While the health effects of COVID-19 are being widely reported, less is known about the economic, social, and security impacts of the pandemic, particularly in the developing world. Bush School faculty member Jessica Gottlieb is helping to answer those questions. Backed by a grant from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), one of […]
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Scowcroft Institute Gives Recommendations on Preparing for Collision of COVID-19 and Flu Season
Experts from the Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University recently published a fall 2020 White Paper, COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza: Preparing for a Collision. The White Paper can be read on the Scowcroft Institute Disease Information […]
Longtime Public Servant Brent Scowcroft Dies
The lives of former President George H.W. Bush and Scowcroft are forever linked in Aggieland By Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & CommunicationsThis article originally was published on Texas A&M Today Statement from Bush School Dean Mark WelshStatement from the Scowcroft Institute of International AffairsGeorge & Barbara Bush Foundation:A Tribute to General Brent Scowcroft […]
Statement From Dean Mark Welsh On The Passing Of General Brent Scowcroft
Longtime Public Servant Brent Scowcroft DiesStatement from the Scowcroft Institute of International AffairsGeorge & Barbara Bush Foundation: A Tribute to General Brent Scowcroft Our world is a lesser place today after losing Lieutenant General (retired) Brent Scowcroft. I believe historians will characterize General Scowcroft as one of the greatest national security strategists in American history. […]
Statement of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs on the passing of General Brent Scowcroft
Longtime Public Servant Brent Scowcroft Dies Statement from Bush School Dean Mark Welsh George & Barbara Bush Foundation: A Tribute to General Brent Scowcroft Brent Scowcroft Memorial Program Robert M. Gates Eulogy Richard N. Haass Eulogy Stephen J. Hadley Eulogy Henry A. Kissinger Eulogy Virginia A. Mulberger Eulogy We at the Scowcroft Institute of International […]
CGS Affiliate Dr. Gause Publishes Piece On Foreign Affairs Website Titled “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions”
Dr. Gregory Gause, head of International Affairs department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and an affiliate of the Bush School’s Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, recently had an article published on the Foreign Affairs website titled “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions”. The article talks about how […]
Are Artificial Intelligence Tools Biased?
Research shows that facial recognition software makes a lot of mistakes and is particularly inaccurate on darker-skinned faces. Those errors can turn innocent people into suspects when used by police to identify criminals. The criminal justice system also uses risk assessment algorithms to assist in bail and sentencing recommendations that have been shown to overate […]
Stuck in Texas, Bush School Fulbright Student Improvises to Complete Romanian Master’s Degree
By Justin Bailey: As Covid-19 swept through the United States and world this spring and summer, wearing masks, limiting group sizes, and social distancing became a “new normal”. For second year Bush School Romanian Fulbright Scholar Olga Bodrug – social distancing means more than just 6 feet – it means 6,000 miles.
Managing a Pandemic at a Less Than Global Scale: Governors Take the Lead
By Justin Bailey: In mid-March, events across the country were cancelled, schools and restaurants were shuttered, and stay-at-home orders were issued. In College Station, Bush School Public Service & Administration Professor Ann Bowman was interested in a deeper question: Could the responses of each of the states be quantified? And if so, what information could be gleaned from steps each governor took?
CGS Predoctoral Fellow Robert Ralston Publishes Foreign Affairs Article
Robert Ralston, CGS predoctoral fellow, has a new article on the Foreign Affairs website. In it, Ralston discusses how more than principles or ideology, partisan politics explains how Americans think military and civilian officials ought to interact. The full article is available online on the Foreign Affairs website.
