The co-directors for the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Dr. Jasen Castillo and Dr. John Schuessler, have made multiple media appearances over the past few weeks discussing the Russia/Ukraine crisis. The duo was included in an opinion piece that was published in Politico and the Guardian. Incoming CGS colleague Alexandra Chinchilla was also in the […]
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CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER: Center for Grand Strategy to Host “Future of Military Power and Building Foreign Militaries” Discussion
Note: This event was canceled due to inclement weather. The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) and the Bush School of Government and Public Service will host an event featuring General Anthony Zinni at 5:30 PM on March 21, 2022 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Gen. […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Published in The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Dr. Gregory Gause, head of the International Affairs department at the Bush School and faculty affiliate with Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS), published “What Does U.S. “Withdrawal” From the Middle East Mean?” in The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington on Dec. 10. The piece discusses what Middle East interests and threats justify U.S. military forces. Tackling […]
Former CGS Fellow Published in The Washington Post and War on the Rocks
Dr. Robert Ralston, the 2020-21 Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) Predoctoral Fellow, and co-author Jen Spindel published “Congress might require women to register for the draft. Where do Republicans and Democrats stand?” in The Washington Post. Ralston is a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Kennedy School. Ralston also co-authored “More Deferential But […]
CGS Co-Director John Schuessler Published in Perspectives on Politics
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy co-director, John Schuessler, and co-authors Joshua Shifrinson and David Blagden published “Revisiting Insularity and Expansion: A Theory Note” in Perspectives on Politics. Shifrinson is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University and former Bush School faculty member. Blagden is a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Strategy and Security Institute within […]
Alexander Hamilton Society Hosts Virtual Talk with CGS Postdoc
The Alexander Hamilton Society Bloomington chapter at Indiana University hosted a recent virtual talk with Dr. Jaehan Park, the 2021-22 CGS Postdoctoral Fellow. Park’s presentation was based on his article in Orbis “The Korean Peninsula: A Geopolitical Pivot of Northeast Asia,” which examines four regional wars (the Imjin, the Sino-Japanese, the Russo-Japanese, and the Korean Wars) surrounding the […]
CGS Affiliates Named Non-Resident Fellows at the Quincy Institute
Dr. Aileen Teague, an Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) faculty member in the Department of International Affairs, and Dr. Robert Ralston, the 2019-20 CGS Predoctoral Fellow, joined the Non-Resident Fellows program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The Quincy Institute Non-Resident Fellows program connects academics, advocates, and former officials across the country and gives […]
2021-22 CGS Postdoctoral Fellow Presents at APSA Conference
Dr. Jaehan Park, the 2021-22 Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) Postdoctoral Fellow, presented “The United States in the Asia-Pacific, 1895-1905: The Limits of a Rising Power” at the 117th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Political Science Association (APSA) recently. The paper Park presented examines the record of American diplomacy during the critical decade […]
Introducing the 2021-22 Center for Grand Strategy Fellows
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Jaehan Park as our Postdoctoral Fellow and Leyla Tiglay as our Predoctoral Fellow for the 2021-22 academic year. Park completed his PhD at Johns Hopkins University in August 2021, and Tiglay joins us from the Ohio State University. Park previously was a nonresident […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Publishes Article in The National Interest
In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on American foreign policy in the Middle East under the Biden administration that posed the question, “Given Joe Biden’s recent decisions in Afghanistan and Iraq, is the president right to be reducing the U.S. military presence in the Middle East?” In “Leaving Afghanistan Doesn’t Mean a Total Middle East […]
