Recognized for helping shape and equip principled leaders, Texas A&M University welcomes inaugural cohort of U.S. Space Force service members selected to participate in four-week course. Beyond the conveniences we’ve grown accustomed to, space is home to a vast network that requires distinct attention and demands the best from those recruited to protect it as […]
Bush School News
CGS Co-director Interviewed on Mitch Albom Radio Show to Discuss U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
Dr. Jasen Castillo, Co-Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at the Bush School, joined The Mitch Albom Show on its January 7th edition to discuss U.S. intervention in Venezuela. This is a daily national show broadcast from Detroit, MI. The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) serves as an intellectual hub for the critical […]
Nativism & Populism: The Global Forces Reshaping Politics
The panel of experts will examine populism and nativism as central—and unavoidable—forces shaping democratic politics around the world. Opening remarks will set the stage for a wide-ranging discussion of how debates over belonging, identity, and exclusion recur across political systems, even as their institutional expressions differ. Part of the conversation will consider that populist and […]
Indirect Experiences and Storm Risk Perceptions: Case Study–Texas
Researchers from the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT) and the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) Published an Article in Science of the Total Environment “Indirect experiences and storm risk perceptions: Case study–Texas, United States,” a recent study by a team of co-authors from two top research institutes, explores how Texas residents […]
DECENTRALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF SYRIA: ECONOMIC RECOVERY, GOVERNANCE, AND PEACEBUILDING ACROSS REGIONS
Could the Aleppo Agreement be a Model for the Integration of Syria? COLLEGE STATION, TX (December 15, 2025) – A new White Paper at the Mosbacher Institute discusses the future of Syria after the fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime in December 2024. The authors, Amy Austin Holmes, Hadeel Oueis, and Samantha Scaringe, argue for […]
Bush School professor discusses new book, “Policing on Drugs”
Aileen Teague, Ph.D. is an expert on U.S. relations with Latin America. Bryan/College Station, TX – On Nov. 20, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy hosted a book talk featuring Aileen Teague, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs, to launch her new book, “Policing on Drugs.” The book […]
TENURE REFORM IN TEXAS: ANALYZING THE IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF SENATE BILL 18
COLLEGE STATION, TX (November 26, 2025) – A new issue of the Mosbacher White Paper series examines Texas Senate Bill 18 (SB 18), the legislation that formally codifies academic tenure into state law while introducing strengthened performance evaluations and accountability measures for tenured faculty. In Project Tenure: An Analysis of Texas Senate Bill 18, author […]
Have questions about the U.S. war on drugs, in the past or today? Come ask an expert, Aileen Teague
Teague, a Texas A&M University assistant professor, has written a new book on how U.S. counternarcotics policies have shaped the nation’s diplomacy, affecting the fate of Mexico and other countries. She will take audience questions at a College Station book event hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, part of The Bush […]
Bush School’s City and County Governance Program welcomes new director, Darrek Ferrell ’09, ’11
Ferrell, who worked in municipal government for more than a decade before joining The Bush School of Government and Public Service faculty as an associate professor of practice, wants to produce skilled administrators to improve local government service across Texas – and train students to have the kind of meaningful experiences the Bush School prepared him […]
MEETING RISING U.S. ELECTRICITY DEMAND FROM AI AND DATA CENTERS: AN INTEGRATED TECHNICAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE
COLLEGE STATION, TX (November 2025) – A new issue of the Mosbacher White Paper series examines the causes of the emerging electricity crisis in the United States amid rapid growing demand given the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Energy and supply chain experts Mohamed Abdelhady, Eleftherios Iakovou, and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos of the Texas A&M […]
