Dr. Christopher Layne, the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security, has been named a University Distinguished Professor by Texas A&M University. Layne and four others join a select group of sixty-four current faculty members who hold the prestigious designation. He was selected for being in the top two percent of active researchers in his […]
Bush School News
ISTPP Researcher Dr. Liu publishes in Journal of Contemporary China
Dr. Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP Associate Research Scientist, and his co-author Dr. Y.E. Yang authored “The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992-2006” in Journal of Contemporary China. Yang and Liu use content analysis to examine empirically how US print media portrays the ‘China Threat’. They classify the threats into three categories: political/ideological, […]
Speaker Joe Straus Appoints Andrew H. Card, Jr. to the Select Committee on Economic Development
College Station, TX———- Dean Andrew H. Card Jr., Acting Dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, was appointed today by Speaker Joe Straus to serve on the Select Committee on Economic Development. The committee was created during the last session of the Legislature to ensure economic development initiatives […]
The Mosbacher Institute Presents Bank of America Program on Volunteerism featuring Robert W. Pease
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy of the Bush School of Government and Public Service will present the annual Bank of America Program on Volunteerism, featuring Robert W. Pease, president and CEO of Motiva Enterprises LLC on April 13. The event will be held in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas […]
ISTPP Research on Terrorism Risk of Nuclear Power Plants Published in Review of Policy Research
Doctors Li (TAMU), Fuhrmann (TAMU), and Early (SUNY), along with ISTPP Director, Dr. Vedlitz, had their manuscript “Preferences, Knowledge, and Citizen Assessments of the Terrorism Risks of Nuclear Power issued by Review of Policy Research. The researchers evaluate the interplay of the US publics’ knowledge about terrorism and nuclear security with their concerns about energy […]
Pelosi Speaks at the Bush School
Acting Dean Andrew Card welcomed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to the Bush School on February 20. A capacity crowd heard Leader Pelosi discuss the importance of public service exemplified by George Bush, 41st President of the United States, and Barbara Bush, both of whom attended the presentation. Also in the audience were Congresswoman Sheila […]
Bush School Former Student Receives 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Award
Adam D. Williams, a 2007 Master’s Program in International Affairs (MPIA) graduate of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has received the 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Award in the category of the Most Promising Engineer in Government by Black Engineering and Information Technology magazine. The publication recently recognized 35 […]
Faculty Spotlight: Ronald Sievert
Professor Ronald Sievert is a senior lecturer and director of the Certificate in Advanced International Affairs program. He earned his undergraduate degree at St. Bonaventure University in western New York State and a law degree from UT-Austin. Sievert says he decided on a law career after witnessing both military investigations and the Watergate scandal, which […]
Caudle Testifies Before U.S. House Committee
On February 3, 2011, Dr. Sharon Caudle, Younger-Carter Distinguished Policy Maker in Residence and visiting lecturer at the Bush School, testified before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security. Caudle was asked to discuss how effective the Department of Homeland Security has been in implementing […]
Christopher Layne on NPR’s “On Point”
On January 30, Dr. Christopher Layne, who holds the Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security took part in the NPR show “On Point.” The show originates from WBUR in Boston, and is moderated by Tom Ashbrook. Layne and Mike Beckley, a research fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Science and International Affairs […]
