{"655908":{"#nid":"655908","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Flournoy Submits Testimony on Global Security to Senate Armed Services Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/1dc8f6d8-e475-58ac-9fb4-9028c23faf4a\u0022\u003EMich\u0026egrave;le Flournoy\u003C\/a\u003E, a Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, submitted a testimony to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee for a March 1 hearing. The hearing, which Flournoy was unable to attend in person, focused on global security challenges and strategy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/SASC%20Testimony%20Flournoy%20030122.pdf\u0022\u003Etestimony\u003C\/a\u003E, Flournoy outlines four \u0026ldquo;highly disruptive trends\u0026rdquo; in the global sphere: an increasingly powerful China and increasingly aggressive Russia, profound technological disruption, climate change, and questions to the effectiveness of U.S. global leadership in recent years. To help remedy these issues, Flournoy recommends a two-part effort be undertaken by the Department of Defense. The first part is a near-term effort to strengthen deterrence capabilities, particularly in regard to China, and the second part is a long-term plan to ensure that the U.S. military can deter aggression in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full testimony and recording of the hearing can be found on the Senate Armed Services Committee \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/to-receive-testimony-on-global-security-challenges-and-strategy\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe testimony outlines four of Flournoy\u0026#39;s areas of concern, as well as ways to help alleviate them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The testimony outlines four of Flournoy\u0027s areas of concern, as well as ways to help alleviate them."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-03-01 20:27:07","changed_gmt":"2022-03-01 20:27:07","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655907":{"id":"655907","type":"image","title":"Mich\u00e8le Flournoy","body":null,"created":"1646166182","gmt_created":"2022-03-01 20:23:02","changed":"1646166182","gmt_changed":"2022-03-01 20:23:02","alt":"Headshot of Mich\u00e8le Flournoy.","file":{"fid":"248656","name":"Michele 10.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Michele%2010.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Michele%2010.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":526458,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Michele%2010.jpg?itok=T6lIIse0"}}},"media_ids":["655907"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"190074","name":"U.S. Senate"},{"id":"190075","name":"Senate Armed Services Committee"},{"id":"178801","name":"global security"},{"id":"3763","name":"international security"},{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"1650","name":"Russia"},{"id":"190076","name":"Russia-Ukraine crisis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs | School of Public Policy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}