Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? The First Political Order is a groundbreaking demonstration that the persistent and systematic subordination of women underlies all other institutions, with wide-ranging implications for global security and […]
Bush School News
Thirty-three Bush School Students Serve on Fourteen Brazos Nonprofit Organization Boards
Over the last year, thirty-three Bush School students have served Brazos County through the Bush Board Fellows program, which allows students to work with fourteen nonprofit organizations. The Bush Board Fellows program aims to elevate and promote the community as students have the opportunity to work with and provide insight on the boards they are […]
Dr. John Schuessler Speaks at the Notre Dame International Security Center
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy Academic Director, Dr. John Schuessler, was invited to give a talk at Notre Dame’s International Security Center on March 3 on the campus of Notre Dame. Dr. Schuessler’s talk was titled “Offshore Balancing: Revisiting the World War II Case”.
[CANCELED EVENT] – Former CIA Operative to Speak on Modern HUMINT Operations
This event has been canceled. On Monday, March 23, Bruce Valentine, former Associate Deputy Director of the CIA for Operations (ADDO), will deliver a talk titled “Human Intelligence Operations in the Age of AI.” The talk will take place at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Texas A&M University’s West Campus. Valentine will cover the […]
Is The Two-Party System In Crisis?
With rhetoric and policy positions moving further apart, the 2020 presidential election comes at a time of extreme partisanship in American politics. The leader of the Republican Party, President Donald Trump, has successfully remolded the GOP in his image, says Diego von Vacano, a professor of political science at Texas A&M University. And current Democratic […]
Bush School Speaker Urges New Approach to Development
On February 19, 2020, Dr. Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Scientist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group, gave a talk titled “Now for the Hard Part: Alternative Paths to Building State Capability for Policy Implementation.” The event was hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government […]
The Coronavirus: What’s Next?
COLLEGE STATION, TX – On Monday, March 2, 2020, a distinguished panel of experts from the TAMU Bush School of Government and Public Service will discuss the current Coronavirus situation and what to expect as part of the School’s “What’s Next?” series. The panelists will share their perspectives of the current situation as well as what […]
[POSTPONED EVENT] – Former Congressional Budget Office Director to Give an Economic Outlook
NOTE: Following Texas A&M University and Bush School of Government and Public Service guidelines for social distancing we are canceling all of our spring Mosbacher Institute events and working on rescheduling. Our March 26 event on “Boom or Bust” with Douglas Holtz-Eakin has been postponed until Wednesday, November 18, 2020. More information on this event […]
Hannibal Publishes on Board Networks and Grant Making in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
ISTPP researcher Dr. Bryce Hannibal recently coauthored a paper with Dr. Laurie Paarlberg of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Dr. Jasmine McGinnis Johnson of George Washington University on the influence of board network connections on grant making in public foundations. Their work titled “Examining the Mediating Influence of Interlocking Board Networks on Grant Making in […]
UK Minister of State for International Trade Spoke to Bush School Students
On February 6, 2020, the Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy hosted a talk by Right Honorable Conor Burns MP, the current Minister of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom. He spoke to the Bush School about the importance of US-UK trade, […]
