• The latest “The Other Side of the Border” event, on April 3, will feature experts unpacking the ongoing controversies tying Venezuela to the United States • The talk is titled “A Country in Crisis? Perspective on Venezuela’s Humanitarian, Political, and Economic Challenges” and is part of an ongoing lecture series by The Bush School of Government and […]
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Come hear Bush School’s Matthew Fuhrmann discuss new book on deterrence
In Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence, Fuhrmann explores the influence of countries that could build nuclear weapons but have chosen not to Why did countries such as Germany and South Korea decide not to pursue nuclear weapons? What did their decision mean for the world, and how could current global events […]
An isolationist Trump administration? Probably not, according to Bush School researchers
John Schuessler, Ph.D., and Jasen Castillo, Ph.D., along with RAND colleague Miranda Priebe, Ph.D., draw on recent findings to conclude the incoming administration will probably hew closer to the longstanding U.S. foreign-policy consensus than is commonly believed How much will President-elect Donald Trump’s administration pull back from involvement in Ukraine, the Middle East, East Asia […]
Upcoming Events: Program on Grand Strategy Talks
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) is launching a new initiative this fall, the Program on Grand Strategy. The Program on Grand Strategy is an ongoing workshop that will allow a cohort of junior scholars to circulate their work in progress and receive constructive feedback from each otherand the CGS community. This will contribute […]
CGS Student Affiliate Completes Marcellus Policy Fellowship
Last semester (fall 2023), David Winter, an Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) student affiliate, completed a Marcellus Policy Fellowship with the John Quincy Adams Society. Over the course of several months, the Marcellus Policy fellows wrestled with ideas that can animate a prudent foreign policy. They honed their writing skills under expert guidance, crafting […]
Bartel Wins Inaugural CPH Book Prize
Dr. Fritz Bartel, Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government & Public Service and an Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) faculty member, has been named the inaugural winner of the 2023 SMU Center for Presidential History (CPH) Book Prize. Bartel’s book, The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and […]
CGS Team Members Publish New Articles
Two team members of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) at the Bush School have recently published articles. Dr. Shahin Berenji, the 2022-23 CGS Postdoctoral Fellow, recently published an article with Security Studies, a leading journal in the field. In the article, Berenji examines the bold conciliatory gestures that were made by Mikhail Gorbachev at […]
What Does Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Mean For The Wider War?
Two Texas A&M experts explain how Ukrainian forces pulled off their recent string of victories against the Russian military and discuss what this could mean for the overall course of the conflict.
CGS Fellow Publishes Article in the National Interest
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) 2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellow, Shahin Berenji, has published a new article with the National Interest, “Arms Alone Cannot Win the Peace in Ukraine.” In the article, Berenji argues that the United States needs to play a central role, rather than a peripheral one, in future negotiations between Russia and […]
CGS Student Affiliate Publishes Article in Chicago Tribune
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) Student Affiliate Ben Giltner recently published an article in the Chicago Tribune. Giltner’s piece, “Georgia’s desire to join Western alliance could spark conflict with Russia. The US should step in,” examines how the U.S. can help avoid a reignition of the Georgia-Russia conflict by following a grand strategy of restraint. Giltner also […]
