Government assistance programs like Medicaid, Food Stamps, and home heating aid all play an important role in the war against poverty; but that assistance is poorly targeted, say two scholars from The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, located at Texas A&M University. In […]
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Bush School Students and Russian Counterparts Discuss US-Russian Relations
Students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, recently participated in a video teleconference with their counterparts from the Russian Diplomatic Academy – the institution charged with training the Russian Federation’s diplomatic service. During the conference, Bush School and Russian students discussed a wide range of issues, including Ukraine, NATO, […]
Bush School Professor Testifies at United Nations Hearing
North Korea’s authoritarian government is responsible for the devastating famine that killed as many as 2.5 million of its citizens in the 1990s, even though it did not deliberately set out to do so, asserted Andrew S. Natsios, a former administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and now director of the Scowcroft […]
Texas A&M Bush School Prof Inducted As 2014 National Academy Of Public Administration Fellow
Ann Bowman, a professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) at the organization’s meeting in Washington, D.C. Bowman is a professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration and holds the Hazel Davis and […]
Robertson Foundation for Government Names 14 New Fellows; Four Fellows Attending Bush School
One of the nation’s leading foundations that encourages graduate students to pursue careers with the federal government in foreign policy and international affairs today announced that 14 students attending five of the nation’s top international studies graduate schools will comprise its 2016 class of fellows. Four of the Foundation’s 14 Class of 2016 Fellows are […]
President George H. W. Bush to Receive Schuman Medal
George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, will receive the Robert Schuman Medal on Monday, November 10, during a Bush School conference celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most far-reaching events in world history. The Schuman Medal recognizes public figures who have advanced the cause […]
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Association visits with Bush School Students
On Tuesday, October 28, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, spoke at the Bush School of Government and Public Service as part of his visit to Texas A&M University. His stop at Texas A&M University was the first time the Director General had visited a public US university. The […]
ISTPP Researchers Published in Review of Policy Research
ISTPP Director Vedlitz, ISTPP Fellow James Stoutenborough, and Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo have published their article, “Public Support for Climate Change Policy: Consistency in the Influence of Values and Attitudes over Time and Across Specific Policy Alternatives,” in Review of Policy Research. In this study, the authors examine the factors that explain public preferences for climate change policy. […]
TAMU Bush Student Wins Prestigious Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Jerica Ward, Master of International Affairs, 2015, is one of twenty students from around the nation chosen as a Thomas R. Pickering Fellow for 2014-15. Ward is the first Bush School student at Texas A&M University to be selected for the program, which is designed to attract outstanding individuals interested in a Foreign Service career […]
Russia Under Putin Topic For Bush School Conference At Texas A&M
Scholars and Russian experts will discuss the current state of Russia under President Vladimir Putin at a Nov. 3 conference at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Entitled “Reassessing Putin’s Russia: Tsarist Dinosaur, Failed State, or 21st-Century Predator,” the conference will feature presentations by noted Russian experts, including Jim […]
