Dr. Gregory Gause, head of International Affairs department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and an affiliate of the Bush School’s Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, recently had an article published on the Foreign Affairs website titled “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions”. The article talks about how […]
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Future Grand Strategists: Bush School Students Address China-Iran Agreement In Essays
Bush School students Michael E. Hollis and Niko Pittore join the Future Grand Strategists forum for two short essays addressing relevant grand strategic topics. Read “The Dragon and the Lion Come to Terms: Should the Eagle Object?” by Michael E. Hollis and “China and Iran: A Case Study in the Failure of American Overreach” by […]
Future Grand Strategists Address Foreign Policy And Cyber Response In Latest Essays
Bush School students Noah Stevens and Jacob Williams join the Future Grand Strategists for two short essays addressing relevant grand strategic topics. Read “On The Sustainability Of American Foreign Policy: A Case For Doing Less” by Noah Stevens and “Unifying U.S. Cyber Response” by Jacob Williams in the Future Grand Strategists forum. On The Sustainability […]
Aggie Athletes Changing the Game—Coaches and Players Impacting Lives through Philanthropy
The 18th Annual Bank of America Program on Volunteerism, scheduled for April 2020, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic may have caused the cancelation of the ceremony honoring the Texas A&M Women’s Soccer Team and coaching staff for their service, volunteerism, and philanthropy work, but the Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy continues […]
Are Artificial Intelligence Tools Biased?
Research shows that facial recognition software makes a lot of mistakes and is particularly inaccurate on darker-skinned faces. Those errors can turn innocent people into suspects when used by police to identify criminals. The criminal justice system also uses risk assessment algorithms to assist in bail and sentencing recommendations that have been shown to overate […]
Future Grand Strategists: Running Out the Clock on China
By Caitlyn Bess People are pretty worried about China, and with good reason. The CCP’s foreign policy has become a lot more aggressive under Xi Jinping, who has built up China’s military, asserted territorial claims, pushed predatory foreign aid, and peddled China’s ideology worldwide. And since Xi did away with term limits, we can reasonably […]
Stuck in Texas, Bush School Fulbright Student Improvises to Complete Romanian Master’s Degree
By Justin Bailey As Covid-19 swept through the United States and world this spring and summer, wearing masks, limiting group sizes, and social distancing became a “new normal”. For second year Bush School Romanian Fulbright Scholar Olga Bodrug – social distancing means more than just 6 feet – it means 6,000 miles. Bodrug, a Master […]
Managing a Pandemic at a Less Than Global Scale: Governors Take the Lead
By Justin Bailey In mid-March, events across the country were cancelled, schools and restaurants were shuttered, and stay-at-home orders were issued. In College Station, Bush School Public Service & Administration Professor Ann Bowman was interested in a deeper question: Could the responses of each of the states be quantified? And if so, what information could […]
CGS Predoctoral Fellow Robert Ralston Publishes Foreign Affairs Article
Robert Ralston, CGS predoctoral fellow, has a new article on the Foreign Affairs website. In it, Ralston discusses how more than principles or ideology, partisan politics explains how Americans think military and civilian officials ought to interact. The full article is available online on the Foreign Affairs website.
Bush School Student Chapter Receives the “Best Chapter Event” Award
Congratulations to the Bush School Student Chapter of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)! The Bush School Chapter was recently awarded the Best Chapter Event, winning not only a highlight in the ICMA’s newsletter but also a financial award. The ICMA was founded in 1914 to advance professional local government through leadership, management, innovation, and […]
