Op-ed
Who Draws the Line on Dual-Use Defense Technology?
The boundary between commercial and military technology is drawn largely by the firms being regulated. That is an accountability problem, not a technical one.
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Publications
Research written for policymakers and practitioners, alongside a year-by-year account of the institute itself.
Research
Reports, briefs, and op-eds
Work from across the institute's research hubs, each with the full document attached.
Op-ed
Op-ed
The Challenges of Responsible AI: When Trust Becomes Scarce
The debate over AI is usually framed as regulation against innovation. That framing misses how trust is becoming infrastructure, and how it could harden into a competitive moat.
Report
Detect and Deter: Drone Threats, Governance Gaps, and the Future of Icelandic Defence
Published with the Icelandic think tank Varda, on drone threats and the governance gaps facing Arctic defence.
Policy brief
Defending America Against Drones
A whole-of-government approach to countering the domestic drone threat.
Policy brief
The Militarization of Outer Space
Legal, ethical, and strategic implications of commercial interests in space.
Policy brief
Dark Skies: Criminal Drone Operations Targeting Prisons
Criminal drone incursions over correctional facilities, and the governance gaps they expose.
Report
U.S. Must Invest in Biomining to Secure Critical Minerals
The case for biomining as a route to securing the critical mineral supply chains that underpin advanced technology.
Policy brief
Defending America's Skies
Public support for homeland counter-drone operations.
Signals
Analysis of current events from across the institute's research hubs.
Note · Sophia Dasser
California issues executive order with major impact on AI development
Newsom's order revives two obligations he vetoed in 2024, but as recommendations rather than a statute. Read against Colorado, the choice of an order looks deliberate.
Annual Reports
A year-by-year account of the institute's research, funding, events, and people, including the Tech Policy Lab that preceded it.
Annual Report 2024-25
Twelve months of consolidation and growth, covering the research hubs, funding, policy and media impact, events, teaching, and the full roster of fellows.
Annual Report 2023-24
A record year, covering the growth from 20 to 33 fellows, $1.3 million in competitive research funding, seventeen events, and the launch of the first research hubs.
Tech Policy Lab Annual Report 2021
The second report from the Cornell Tech Policy Lab, the institute's predecessor, covering its people, structure, research areas, media coverage, and peer-reviewed publications.
Tech Policy Lab Annual Report 2020-21
The first annual report from the Cornell Tech Policy Lab, marking its launch and setting out its three founding issue areas of military technology, misinformation, and the pandemic.
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