{"657496":{"#nid":"657496","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kosal Curates Journal Issue Illuminating Issues Related to Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMargaret Kosal, associate professor in the Sam Nunn school of International Affairs, curated a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/politics-and-the-life-sciences\/virtual-issues\/politics-and-the-life-sciences-virtual-issue-4\u0022\u003Especial virtual issue\u003C\/a\u003E of \u003Cem\u003EPolitics and the Life Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E titled \u0026ldquo;Russia\u0026rsquo;s Invasion of Ukraine: Conflict, Misinformation, and Specter of Biological Weapons.\u0026rdquo; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/margaret-e-kosal\u0022\u003EKosal\u003C\/a\u003E, former editor-in-chief of the journal, also wrote an introduction for the issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe special virtual issue is intended to help policymakers, policy shapers, and journalists understand issues that Russia\u0026rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine has brought to the forefront of policy debates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKosal\u0026rsquo;s introduction addresses theories on conflict and evolutionary behavior, the role of information \u0026mdash; as well as misinformation and disinformation \u0026mdash; and the context of Russia\u0026rsquo;s allegations of biological weapons laboratories in the Ukraine. The 10 ungated articles range from a 1996 piece on Soviet biological weapons to a 2021 article on how infectious disease outbreaks might affect a country\u0026rsquo;s decision to invade one of its neighbors. It also features research by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/peter-brecke\u0022\u003EPeter Brecke\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and William Long, former chair of the School, on how human behavioral causes can better explain observed patterns in international conflicts and strategic rivalries.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full issue at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/politics-and-the-life-sciences\/virtual-issues\/politics-and-the-life-sciences-virtual-issue-4\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/politics-and-the-life-sciences\/virtual-issues\/politics-and-the-life-sciences-virtual-issue-4\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe issue was published in \u0026quot;Politics and the Life Sciences.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The issue was published in \u0022Politics and the Life Sciences.\u0022"}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-04-21 20:15:37","changed_gmt":"2022-04-21 20:15:37","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606992":{"id":"606992","type":"image","title":"Margaret Kosal","body":null,"created":"1528897504","gmt_created":"2018-06-13 13:45:04","changed":"1634215882","gmt_changed":"2021-10-14 12:51:22","alt":"Maraget E. Kosal","file":{"fid":"247238","name":"MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":86796,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg?itok=hdYL4Mss"}}},"media_ids":["606992"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}