On April 13, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Lab hosted Ms. Ginger Jacobs, a California immigration attorney, who gave a talk titled “Myth-Busting around Immigration and Asylum.” The event was the second in a new speaker series called The Other Side of the Border – Ties That Bind and Issues That Divide, which […]
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Experts To Speak on the Impact of Vaccine Efficacy for new COVID-19 Variants
How will the COVID-19 variants impact vaccine efficacy? Join our panel of experts from the Texas A&M Univeristy Bush School of Government & Public Service Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and the Division of Research, Emergency Management Advisory Group and College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences as they discuss COVID-19 vaccines and variants. This […]
ISTPP Director Dr. Arnold Vedlitz Publishes Article That Unpacks Public Perceptions of Terrorist Activity
Dr. Vedlitz, Director of ISTPP, Dr. Rotem Dvir, and Dr. Nehemia Geva have published their article, “Unpacking Public Perceptions of Terrorism: Does Type of Attack Matter,” in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. In their article, the research team examines survey data regarding American citizens’ views of conventional and cyber-terrorism threats. This research uses survey data […]
Noted Academic Experts Discuss Global Value Chains
With the impact of the pandemic and its disruptions to global supply chains making secure and resilient supply chains a top US priority, “A Conversation on Global Value Chains: China, COVID, and Resilience” with Dr. Gary Gereffi and Dr. Eleftherios “Lefteris” Iakovou was most timely. The April 8, 2021, policy talk was hosted by the […]
Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have grown in popularity as a method to leverage private-sector actors in the production of government services. With the global challenge of water insecurity, PPPs are becoming more common for large-scale water infrastructure projects such as desalination. Desalination facilities are complex and expensive operations, which means that understanding the appropriate context for PPPs is increasingly important.
Dr. John Schuessler Updates H-Diplo Article on President Trump
In his essay “Why Does Donald Trump Have So Much Trouble with the Truth? A Brief Update,” Dr. John Schuessler, Co-director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy and Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Bush School, revisits his article published with H-Diplo in 2017. In the 2017 article, Schuessler discussed Trump’s troubled relationship with the truth and offered […]
The Bush School Moves Higher in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
College Station, Texas: The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University has moved higher in the national rankings of schools of public affairs, according to a report published by U.S. News & World Report. The Bush School ranks 16th among public schools listed in the survey, 28th overall. Dean Mark Welsh noted […]
Mosbacher Institute Hosts Policy Talk on Regional Economics Divides
In a policy talk titled “Regional Economics Divides in America,” Dr. Gordon Hanson, a Professor in urban policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke on March 25, 2021, about the economic differences that divide US communities and what can be done to close those divisions. The Zoom webinar was hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for […]
ISTPP Researchers Portney and Hannibal Publish on How Cities Build Sustainability and Resiliency
In “Sustainability and Resilience in Cities: What Cities are Doing,” Kent Portney, ISTPP Director in memoriam, and Bryce Hannibal, ISTPP Research Fellow, examine how cities are becoming more sustainable and building resilience through city policies and programs. Previous versions of this work focused solely on efforts cities are undertaking to become more sustainable. This study, however, augments […]
Vedlitz Named to Executive Advisory Committee of Newly Formed Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Professor and Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy and Director and Distinguished Research Scholar in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been appointed to the Executive Advisory Committee of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT). The […]
