How Europe responds to the growing migrant crisis has serious implications for the future stability of the continent, warns a prominent international relations authority in a paper published by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, a unit of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Ann-Sofie Dahl, a Swedish associate […]
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Dr. Arnold Vedlitz and ISTPP Research Fellows Examine the Framing Effects of “Fracking”
In this study, Dr. Vedlitz and his co-authors, Dr. Stoutenborough and Dr. Robinson, use data from ISTPP’s 2012 National Energy Policy Survey to ascertain whether the words used to name a process used to extract natural gas from underground rock formations influences a person’s attitudes and policy preferences toward this particular technique. The researchers use […]
Xinsheng Liu Presents Research at China Foreign Affairs University
ISTPP Research Scientist and Assistant Director, Xinsheng Liu, was invited to give a talk on his research “A Quantitative Account of News Media and Presidential Perceptions of China: 1979-Present” to the faculty and graduate students at the China Foreign Affairs University on June 11, 2016. Liu used quantitative data based on content analysis to show […]
Bush School Students Engage in Summer Internships, Language Immersions
With financial support from the dean’s office, the Department of International Affairs, the Department of Public Service and Administration, and the Mosbacher and Scowcroft Institutes, Bush School students are expanding their classroom experience by serving as interns and immersing themselves in foreign languages this summer. The School provided more than $215,000 to support these programs […]
Portney Appointed New Director of Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Dr. Kent E. Portney, professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, has been appointed director of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Bush School. A leading expert on environmental policy, urban sustainability, and policy analysis, Portney will oversee the Institute’s efforts to examine public policy […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. William Norris
With multiple years of teaching under his belt in the Master of International Affairs (MIA) department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor William Norris’ influence on the program has begun to spread. He was initially attracted to the Bush School because of its national reputation and […]
Bush School Launches Inaugural Executive Master of Public Administration Program
The first class of students enrolled in the Bush School’s newly launched Executive Master of Public Service and Administration program (EMPSA) recently began classes. Designed for individuals working in full-time professional careers, the new executive program delivers high-quality and high-impact coursework and helps students develop in-depth, advanced skills in public service leadership; critical investigative and […]
Bush School Professor’s Research Affects Major Policy Change in India
Research co-authored by Dr. Raymond Robertson, professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, was cited as support for a recently approved measure in India aimed at boosting the apparel industry. In an op-ed piece written by Arvind Subramanian, India’s chief economic advisor, Robertson’s research was offered as evidence that […]
New Scowcroft Paper Gives Insights into the Role and Importance of the National Security Advisor
This past spring, Dr. Stephen Hadley, well known for his role as national security advisor under President George W. Bush, spoke on the importance of the national security advisor at a conference honoring one of the most esteemed men to have held the position, Brent Scowcroft. In his speech, Hadley said that Scowcroft defined the […]
Bush Professor Featured in New CNN Series, Declassified
James Olson, senior lecturer at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, was featured in the premiere episode of a new CNN series, Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies, which aired this past Sunday, June 19. Before coming to the Bush School to teach, Olson spent more than twenty-five years in the […]
