On Thursday, October 3, Ambassador Dennis Ross, Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff during the first Bush administration, will give a lecture on the Bush administration’s priority of the Middle East. The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University is sponsoring this […]
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Texas A&M, Scowcroft Institute Share Pandemic Policy Recommendations With U.S. Officials
Texas A&M University and the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs released a major new study today to policymakers and government officials that provides strategic recommendations on how to improve pandemic and biosecurity preparedness and response to devastating infectious diseases like Ebola in Africa and measles in the United States. Over the last three years, Texas […]
Texas A&M, Scowcroft Institute To Host 3rd Annual Pandemic & Biosecurity Forum
Texas A&M University and the George H.W. Bush School of Government & Public Service’s Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs will hold its 3rd Annual Pandemic & Biosecurity Forum at the National Press Club (529 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045) on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 from 12-5 p.m. The event, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of […]
Middle East Expert to Speak on Syria at the Bush School
On Thursday, April 4, Steven Simon, who served on the National Security Council in the Clinton and Obama administrations, will deliver remarks at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Texas A&M’s West Campus. Simon will cover the current U.S. policy in Syria and the implications for Syria’s future. The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
Former Spy Hunter to Talk on Counterespionage
On Monday, March 25, former Special Agent Robert Booth will deliver remarks at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Texas A&M University’s campus. This event, hosted by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M […]
Former Dean to return to Bush School for Lecture
On March 21, Ambassador Ryan Crocker will give a lecture starting at 5:30 p.m. in Hagler Auditorium in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Texas A&M University’s West Campus. The Department of International Affairs, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, and the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at the Bush School of Government & Public […]
Ambassador Ronald Neumann speaks on American Diplomacy
On Tuesday, March 19, Ambassador Ronald Neumann will deliver a lecture on American diplomacy in the Presidential Orientation Theater at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the Texas A&M campus. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by Neumann’s remarks at 6:00 p.m. This free event is open to the […]
Former Covert Operative to Share CIA Experiences at the Bush School
On Monday, April 8, former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson will deliver remarks on her experience as a covert Operations Officer in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University. There will be a 5:30 p.m. reception followed by the lecture, titled “Valerie Plame: My Life as a Spy,” at 6:00 p.m. Event registration […]
Bestselling Author To Deliver Geopolitics Lecture At The Bush School
On Tuesday, March 5, Robert Kaplan, best-selling author and former foreign correspondent for The Atlantic, will deliver a lecture on modern geopolitics at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campus. The talk, titled Geopolitics in 2019: A Granular Tour of the World During a New Age of Empire, is free and […]
Former George H. W. Bush Staffers Andy Card and Jean Becker Honor 41 on President’s Day
President George H. W. Bush garnered public admiration over the course of his public service career, and his personal staffers shared their stories of the inner workings of the Bush White House and Bush’s style of leadership. Andy Card, former Secretary of Transportation under George H. W. Bush, and Jean Becker, Chief of Staff after […]