The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy and the Political Science Department at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University presents “Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program” on Wednesday, April 26 in the Allen Building, Room 1110, 1000 George Bush Dr. W. College Station, TX 77845. Registration is required […]
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CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER: Center for Grand Strategy to Host “Future of Military Power and Building Foreign Militaries” Discussion
Note: This event was canceled due to inclement weather. The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) and the Bush School of Government and Public Service will host an event featuring General Anthony Zinni at 5:30 PM on March 21, 2022 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Gen. […]
CGS Hosts Dr. Michelle Murray on “The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations”
CGS welcomed Dr. Michelle Murray of Bard College to the Bush School to discuss her book, The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations. In her book, Murray strives to answer the perennial question of how established powers can manage the peaceful rise of another great power. Read more about Murray’s book discussion.
Dr. Mark Bell Speaks On Nuclear Proliferation and Grand Strategy
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, in conjunction with the Texas A&M Department of Political Science, welcomed Dr. Mark Bell, an assistant professor from the University of Minnesota, on Sept. 24, 3019. Bell’s lecture, “The Path Dependence of Nuclear Thinking: Grand Strategy, Nuclear Weapons, and the Absence of Evaluation,” discussed a research project he is […]
Albritton CGS, Texas A&M’s Office of the President, and The Association of Former Students Host Author, Alex Kershaw
On September 19th, journalist and New York Times best-selling author Alex Kershaw gave a poignant talk on his latest bestselling book, The First Wave: The D- Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II. Many people study D-Day for its tactical, operational, and strategic effects; however, Kershaw tells the stories of […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Unconstrained Presidency by Dr. Elizabeth Saunders
Dr. Elizabeth Saunders, Associate Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, spoke to a full house at the Bush Library on Wednesday evening, January 30, 2019. Saunders’ lecture, based on her article “The Unconstrained Presidency,” published in the October/November 2018 issue of Foreign Affairs, discussed the gradual erosion of […]
Andrew Roberts Speaks to Bush School Students on Churchill and Grand Strategy
On January 29, 2019, the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy hosted a roundtable discussion with Andrew Roberts, British historian and acclaimed biographer of Winston Churchill, and several Bush School students. The group discussed lessons learned from Churchill’s experience as a wartime leader. Topics ranged from the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I to Churchill’s approach […]
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy Will Address Increasing Presidential Power in America
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service is hosting Dr. Elizabeth N. Saunders from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Saunders will present a lecture on her Foreign Affairs article “The Unconstrained Presidency,” which discusses the recent trend of increasing presidential power in […]