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UK steps up security measures following Baghdadi death

October 28, 2019

Jenna Jordan, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed in the Channel 4 article, "UK steps up security measures following Baghdadi death."

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Published in: Channel 4
Who Was ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

October 28, 2019

Jenna Jordan, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affair, was interviewed by NPR's All Things Considered.

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The organization still exists. It still has a lot of operatives in Iraq and Syria and supporters globally, and that he was able to create that is incredible. That said, he created something that is able to withstand his death.

Find the interview on the NPR website.

Published in: NPR
Michael Morell and James Winnefeld on 'Face the Nation'

October 27, 2019

Admiral Sandy Winnefeld was interviewed in "Michael Morell and James Winnefeld on 'Face the Nation'" by CBS News.

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Actually one of the complexities of these operations is that they do involve other countries. For example, if you're going to rescue a hostage and that hostage has somebody with them who's from another country, you want to consult with that country. There are overflight rights. There are basing rights and a number of other considerations. So I think it was actually appropriate in the wake of the operation for him to- to thank some of those people. Some of those are characters we don't necessarily like very much, so that was a little concerning but it was well done I thought.

Find the article on the CBS News website.

Published in: CBS News
Open Skies Help Keep the Peace With Russia

October 20, 2019

Senator Sam Nunn, a Sam Nunn School distinguished professor, has co-authored "Open Skies Help Keep the Peace With Russia" with George P. Shultz and William J. Perry in The Wall Street Journal.

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International security isn’t a given. Historically, peace among the great powers is a rarity. It’s also a great accomplishment. Like trust, peace and security take a long time to build and only a moment to dismantle.

The article can be found on The Wall Street Journal.

Published in: The Wall Street Journal
Chinese nuclear plans cloud prospects for new U.S.-Russia missile deal

October 19, 2019

Senator Sam Nunn, a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was cited in "Chinese nuclear plans cloud prospects for new U.S.-Russia missile deal" by The Japan Times.

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'China doesn’t have anything like the number of warheads the U.S. and Russia possess,' Sam Nunn, a former Democratic senator from Georgia who co-chairs the Nuclear Threat Initiative, said in an interview. 'We will at some point have to have China in the equation, but that won’t happen now. Common sense would be to at least extend a treaty that already exists and work from there.'

Read the article on The Japan Times.

Published in: The Japan Times
Retired admiral says fallout from Trump's Syria policy change is "essentially irreversible"

October 17, 2019

Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, a distinguished professor in the Nunn School was interviewed in "Retired admiral says fallout from Trump's Syria policy change is 'essentially irreversible' by CBS News.

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'We began our closest relationship with them in 1991 when we sent them humanitarian aid after the first Gulf War, and they never forgot that,' Winnefeld said. 'They've been very loyal allies and friends since, have supported us in numerous operations in Iraq. And now they've been fighting and dying to the tune of 11,000 Kurds who have essentially been working on the ground against ISIS, who is a sworn enemy of the United States.'

Find the article on the CBS News website.

Published in: CBS News
Foreign policy experts break down testimony from ex-Trump aide

October 14, 2019

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School, was interviewed in “Foreign policy experts break down testimony from ex-Trump aide” on MSNBC.

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We are now exporting corruption– rather than standing for the values of freedom and democracy that the United States stands for

Watch the interview on the MSNBC website.

Published in: MSNBC
As Turkey attacks Kurds in Syria, Trump says any ISIS escapees are Europe's problem

October 10, 2019

Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, USN (ret.), a distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School, was cited in "As Turkey attacks Kurds in Syria, Trump says any ISIS escapees are Europe's problem" based on his interview with CBS News.

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"If the Turkish incursion results in backing off pressure on ISIS in Syria and the release of hundreds of ISIS prisoners, that is potentially very destabilizing," Winnefeld said. "It poses a threat not only to the United States, but to a lot of our partners in Europe and elsewhere in the region."

Find the article on the CBS website.

Published in: CBS News
As Satellite Tech Gets Easier, Who Makes Sure It's Safe?

October 4, 2019

Mariel Borowitz, an assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in "As Satellite Tech Gets Easier, Who Makes Sure It's Safe?" by PC Magazine.

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'There is some language in the national space policy that makes it clear that our space assets are critical to our national security, so essentially an attack on a space asset would be seen as a very serious action, if not an act of war,' says Borowitz, an assistant professor for the School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 'That said, there isn't a very clear statement in terms of exactly what the United States would do, and that's probably because there isn't really agreement among major decision makers.'

Find the article on the PC Magazine website.

Published in: PC Magazine
Grant Will Allow Local Librarians to Lead Book Clubs with Teens

October 2, 2019

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication Associate Professor Susana Morris' work with the American Library Association's Great Stories Club was referenced in "Grant Will Allow Local Librarians to Lead Book Clubs with Teens." St. Peter Herald, October 1.

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The St. Peter Public Library has been selected as one of 35 libraries nationwide to take part in the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for teens. This competitive grant is offered by the American Library Association (ALA) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

As part of the Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, staff from the St. Peter Public Library, along with help from the St. Peter School District will work with teens to read and discuss stories that explore questions of race, equity, identity, history, institutional change and social justice.

Read the full story here.

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: St. Peter Herald
Proposed Georgia Power Rate Hike Hearings Begin This Week

September 30, 2019

Marilyn Brown, a Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in an article entitled “Proposed Georgia Power Rate Hike Hearings Begin This Week” for WABE, September 30.

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Georgia Power is requesting to raise customer rates by about $10 per month for the average residential user.

The request is more than $2.2 billion over the next three years, and hearings before the Public Service Commission are scheduled to happen Monday through Wednesday. Protests are also planned by those who disagree with the hike request.

Many don’t want their bills to go up in general, but some experts are also worried the increase as proposed could stifle energy efficiency.

Read the full story here.

The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: WABE
Lockhart: Fed Cut Was a Second Payment on an Insurance Policy

September 18, 2019

Dennis Lockhart, a distinguished professor of the practice in the Nunn School, was interviewed by Bloomberg on the Fed policy decision, Fed's balance sheet, and U.S. labor market.

Find the interview on the Bloomberg website.

Published in: Bloomberg
Lockhart: General Slowdown Is Biggest Risk to Global Economy

September 18, 2019

Former Atlanta Federal Reserve President and now Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Dennis Lockhart was interviewed by Bloomberg on the risks of the U.S. faces as the global economy slows down and the Saudi oil facility attack.

Find the interview on the Bloomberg website.

Published in: Bloomberg
CAR T-cell Therapy Has Some Patients Crowdfunding to Cover Costs

September 17, 2019

Aaron Levine, an associate professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in an article entitled “CAR T-cell Therapy has Some Patients Crowdfunding to Cover Costs” for Healio, September 13.

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Levine said the purpose of the perspective was to raise awareness among researchers and clinicians of the financial challenges facing patients who pursue CAR T-cell therapy.

“Clinicians need to be aware that this therapy, while promising, is forcing at least a subset of patients to turn to an alternate source of funding, and that they really ought to think about the economics and how they talk to their patients about this,” he said.

Read the full story here.

The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: Healio
A Commonsense Policy for Avoiding a Disastrous Nuclear Decision

September 10, 2019

Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, USN (ret.), a distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School, wrote "A Commonsense Policy for Avoiding a Disastrous Nuclear Decision" published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

But the intense time pressure involved in accurately diagnosing, and then ordering and executing a response to a nuclear attack, could easily backfire catastrophically. Specifically, the time pressure inherent in this launch-under-attack approach creates two unacceptable risks: that the president might fail to respond to a real attack, or that he or she might order a nuclear response to a false warning. To address these risks, the president should be able to order a delayed response—an option I call “decide under attack.”

Find the post in the Carnegie Endowment website.

Published in: Carnegie Endowment
I Tried to Limit My Screen Time

September 9, 2019

Ian Bogost, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, recently wrote an article entitled “I Tried to Limit My Screen Time” for The Atlantic.

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There are people who hate Twitter, and there are people who also hate themselves for using it anyway. I’m the second kind. Maybe everyone who uses the service is now. It doesn’t have to be Twitter, either. For you it might be Facebook, or Instagram, or Snapchat, or whatever other app that was built to farm your attention and now successfully reaps it abundantly.

For me, the loathing is multiple. First, there’s the compulsion of loading the app at all: of flicking its infinite scroll whenever I’m idle, even just briefly—at a stoplight, in front of the microwave, in the bathroom. Then there are the things I see there: the angry or bitter or stupid posts that make me angry or bitter or stupid in turn. And the things I share on the service, too: things I regret, or come close enough to posting to produce a phantom guilt that feels equally bad.

Read the full story here.

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: The Atlantic
NATO Nuclear Policy in a Post-INF World

September 9, 2019

Jessica Cox, a Sam Nunn School of International Affairs alumna and NATO Director of Nuclear Policy, was credited for the substance of NATO Deputy Secretary Amb. Rose Gottemoeller's remarks.

Find the NATO article on its website.

Published in: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO diplomats and experts meet in Riga to discuss NATO’s nuclear deterrence

September 6, 2019

Jessica Cox, a Sam Nunn School of International Affairs alumna and NATO's Director of Nuclear Policy, was cited in "NATO diplomats and experts meet in Riga to discuss NATO’s nuclear deterrence" by NATO.

“This symposium takes place at a challenging time” said Jessica Cox, NATO’s Director of Nuclear Policy, who chairs the two-day event. “We face a complex world where evolving capabilities across domains combine with increasing nuclear threats to challenge nuclear deterrence. A month ago, we saw the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty due to Russia’s development and deployment of the SSC-8 missile system, which is nuclear-capable, mobile, hard to detect, and lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. Russia has also increased its nuclear exercises and rhetoric. We must adapt to this new security environment.”

Find the article on NATO's website.

Published in: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Legend of Mickey Mantle

September 4, 2019

An essay, which was adapted from a book co-authored by Georgia Tech School of History and Sociology Julius C. “Bud” Shaw Professor of Sports History Johnny Smith, entitled “The Legend of Mickey Mantle” was published by American Heritage, September 3.

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Look at the determination on Mickey Mantle’s face—the resolve in his fierce blue eyes, his flexed jaw, and the hardness around his mouth. Look at the power—the prizefighter’s cheekbones, the bull’s neck, and the hint of a slugger’s shoulders. Is it the face of weakness, the look of a man fragile enough to crack into a million pieces?

Read the full essay here.

The School of History and Sociology is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: American Heritage
Waffle House Has an Official Poet Laureate. For Real.

September 4, 2019

Karen Head, executive director of the Naugle Communication Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as the associate chair and associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was interviewed by Atlanta Magazine in an article published on August 30 entitled "Waffle House Has an Official Poet Laureate. For Real."

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The phrase “scattered, smothered, and covered” has a certain poetic ring, so it’s fitting that Waffle House has its own poet laureate. Georgia Tech poetry professor Karen Head is the first to lay claim to that title. We caught up with the recently anointed scribe in advance of her appearance at this weekend’s Decatur Book Festival:

How did you become Waffle House Poet Laureate?
Georgia Tech and Waffle House are very firmly connected. All of the heads of Waffle House have been Georgia Tech graduates. The current CEO Walt Ehmer is a Georgia Tech graduate, and the former CEO Bert Thornton was a Tech graduate. Bert and I got to know each other through some alumni events. We talked about Georgia Tech’s guaranteed admission for any valedictorian or salutatorian in the state. The first year it was offered, there were 37 counties that did not send a single application. Many students just don’t have any examples of someone who has gone to college in their lives.

Read the full interview here.

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Published in: Atlanta Magazine