Assistant Professor Jarrod Hayes has a new book out, Constructing National Security: Relations with India and China, and recently discussed its contents with the Nunn School. You can read the transcript of his Q&A here.

Additionally, with the Iran Nuclear Deal one of the more heated political topics of the nation today, Hayes offered his opinions and was published in the academic blog Duck of Minerva. Hayes was one of the faculty to take part in the recent panel discussion on the deal.

Exciting times on Planet Earth: two Georgia Tech Ph.D. students spearheaded the study that led to NASA's recent announcement confirming the presence of water on Mars.

In Georgia Tech's feature article on the discovery and its implications, our Dr. Mariel John Borowitz discusses the possibility of human travel to Mars from an international relations standpoint:

"International cooperation is essential for such an expensive and complicated mission. The good news is that almost every major spacefaring nation agrees that putting humans on Mars is the long-term goal. The bad news is that they disagree on the intermediate missions that can and should be undertaken between now and then."

Click through to catch Dr. Borowitz's projection for when we'll set foot on the Red Planet.

The full video of our faculty panel on the Iran Nuclear Deal is now online. Be sure to watch their compelling discussion of one of the biggest accords in recent diplomatic history.

The Sam Nunn School would also like to thank Rickey Bevington from Georgia Public Broadcasting for coming to INTA Hour to speak about media coverage and public debate in European politics. Ms. Bevington spoke about her experience as a German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial Fellow in Europe in the spring, urging students to travel in order to gain insight into where they are from. The talk was hosted by Georgia Tech’s Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and the International Affairs Graduate Organization.

The International Affairs Graduate Organization's INTA Hour series for international affairs students, faculty and staff is presented every Thursday from 11-noon in Habersham, featuring guest speakers and fostering discussion on international issues.

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Philip Baxter for his recent publication, "Approaches to Nuclear Cooperation," in Science and Diplomacy. Baxter examines the other side of nuclear agreements - those that deal with civilian energy policy - in the case of the United States and South Korea.

On Tuesday, September 21, Admiral James Winnefeld, Professor of the Practice and Distinguished Fellow at the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy, gave a presentation at Talks@Tech on campus. He spoke on the the complex and dynamic security framework in today's geopolitical landscape, claiming it was the most complex we have ever seen. He then fielded questions on a number of issues including the Iran Nuclear Agreement, the Ukraine Situation, the Rise of China, the Syrian Civil War, and cybersecurity issues.

Congratulations to our GT Model United Nations competitors who attended the FSU Crisis Conference the weekend of September 19th. Several of the GT representatives walked away with awards. We're proud of you!

Georgia Trend magazine recognized Sam Nunn in its “30 Years of Influence” feature, which spotlights 30 of Georgia’s most influential leaders in business, government, nonprofit work, philanthropy, education, and the arts.

Nunn, a distinguished professor in the Nunn School, was praised in the feature for “embracing a solidly bipartisan approach to politics” and being a “respected authority on foreign policy and defense.”

Nunn represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate for 24 years, and his major legislative achievements include the Department of Defense Reorganization Act and the Nunn-Lugar Act of 1991. In addition to his professorship, Nunn currently serves as CEO and co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C.

Other Georgia luminaries recognized in the feature were Georgia Tech President G.P. "Bud" Peterson, President Jimmy Carter, Arthur Blank, and John Lewis.