Dr. John Schuessler and Dr. Jasen Castillo, co-directors for the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, recently published an opinion piece with Newsweek addressing the ongoing withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. Castillo and Schuessler identify lessons that can be learned from the current situation and implications for American foreign policy in the article. The Albritton Center for Grand […]
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Former CGS Predoctoral Fellow Named to New Position at University of Birmingham
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) congratulates former CGS Predoctoral Fellow, Robert Ralston, who will be joining the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham as a Lecturer this coming academic year. Ralston is currently a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow jointly appointed to the International Security Program […]
CGS Co-Director Publishes Book Review “The Cold Comfort of Mutually Assured Destruction”
Dr. Jasen Castillo, Co-Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy and Associate Professor in International Affairs at the Bush School, recently published “The Cold Comfort of Mutually Assured Destruction,” a book review of The Revolution that Failed by Brendan Rittenhouse Green. Castillo’s essay appears in a book review roundtable in Texas National Security Review and as a stand-alone piece with War […]
CGS Core Faculty Member Writes Introduction for H-Diplo Roundtable
Dr. Fritz Bartel, Assistant Professor in International Affairs and core faculty member with the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, wrote the introduction for the H-Diplo teaching roundtable on the Cold War and History. The roundtable features essays from four scholars from around the world that explore different approaches to presenting the Cold War “not as a […]
Department of International Affairs Invites Applications for Assistant Professor of Grand Strategy
The Department of International Affairs in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track, assistant professor position in the area of grand strategy. By grand strategy, we mean the use of statecraft by great powers to achieve foreign policy goals, broadly defined. We seek […]
Former CGS Fellow Published in Perspectives on Politics
Former Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) Fellow Dr. Robert Ralston recently published “No Right to Be Wrong: What Americans Think about Civil-Military Relations” in Perspectives on Politics with coauthors Ronald R. Krebs and Aaron Rapport. CGS was happy to have the opportunity to support Dr. Ralston and the research that went into the article, much of […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Highlighted in Multiple Publications
Over the past year, Dr. F. Gregory Gause III, Head of the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School and CGS faculty affiliate, has published a number of articles, including: “The United States Is the Last Check on MBS’s Power” and “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions” in Foreign Affairs, “Saudi Arabia and Regional Leadership: The […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Receives Joint Appointment with Los Alamos National Laboratory
Congratulations to CGS faculty affiliate Dr. Andrew L. Ross, Professor of International Affairs and the Brent Scowcroft Chair in International Policy Studies, on his a joint appointment with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Under the joint appointment, Professor Ross will work with the leadership of LANL’s National Security and International Studies Office primarily to support the Director’s […]
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 […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Wins Two Prestigious Funding Awards
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy congratulates CGS faculty affiliate Dr. Yuval Weber for winning two prestigious funding awards. Weber, with Edward Lemon and Marlene Laruelle, was awarded the Department of Defense’s Minerva Research Initiative grant to investigate hierarchy and resilience in global power politics, focusing on Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and […]
