The coronavirus pandemic has caused immense disruption and suffering around the world. During these trying times, we extend our best wishes for everyone's safety and good health, as well as our thanks to the International Security community for continuing to support the journal's operations as we all adjust to this new reality. We are especially heartened by the patience, kindness, and empathy shown by those submitting their research to the journal and by the ongoing willingness of their colleagues to provide reviews.
With this issue, International Security marks a milestone: its forty-fifth volume. Since 1976, the journal has been at the forefront of scholarship on security issues of global importance. On this occasion, we thank everyone who has contributed to the journal's success and longevity, and we encourage our audience to reflect on the breadth of issues covered in its pages over the years. We look forward to continuing the journal's mission to publish and promote rigorous, policy-relevant scholarship.
For more than a decade, International Security has benefited from the assistance of a rotating group of associate editors who provide general advice, assist in reviewing manuscripts, and identify possible submissions. Keeping with this tradition, we announce two new rotations to the journal's associate editor team.
First, we welcome Tanisha Fazal of the University of Minnesota, Sarah Kreps of Cornell University, and Caitlin Talmadge of Georgetown University, who joined the journal as associate editors with the spring 2020 issue. Their appointments correspond with the departure of David Edelstein, Francis Gavin, and Kelly Greenhill, each of whom served well beyond their initial three-year appointments. Together, they helped ensure a smooth editorial transition following Sean Lynn-Jones's retirement in 2019. We remain grateful for their selfless service to the journal and for their editorial insights over the years.
Second, we have invited Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer of the University of Oslo, Zachariah Mampilly of the City University of New York, and Sebastian Rosato of the University of Notre Dame to join as associate editors with the winter 2020/21 issue. They will take over for Risa Brooks and Sumit Ganguly, who have been exemplary members of the associate editorial team since 2017. We extend a warm thank you to the outgoing associate editors and a hearty welcome to the incoming associates.
We also mark the following changes to the journal's masthead. Sean Lynn-Jones, former editor of International Security and currently an associate in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center, joined the editorial board with the winter 2019/20 issue. We say farewell to Rex Horner, who skillfully served as the journal's publications coordinator until February of this year. We are pleased to welcome Carly Demetre as the journal's new editorial assistant.
Sadly, it has been a season of mourning at the Belfer Center. This spring we lost three of our long-time colleagues, whose contributions we would like to acknowledge briefly here. Patricia McLaughlin was for nearly twenty years a stalwart of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program and treasured deputy to John Holdren. Pat passed away early this spring after a brief illness. Dorothy Shore Zinberg, one of the founders of what we now call the Belfer Center, was a member of this community continuously for nearly half a century. Dorothy, an extraordinary person, a Harvard and Cambridge institution. Her energy and enthusiasm never flagged in pursuit of the causes to which she devoted her long life—including, notably, the rights of women. Most recently, our friend and colleague Martin Malin passed away after a valiant battle with cancer. Marty was for thirteen years the executive director of the Managing the Atom Project, and was universally regarded as its heart and soul. Generations of Managing the Atom fellows are indebted to Marty's generous and effective mentoring. We bid a sorrowful farewell to these dear friends, with gratitude for their manifold contributions to our collective work.
—The Editors