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Senator Sam NunnSam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed in "Sam Nunn Talks Nuclear Weapons and Terror Prevention" by WABE.
Excerpt:
Former Georgia Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn is a co-founder of the NTI. Georgia Tech named its Sam Nunn School of International Affairs after him. Last week, it hosted a policy forum on addressing the underlying causes of international extremism.
One point the military and academic experts brought up: the causes of extremism are at the grass roots, in things like education systems in many countries. So, many solutions must be at the grass roots, too.
In a conversation on "Morning Edition," host Denis O’Hayer began by asking Nunn whether people-to-people terror prevention efforts could be jeopardized by the war against ISIS — if the war makes it easier for terrorists to radicalize young people in the region.
For the full article, read here.
