Dr. Aileen Teague, who will begin her appointment as Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Bush School in the 2020-21 academic year, was recently published in the Washington Post. Teague’s article, “Why Abruptly Abandoning the Drug War is a Bad Idea for Mexico,” can be read online here.
Bush School News
CGS Academic Director Presents to Intelligence Community at University of Virginia
Dr. Jasen J. Castillo, Academic Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, recently briefed the faculty of the Batten School of Public Policy and members of the intelligence community at the University of Virginia on his book, Endurance and War: The National Sources of Military Cohesion. For more information about Castillo’s book, please click here.
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellows
ISTPP has named five members to its Fellows program—Dr. Bassel Daher, Dr. Mathew Kurian, Dr. Sara Meerow, Dr. Ren Mu, and Dr. Youlang Zhang Dr. Daher is a Research Associate in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Dr. Daher is interested in […]
Texas A&M, The Bush School to Host the U.S.-Pakistan Symposium on Women in the Economy
On November 14, 2019, the U.S.-Pakistan Symposium on Women in the Economy will be hosted by Texas A&M University, the Bush School of Government and Public Service, and the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council. The U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council is a partnership between Texas A&M University and the State Department that catalyzes commitments from the private sector, civil […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Liu visited universities in China, attended international conferences, and conducted field research in Inner Mongolia
During the summer of 2019, Dr. Xinsheng Liu visited several universities in China, including Peking University, Inner Mongolia University, and Sun Yat-Sen University. He presented recent research to faculty members and graduate students on policy agendas and policy changes, Chinese concern about climate change, and local air quality and public trust in government. In May […]
Head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Visits the Bush School
On October 30, 2019, David Bohigian, Head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and Robert Mosbacher, former Head of OPIC, discussed the role of the United States in supporting development and foreign policy goals through economic investment as a part of the Mosbacher Institute’s Conversations in Public Policy series. Mosbacher and Bohigian started by […]
Former Student Spotlight: Political science graduates influence the world
By Hannah LeGare ’19 Benjamin Freeman and Michelle Gamboa are making headways in their respective localities. Freeman works in Washington D.C., proving that a liberal arts degree makes a city cultivated and sophisticated. Gamboa works in Houston, Texas using her talents and passions to influence statewide measures. While these former students have political science degrees […]
Dr. Fritz Bartel Co-hosts Conference on the End of the Cold War at Yale University
With the support of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Dr. Fritz Bartel cohosted a conference at Yale University marking the 30th anniversary of the end of the Cold War. Along with Professor Nuno Monteiro of Yale’s Department of Political Science, Bartel welcomed twenty leading historians and political scientists to New Haven to discuss the […]
Hannibal Publishes on Public Foundation Grants in Communities of Colour
ISTPP’s Bryce Hannibal coauthored a paper titled “Race and the Public Foundation Grants Marketplace: The Differential Effect of Network Status in Communities of Colour” published in Public Management Review. The paper examines the relationship between grantee location in communities of color, network connections, and the amount of money allocated to grant winners located in Dallas and […]
CGS Academic Director Jasen J. Castillo Publishes Article in The National Interest
Dr. Castillo’s article, “Don’t Leave Grand Strategy to the Generals,” was the lead article in The National Interest on October 31, 2019. The article can be read online at https://nationalinterest.org/feature/don%E2%80%99t-leave-grand-strategy-generals-92511.
