
Joshua Schwartz
@joshuaaschwartz
Assistant Professor @CarnegieMellon | Former Fellow @MIT_SSP + @Harvard @BelferCenter + @NotreDame | PhD @Penn PoliSci | Int'l Relations & Foreign Policy
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1/8 Later this year from The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social in Belfer Center's Studies in International Security-- Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail. This is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them. Managing the Atom


Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can prepare for the future of warfare: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

What does the Israel-Iran War and the Russia-Ukraine War suggest about emerging tech and the future of warfare? Excited to have a new Foreign Affairs article out w/ Michael C. Horowitz + Lauren Kahn on how to bring balance to the (military) force foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

.Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz call on the United States to invest more in cheap, accurate drones—and “integrate this new generation of capabilities with its existing legacy systems.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

"If the Pentagon does not adjust to the new realities of warfare, it will lose the ability to deter adversaries’ aggression before it occurs" write Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua A. Schwartz in Foreign Affairs. Read here: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

“Today, operating with a mix of low-cost and high-end systems is the new combined arms warfare.” Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can adapt to the changing nature of war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

How can the United States prepare for the future of warfare? Read the latest by Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and CMIST’s Joshua Schwartz in Foreign Affairs on how the U.S. can adapt to the changing nature of war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Ukraine & Israel demonstrated how $1K drones can wipe out $100M capes. In Foreign Affairs Michael C. Horowitz Joshua Schwartz & I argue the US must build a high-low mix—scaling cheap, autonomous platforms alongside exquisite systems—to stay lethal in future wars foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

This! ⬇️ - everything we are seeing from recent conflicts suggests the US military needs to pivot to a high-low mix, which means investing (relatively) a lot more in precise mass and other lower cost systems! See my latest in Foreign Affairs w/ Lauren Kahn & Joshua Schwartz!

How can film be integrated into a course on American foreign policy in a rigorous and engaging way? In a new article in Journal of Political Science Education, CMIST's Joshua Schwartz offers an in-depth guide. Read: tandfonline.com/eprint/YX3CZRJ…

“Today, operating with a mix of low-cost and high-end systems is the new combined arms warfare.” Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can adapt to the changing nature of war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

.Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz call on the United States to invest more in cheap, accurate drones—and “integrate this new generation of capabilities with its existing legacy systems.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…


Another great example of how the US is behind at scaling the "low" end of a high-low mix for the military, which is what we need to out compete China in the age of precise mass in war: nytimes.com/2025/07/13/bus… cc Joshua Schwartz Lauren Kahn David Hambling