Associate Professor of the Bush School of Government & Public Service and Co-Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, John Schuessler, was featured on the Decisive Point podcast. The focus of the discussion centered on Schuessler’s recent publication, “Ambivalent Balancer in the Middle East and Beyond,” which appeared in the Winter 2023-24 issue of […]
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy News
Upcoming Events: Program on Grand Strategy Talks
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) is launching a new initiative this fall, the Program on Grand Strategy. The Program on Grand Strategy is an ongoing workshop that will allow a cohort of junior scholars to circulate their work in progress and receive constructive feedback from each otherand the CGS community. This will contribute […]
Associate Professor John Schuessler Featured on CATO Institute Podcast
On September 5th, 2023, Bush School Associate Professor and Co-director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, John Schuessler, was featured on the CATO Institute’s Power Problems podcast. Click here to hear Schuessler examine a grand strategy of restraint. Schuessler examines multiple theoretical perspectives and discusses policy towards China. John Schuessler is an Associate Professor […]
Dr. Alexandra Chinchilla Co-Authorsa Pieceon European Efforts to Enhance Ukraine’s Fighting Capabilities
Dr. Alexandra Chinchilla, Assistant Professor at The Bush School of Government and Public Service, co-authored a piece with Lt. Col. Jahara Matisek (US Naval War College) in Foreign Affairs on European efforts to enhance Ukraine’s fighting capabilities—from training Ukrainian forces on new weapons systems to preparing them for complex combined-arms operations. The willingness of European […]
CGS Student Wins JQAS Foreign Policy Essay Contest
Benjamin Giltner, a student affiliate in the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service, has been named the winner of the 2023 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest, sponsored by the John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS) and The National Interest. Giltner’s winning article, titled “It’s Time to Back a Strong Germany,” was announced as […]
CGS, Political Science Department Event to Discuss North Korea’s Nuclear Program
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy and the Political Science Department at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University presents “Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program” on Wednesday, April 26 in the Allen Building, Room 1110, 1000 George Bush Dr. W. College Station, TX 77845. Registration is required […]
CGS Student Affiliate Completes Marcellus Policy Fellowship
Last semester (fall 2023), David Winter, an Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) student affiliate, completed a Marcellus Policy Fellowship with the John Quincy Adams Society. Over the course of several months, the Marcellus Policy fellows wrestled with ideas that can animate a prudent foreign policy. They honed their writing skills under expert guidance, crafting […]
CGS Student Affiliate Publishes Piece on Ukraine
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) Student Affiliate Ben Giltner recently published an article in the Daily Caller. Giltner’s piece, “No More Tanks And Jets To Ukraine. There’s A Better Strategy,” examines the problems with western countries sending Ukraine tanks and aircraft. Giltner also points out that attrition warfare would take advantage of another important asset the Ukrainians already […]
Bartel Wins Inaugural CPH Book Prize
Dr. Fritz Bartel, Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service and an Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) faculty member, has been named the inaugural winner of the 2023 SMU Center for Presidential History (CPH) Book Prize. Bartel’s book, The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and […]
Reflections On The First Year Of War In Ukraine
It’s been a year since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. Texas A&M Today spoke to Associate Professor of International Affairs John Schuessler on the war’s impacts. Schuessler is a professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service and co-director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy