Yale University Press has published the third edition of George C. Edwards III, Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America. Dr. Edwards is a Distinguished Professor and Jordan Chair Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow at the University of Oxford. The author or editor of 26 books, he is one of the nation’s premier scholars of the […]
Bush School News
CGS Hosts Dr. Desch on the Cult of the Irrelevant
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy welcomed Dr. Michael Desch back to Aggieland to discuss his new book titled Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security. Prof. Desch, Professor of Political Science and the Director of International Security at the University of Notre Dame, discussed how his book explores […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Dr. Elizabeth Cobbs Releases Film, American Umpire
American Umpire, a film based on the book by Elizabeth Cobbs published in 2013, will air on Sept. 28 and 29, 2019. Check local PBS stations for broadcast times. For more information about the film, please visit http://www.americanumpire.com/#home.
Bush School Student Awarded Prestigious Scholarship for Service
Peter Casey, a member of the 2020 class in the Department of International Affairs, has been awarded a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS), which supports undergraduate and graduate students studying cyber-related disciplines. SFS is a federal government program designed to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industrial control system security professionals, […]
Bush School Graduates Selected to Attend Strategic Force Analysis Boot Camp
Five Bush School graduates participated in the second annual Strategic Force Analysis Boot Camp, held August 6-9 at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque and organized by Georgetown University. Julie Thompson-Gomez (‘16), Eric Gomez (‘15), Shannon Abbott (‘18), Noelle Camp (‘19), and Jack Huguley (‘13) were among 25 participants selected from over 100 candidates to attend. […]
Aileen Teague Publishes Lead Article in Diplomatic History
Dr. Aileen Teague’s article, “The United States, Mexico, and the Mutual Securitization of Drug Enforcement, 1969 – 1985,” is the lead article in the November 2019 issue of Diplomatic History. Teague will join the CGS team as an Assistant Professor in International Affairs at the Bush School in the 2020-21 academic year. To read her article […]
Michael Desch to speak on Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy will welcome Michael C. Desch at a lecture and book signing for his recently published Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security. The talk will begin at 6:00 PM in Hagler Auditorium at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, […]
Interning in Washington, DC, Bush School Students Make Their Mark
Riding the Metro to work, taking in the sights in their free time, exploring the countless museums that tell America’s story, two dozen current Bush School students lived and worked in Washington, DC, this summer, soaking in the knowledge gained through their various internships and leaving their mark on the nation’s capital. Internships are a […]
CGS Academic Director Publishes Article in Strategic Studies Quarterly
John Schuessler, CGS Academic Director and Bush School professor of International Affairs, co-authored “The Shadow of Exit from NATO” with former Bush School colleague Joshua Shifrinson, professor of International Relations at Boston University. The article, published in the Fall 2019 issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly, can be read here.
Political science professor named Fulbright Scholar
By Alix Poth ’18 Quan Li, Cornerstone Fellow and professor in the Department of Political Science, received the Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. This award allows Li to travel to Spain for research and teaching at the Universidad Europea de Madrid as part of the Teaching and Researching International Relations or International […]