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INTA Student winner of 2009 SAIC GT Student Paper Competition
Atlanta (November 16, 2009) — Amira Mouna, an undergrad from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was selected as one of the winners of the 2009 SAIC - Georgia Tech Student Paper Competition for her essay on "Analysis of Neoliberalist and Realist Perspectives of Bionanotechnology in Iran."
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Carnegie Funds Academic Work in Nuclear Disarmament
Atlanta (November 12, 2009) — Academic scholars have been largely absent from the current debate over prospects for eliminating nuclear weapons. Mainstays of teaching and research in political science and international relations programs during the Cold War, the subjects of nuclear strategy and deterrence, today, are either taken for granted or simply overlooked. Now, in the midst of increased momentum for a national and global non-proliferation agenda, Adam Stulberg has launched a project to reinvigorate scholarship on the issue: the “Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE): Re-thinking Stability Criteria along the “Road to Zeroâ€â€.
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Nunn Forum Set for March 29
Atlanta (November 12, 2009) — The Sam Nunn-Bank of America Policy forum will take place March 29, 2010. Presented by Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy, and the Ivan Allen College, the 2010 forum will explore the challenges and opportunities for pursuing a path towards a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Sam Nunn Security Fellowships Open
Atlanta (November 9, 2009) — Applications for Sam Nunn Fellows are now being accepted for the Academic Year 2010/11. Deadline for Applications is Friday, 19 March 2010 @ 5pm.
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Kosal briefs International Arms Control and Disarmament Organization
Atlanta (November 4, 2009) — Prof Kosal delivers brief on nanotechnology and chemical weapons agents at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, The Netherlands on November 9th.
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Invitation for Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE)
Atlanta (October 19, 2009) — Professor Adam N. Stulberg of the Center for International Strategy, Technology & Policy at Georgia Tech and Professor William C. Potter of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies invite applications to participate in the newly formed Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE). This joint initiative is generously supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). POSSE seeks to promote international scholarship on issues of strategic stability under deeply reduced or eliminated nuclear arsenals. The objectives of the program are to: a) forge a global network of young scholars on strategic stability; b) increase interaction both between members of the network and between the network and policy practitioners; c) fill knowledge and methodological gaps concerning analysis of strategic stability; and d) identify the means to advance and sustain nuclear arms reductions and disarmament under changing strategic landscapes.
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High Tech Lessons From Atlanta
Atlanta (October 9, 2009) — Why do Silicon Valley and Boston continue to thrive as high tech industry hubs while other promising areas stagnate? It’s a question long debated by researchers, but new findings by Dan Breznitz of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and School of Public Policy, identify localized business connections and funding as imperatives. In a case study focusing on Atlanta, Breznitz highlights critical changes needed for that city and provides a roadmap for other regions looking to grow high tech industry.
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Prof Kosal presents papers at Science & Innovation Policy Conference
Atlanta (October 7, 2009) — Professor Margaret E. Kosal presented two papers at the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (Oct 2-3, 2009). Both papers presented were co-authored by INTA Students. (1) "Bioterrorism Deterrence: the Role of Public Health in Security" by Margaret E. Kosal, Ana Terron, and Katherine Lange. (2) "Bionanoechnology and Iran" by Margaret E. Kosal and Nikita Basandra. Ana Terron and Katherine Lange are both International Affairs Modern Language (IAML) undergrads. Nikita Basandra is Biomedical Engineering undergrad.
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Major General Robert E. Livingston addresses INTA Graduate Seminar
Atlanta (October 7, 2009) — Major General Robert E. Livingston, Jr., Director of the J5 Coalition Coordination Center, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, addresses Professor Margaret E. Kosal's graduate seminar on Counterinsurgency and Small Wars on Wednesday, October 7.
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Kosal speaks on "Bionanotechnology and Security: Is Small Scary?"
Atlanta (September 14, 2009) — Professor Margaret E. Kosal is an invited speaker at the International Conference on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (14-15 September 2009) in Singapore. Her presentation is "Bionanotechnology and Security: Is Small Scary?"
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Ivan Allen College Benchmarks for a New Decade of Growth
Atlanta (September 10, 2009) — The Ivan Allen College occupies a unique and pivotal role at Georgia Tech, the result of a decade of work under the outstanding leadership of former Dean Sue V. Rosser. We established a new national model for liberal arts research and curriculum – one that dissolves the boundaries that traditionally separate fields of study, that integrates the analytical and qualitative and the humanistic and technological/scientific, and that places us at the center of the future of this great institution.
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Daisy Alliance Student Scholarship/Essay Contest
Atlanta (September 1, 2009) — The Daisy Alliance is once again offering several scholarships ($1000, $500 and $250) based on an Essay Contest on the topic of "The Role of NATO in the 21st Century".
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Prof Kosal participates in DC Colloquia on Biodefense Policy Workforce
Atlanta (August 26, 2009) — Professor Margaret Kosal participated in a by-invitation-only colloquia on August 10 on the future needs of the US Government and nation on education of the biodefense policy workforce. Experts in public policy and biodefense policy from academia, government, and the private sector were brought together to review current educational and training programs, identify challenges, and provide recommendations to address those challenges.
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Kosal Book Informs Debate on Security Implications of Nanotechnology
Atlanta (August 12, 2009) — The pursuit of the minutely small – nanotechnology – is thriving in academia, in the private sector, and in global state science and technology programs. In her new book, Nanotechnology for Chemical and Biological Defense (Springer 2009), Margaret E. Kosal (Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn of International Affairs) focuses on the security implications of nanotechnology and emerging science.
Full Story »Iran Expert Speaks at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Atlanta (August 11, 2009) — Iran Expert Yehuda Yaakov, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meets with faculty and students at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs to discuss "Iran Nuclear Ambitions & Political Unrest".
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Atlanta (July 14, 2009) — Professor Seymour (Sy) Goodman provides testimony and questions for the record before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, House Committee on Science and Technology, Washington, DC.
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