As women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018, there are data demonstrating that true gender parity will not be a reality for many years. The good news is there is now global activism for women’s equality fueled by movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp, and more. Women are making positive gains, and […]
Department of International Affairs News
Recapping The 3rd Annual Texas Symposium on Women, Peace, and Security
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Symposium provides a timely opportunity to address the challenges and opportunities of the WPS agenda by discussing them in a bi-partisan environment, developing connections between Texas, regional, and national stakeholders. This symposium was held on November 20, 2017, at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M […]
Bush School Students Finalists in World’s Largest Cyber Security Law & Policy Challenge
Shannon Abbott and Anne Richmond, both second-year international affairs students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, placed third in the 2017 Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Law and Policy Challenge. The competition took place at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. The US Naval Academy team won […]
Robertson Foundation Names Four Bush School Students as 2019 Fellows
Four Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service students were named to the Class of 2019 Robertson Fellows. Each year, the Robertson Foundation selects fellows from the top international affairs graduate schools in the nation. In exchange for becoming scholarship recipients, Robertson Fellows, as a program requirement, agree to work for the federal […]
Texas A&M Bush School To Host Symposium On Women, Peace, And Security
The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M will host “The 3rd Annual Texas Symposium on Women, Peace, and Security: Challenges and Opportunities Amidst Global Change,” Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Orientation Theater from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Panelists will analyze and discuss solutions […]
Bush School Professor Wins International Studies Association Award
Dr. Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson, an assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has been named the co-winner of the 2017 Article Award presented by the Diplomatic Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Shifrinson’ s article, published in the journal International Security, discusses the informal assurances between […]
Profile in Service: Bryce Barros
When Bryce Barros passed through the sliding doors of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in fall 2015, his entrance was seven years in the making. “I knew I wanted to go to the Bush School since I was a freshman [in college],” Barros said. “I had a close […]
Recapping The 2nd Annual Texas Symposium on Women, Peace, and Security
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Symposium provides a timely opportunity to address the challenges and opportunities of the WPS agenda by discussing them in a bi-partisan environment, developing connections between Texas, regional, and national stakeholders. This symposium was held on November 18, 2016, at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M […]
Faculty Spotlight: John Schuessler
Dr. John Schuessler spent five years in Montgomery, Alabama, as an associate professor of strategy at the Air War College. In August 2016, he came to the Bush School, where he joined the international affairs faculty. “It’s a good fit,” said Dr. Schuessler of his new role within the Bush School. “I’m teaching graduate students […]
