On September 22, 2016, The Sam Nunn Bank School of International Affairs and The Honorable Sam Nunn hosted its biennial policy forum and examined what lies ahead and what we can do to address the ideological extremism. This year’s Forum featured constructive dialogue to address the intersection between underlying causes, national security interests, and tangible steps that governments — particularly, the United States — can pursue to mitigate these challenges. The Honorable Sam Nunn, Distinguished Professor Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative, gave opening remarks. Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr. USN (Ret), Distinguished Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology and former Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opened the second panel on solutions to ideological extremism.

Keynote Speaker:

General John R. Allen, UMSC (retired)
Co-director of the Center for the 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institute and former special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL

The Sam Nunn School would like to extend its sincere thanks to everyone who made this year's Bank of America Nunn Policy Forum possible! Special thanks to Dr. Lawrence Rubin, Senator Nunn, Bank of America, and Marliu Suarez for their hard work in organizing the event. We are very appreciative of the experts who graciously gave their time to speak, and we are excited that so many Georgia Tech students and faculty were in attendance.

This month was Senator Sam Nunn's birthday! The faculty, staff, and students of the Nunn School hope Senator Nunn had a wonderful birthday (September 8th)! 

This week, President Obama appointed Admiral James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld, Distinguished Professor at the Nunn School, as a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy. Congratulations Admiral!

More information about the Admiral's appointment can be found here.

This month, Prof. Mark Zachary Taylor spoke on his book, The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries Are Better Than Others at Science & Technology (Oxford University Press, 2016) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, The Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Dr. Jenna Jordan was cited prominently in the New York Times concerning her work on terrorist organization decapitation in Does Killing Terrorists Leaders Make Any Difference? Scholars are Doubtful.

Dr. Fei-Ling Wang was interviewed and quoted in AFP for an article about Mao Zedong's legacy in China. Read the article here.

Senator Sam Nunn, our school's namesake, was featured on Atlanta's NPR station to speak on nuclear weapons and terror prevention.
Click here to listen to Senator Nunn's commentary.

Dr. Mikulas Fabry has published two working papers on the Ukraine Crisis, discussing how the crisis demonstrates an concrete application of international law.

Read "Whose International Law? Legal Clashes in the Ukraine Crisis,".

  Dr. Thomas Boston, a professor of economics and international affairs, was quoted by The Wall Street Journal in Blacks Lag in Business Ownersnip, But Gap is Narrowing on September 2nd on business ownership by minorities.

Our students, faculty, and staff had a great time on September 8th at the annual Freshmen Welcome event! We can't wait to see how our first year students will make an impact on campus.

Congratulations to our own Raj Sashti for being added to the list of recommended scholars by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the Institute of International Education’s Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)!

Dr. Fei-Ling Wang's article, co-authored with one of the Nunn School's PhD candidates, Jon Schmid, Beyond National Innovation Systems: Incentives and China’s Innovation Performance, has been published in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Professors Mark Zachary Taylor and Lawrence Rubin attended the 2106 Minerva meeting and program review Sept. 13-14 in Washington DC. Professor Taylor was awarded a $598,000 grant for “International University Research Ventures: Implications for US Economic Competitiveness and National Security".

On September 20th, Dr. Kirk Bowman gave a presentation on Identifying and Showcasing Grassroots Innovation and Leadership in Latin America’s Marginalized Communities at the Lauder Institute of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania!