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The Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) is the interdisciplinary policy research arm of The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. The Center provides a collegial venue for scholars, policy analysts, scientists, technical experts, practitioners, and community leaders to explore innovative approaches to issues situated at the nexus of science, technology, and international affairs. In this capacity, CISTP is committed to generating independent, policy-relevant research and serving as an analytical “bridge builder” for engaging concerned members of the local community and influencing policymaking on contemporary strategic issues.

The Center's active programs integrate faculty and specialists from Georgia Tech's fields of engineering, science, and international affairs with leading figures in the global policy arena. Seminars, workshops, conferences, and in-house research and publications are merged with national and international fellowship training to provide meaningful contacts for an enhanced understanding of future technological opportunities and challenges facing both corporate and government planners.

What We Do

Biological and Chemical Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism
Emerging Technology and Security
Global Nuclear Security
Globalization, Innovation, and Development
Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4 Development)
Information Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection
International Diffusion and Innovation in the Information Technologies
Regional Security Challenges
Sam Nunn Security Program

 

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Nunn School Undergrad Speaks on Online Gaming and Adherence to Laws of Armed Conflict

April 12, 2013 — Fifth-year Economics and International Affairs (EIA) major D. Adam Thigpen presented the findings of research on adherence to international law in modern video games at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference in Washington, D.C., which was held 27-30 March 2013. 

Sam Nunn Fellows DC Einstein Group

Accepting Sam Nunn Fellow Applications - Deadline Extended to May 15th

April 4, 2013 — Now accepting Applications for Sam Nunn Fellows for the 2013/14 Academic Year.  See Flyer and FAQ.   Deadline Extended to Wednesday, 15 May 2013 @ 3pm.

Sam Nunn Fellows

Now accepting applications for Sam Nunn Fellows for the 2013/14 Academic Year.   See Flyer and FAQ.  Deadline is Wednesday, 15 May 2013 @ 3pm.

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CISTP-SAIC Internship

Fall 2013 Undergraduate Internship
Up to $1,000 award
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INTA's Dr. Jenna Jordan Referenced to in the New Yorker

"It is also far from clear that killing leaders is even a reliable means of disrupting terrorist groups like Al Qaeda. Jenna Jordan, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Aaron Mannes, of the University of Maryland, have separately reviewed dozens of past campaigns by governments to destroy terrorist organizations and found that culling leaders works in some instances—especially when terrorist groups are young and small—but not in others. The approach is particularly ineffective against religious organizations, which tend to regroup and escalate violence in response to such efforts."

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The Nuclear Renaissance and International Security

Edited by Adam N. Stulberg and Matthew Fuhrmann
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POSSE studies issues of strategic stability in a post-nuclear weapons era

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AY 2012-13 Event Highlights

Nunn Fellows Visit DC
 
March 2013
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Korea Conference
Co-hosted October 9th by the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) & CISTP

Ambassador Ro-byug Park and
Man-Sung Yim

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Fifty Years after the Cuban Missile Crisis: Science in Support of Nuclear Arms Control and Security
Co-hosted October 4th by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) & CISTP

Dr. E. William Colglazier and
Ambassador Tibor Tóth
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