoly Levshin
How artificial intelligence may catalyse systemic transformations, and what abductive AI could mean for command and operational decisions on the future battlefield.
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Research at risk: protecting national defense from cyberattacks
A Cornell-led assessment of vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply chain, and how to mitigate them, put on hold after a stop-work order.
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In conversation with Amelia Arsenault
Basim Ali sat down with Amelia Arsenault, a fellow of the institute and doctoral candidate at Cornell, to discuss artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and international political economy.
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In conversation with Dr. Jon McCandless
Basim Ali sat down with Dr. Jon McCandless, founder and CEO of Gallox Semiconductors, to discuss why gallium matters to the semiconductor industry, and where its supply chain is fragile.
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The institute hosts officers from the US Army War College
A roundtable in the Eisenhower Series on the value of alliances in a new era of geopolitics, with four officers from the US Army War College.
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Artificial Intelligence and U.S. Military Cadets' Attitudes About Future War
The first experimental evidence of how much cadets trust AI-enabled military technology, testing the common assumption that junior personnel are trusting "digital natives".
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Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains 2025 Research Grant
A grant opportunity for Cornell graduate students researching semiconductors and semiconductor supply chains, with awards up to $10,000. This round has now closed.
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New brief finds public support for homeland counter-drone operations
Policymakers fear a backlash over counter-drone operations at home. New experimental evidence from Paul Lushenko and Jennifer Spindel suggests Americans broadly support them.
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U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub achieves key milestones in supply chain resilience
The hub's cyber test range reached initial operating capacity and is now analysing threats to semiconductor technologies, integrated circuits, and the supply chain behind them.
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A record year for the institute
The 2023-24 annual report, covering new funding, seventeen events, four new academic modules, and seventeen new fellows across three tiers.
News · Cornell Chronicle
With DoD grant, Cornell to enhance semiconductor supply chain resilience
The institute receives $3 million from the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, led by Sarah Kreps.
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The Future of Drone Warfare and NATO Security
Defence experts convened at Cornell for Full Spectrum Drone Warfare 2050, a workshop on drone deployment across all domains, funded by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.
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Junior Fellows awarded prestigious Laidlaw Scholarships
Cynthia Tan and Danyal Hyland Hassan were appointed to the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program, working with the FBI's Cyber Division and on a NATO-funded project respectively.
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Citizen Lab Director Ronald J. Deibert on transnational surveillance
A lecture on the ethical implications and real-world impacts of Citizen Lab's research into mercenary surveillance and digital transnational repression.
News · Cornell Chronicle
BTPI releases new report on AI regulation
A report produced with the Jain Family Institute offering a high-level framework for analysing the regulation of AI.
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Veterans Day celebrated through campus camaraderie
Speakers reflected on how camaraderie shapes both military and academic life, as part of Cornell's celebration of its military and veteran community.
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BTPI leads NATO policy work on drone warfare
Defence experts gather at Cornell to consider the future of drone warfare and its impact on the security and stability of NATO members and partners.
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Institute awarded NATO funds for drone project
The NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme awarded $65,000 to analyse the development and use of military drone technologies across air, land, and sea.
News · Cornell Chronicle
BTPI will research relationship between Bitcoin and financial freedom
A $1M project led by Sarah Kreps studying financial freedom in countries with authoritarian governments.
News · Cornell Chronicle
Reynolds Foundation commits $1.25M to fund Brooks School initiatives
A commitment from the Reynolds Foundation funding a range of initiatives at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
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The future of gaming and policy, with Jonathan Stringfield
The Vice President of Global Business Research and Marketing at Activision Blizzard on the gaming industry and its close ties to VR and AI.
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Michael Daniel on careers in tech policy
The former Cybersecurity Coordinator on the National Security Council, now President and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance, spoke on building a career in tech policy.
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Brooks School Tech Policy Institute focuses on intersection of national security and tech policy
A profile of the institute and of Sarah Kreps, on how rapid technological change shifts the global security balance in real time.
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Sarah Kreps featured in TechCrunch's Women in AI
The series profiled our founder and director on her route into AI, her research on AI-generated disinformation, and her views on responsible development.
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Judith Germano joins the institute as a senior fellow
A practising attorney, corporate director, and former federal prosecutor specialising in cybersecurity, technology risk, and regulatory compliance.
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In conversation with Alexey Elkin
James Patton Rogers spoke with Alexey Elkin, a Cornell computer science student on the Future Leaders Program, to discuss his research on AI and democracy, and what the programme has opened up for him.
News · Cornell Chronicle
First JFI-Brooks Fellowships fund studies of government anti-poverty programs and AI policy
The first JFI-Brooks Fellowships scholars will research regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence and the long-term impact of welfare reform.
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In conversation with Avishai Melamed
Sarah Kreps spoke with Avishai Melamed, a space policy expert, to discuss the history of space exploration and the reasons behind the current race to land on the Moon.
News · Cornell Chronicle
Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies
Sarah Kreps tells the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology that generative AI threatens trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.
News · Cornell Chronicle
Drones in modern war: evolutionary or revolutionary?
Armed drones are neither a magic bullet that wins wars nor an inconsequential tool, according to two Cornell scholars writing in Defense & Security Analysis.
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Whole-message AI communication seen as more useful
Using AI to write full messages in representative government appears more effective than using it to generate individual sentences.
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Public views drone strikes with other countries' support as most legitimate
A first-of-its-kind survey finds Americans consider military drone strikes conducted with the consent of other nations to be the most morally legitimate.
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Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy launches Brooks School Tech Policy Institute
The announcement of the institute's founding.
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Student team will seek public's views on planetary defense
Sarah Kreps directs two students analysing public opinion on planetary defence, and how governments should react when asteroids or comets approach Earth.
News · Brookings TechStream
A holistic approach to strengthening the semiconductor supply chain
Sarah Kreps, Richard Clark, and Adi Rao argue for deepening high-tech collaboration with supply chain partners rather than reshoring the industry from the ground up.
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