Georgia Institute of Technology Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Current News and Events

• The Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t So Great – for Iran

  October 13, 2017

• Faculty and Staff Mount Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Relief Effort

  October 9, 2017

  The catastrophic damage resulting from Hurricane Maria has left most residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in dire need. In response, members of the Georgia Institute of Technology community organized a campaign to provide much needed aid to the Puerto Rico. Ivan Allen College’s Juan Carlos Rodriguez in Modern Languages and Marilu Suarez in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs are deeply involved in organizing disaster relief on campus. 

• Breedlove Speaks at CARE’s Global Leaders Network

  September 29, 2017

  General Philip Breedlove USAF (Ret.), distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was the featured speaker at CARE’s Global Leaders Network.

• Ph.D Candidate John Schmid Publishes Article in Science and Public Policy

  September 29, 2017

  Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Ph.D. candidate Jon Schmid has coauthored a piece with Sergey Kolesnikov and Jan Youtie, both from the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech.

• Kosal Speaks at Global Security Defense Dialogue

  September 28, 2017

  Margaret E. Kosal, associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, was invited to speak as a security expert at the 6th Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD), in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, from Sept. 6 - 8, 2017.

• Handshake Hurrah To Hawks

  September 28, 2017

• Deep U.S.-Russia malaise calls for a liaison between Trump and Congress

  September 19, 2017

• International Affairs Professor Lawrence Rubin Publishes Article

  September 19, 2017

  Associate Professor Lawrence Rubin and Michael Robbins published, “The Ascendance of Official Islams” in the journal of Democracy and Security. Professor Lawrence Rubin’s research interests are Middle East politics and international security. He focuses on Islam and politics, Arab foreign policies, and nuclear proliferation.

• ‘Faustian Bargain’: Defense Fears over Australian University’s $100m China Partnership

  September 19, 2017

• World Hunger Is on the Rise Again Due to Climate Change and War

  September 15, 2017

• Birchfield’s Students Witness EU President Juncker’s Address to Parliament

  September 15, 2017

  On September 13 in Strasbourg, students enrolled in INTA221, a course on the European Union (EU) taught at Georgia Tech Lorraine by Center for European and Transatlantic Studies co-director professor Vicki Birchfield and Sonia Serafin, attended a session in parliament, witnessing the EU Commission President Juncker’s address his vision for Europe’s future.

   

• Retired Admiral: Americans Shouldn’t Panic over North Korea Threat

  September 5, 2017

• Game of Thrones Season 7: Each Character’s Strategy, Ranked by Political Science

  August 30, 2017

• Retired Admiral: Basic Training, Maintenance “Stretched” on U.S. Warships Overseas

  August 28, 2017

• Ret. Admiral James Winnefeld Says Trump Afghanistan Plan a “Reasonable Way Forward” 

  August 28, 2017

• As China and India Tussle in South Asia, a Pristine Mountain Kingdom Is Caught in the Middle

  August 28, 2017

• Detente in U.S.-North Korea Crisis May Not Last Long, Give-and-Take Welcome

  August 18, 2017

• Stulberg and Kosal Participate in US STRATCOM Deterrence and Reassurance Symposium

  August 17, 2017

  On July 24 and 25, Nunn School Professor Adam Stulberg and Associate Professor Margaret Kosal participated in the 2017 US STRATCOM Deterrence and Reassurance Symposium in Omaha, Nebraska.

• Nunn School VIP Team Student Presents Research at Navy Conference

  August 16, 2017

  Over the summer undergraduate student and member of the Nunn School’s 21st Century Security Challenges VIP Team, Matthew Ansley, presented independent research at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) Expo.

• Beijing Is Using Underwater Drones in the South China Sea to Show off Its Might

  August 14, 2017

• Sam Nunn Talks North Korea and Russia

  August 14, 2017

• Adm. James Winnefeld: N. Korea Sees Nuclear Weapons as “Survival Mechanism”

  August 11, 2017

• Former Commander: Here’s What Happens When the President Orders a Nuclear Strike

  August 11, 2017

• Former Commander: Here’s What Happens When the President Orders a Nuclear Strike

  August 11, 2017

• Where Do Al-Aqsa Protests Leave the Islamic Movement in Israel?

  August 10, 2017

• What Next For North Korea, Guam and Trump? Experts Weigh In

  August 10, 2017

• Why Killing Terrorist Leaders Doesn't Necessarily Wipe Out Their Organizations

  August 7, 2017

• Bowl Him a Chinaman

  August 1, 2017

• Kosal Serves on Experts Group on Biosecurity

  July 24, 2017

  Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal participated in the first meeting of the Biosecurity Policy Experts Working Group. 

• This Standoff is China Telling India to Accept Changing Realities

  July 21, 2017

• China’s Hukou System: An Interview with Fei-Ling Wang

  July 19, 2017

• Bioinformation Wants to Be Free and Responsible

  July 19, 2017

• Young Appointed Co-editor for ‘Journal of Common Market Studies’

  July 6, 2017

  Alasdair Young, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs will serve as co-editor for Journal of Common Market Studies, a journal for EU studies, beginning July 1, 2017.

• Kosal Participates in Halcyon Dialogue on Robotics and Autonomy

  June 30, 2017

  Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal recently participated in a closed-door discussion on emerging legal, legislative, and security issues at the intersection of robotics, autonomy, machine learning, and policy. Kosal spoke on the strategic role for robotics and autonomous systems in national and international security, including for deterrence. 

• Georgia Tech Army War College Alumna and Nunn School Professor Brief on Preventing WMD Proliferation

  June 28, 2017

  Former Georgia Tech Army War College Fellow, U.S. Army Colonel Lonnie Carlson and Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal jointly presented to the defense community on “Preventing Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation — Leveraging Special Operations Forces to Shape the Environment.”

• Nunn’s Open Letter to Presidents Trump and Putin

  June 28, 2017

  Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, former British Defense Secretary Des Browne, and former German Ambassador to the United States Wolfgang Ischinger have published an “open letter” to President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin.

• Nunn School Student and Regents’ Professor Participate in Workshop

  June 19, 2017

  Nunn School International Affairs and Modern Languages undergraduate Angelique Edwards and Regents’ Professor Seymour Goodman participated in the annual workshop of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, June 8 - 9.

• Petit Institute Expands Roster

  June 19, 2017

  Four world class investigators join multidisciplinary research community at Georgia Tech

• Kosal on Catastrophic Risks of Emerging Tech

  June 16, 2017

  Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal gave an invited plenary panel talk on “Emerging Technologies and Existential / Catastrophic Risks” at the 5th Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy, and Ethics.

• Kosal Speaks in Australia on Emerging Technologies

  June 14, 2017

  Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal spoke on “Emerging Life Sciences: New Challenges to Strategy & Diplomacy” at the Symposium on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Emerging Military Technologies held at the University of Melbourne.