Dr. Reyko Huang’s research article “Voting for Militants: Rebel Elections in Civil War,” co-authored with Drs. Kathleen Cunningham and Katherine Sawyer, has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution as part of a special feature on rebel governance. The article centers on rebel groups conducting popular elections in wartime, asserting that these elections are […]
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Bush School Professor Researches Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa
While the health effects of COVID-19 are being widely reported, less is known about the economic, social, and security impacts of the pandemic, particularly in the developing world. Bush School faculty member Jessica Gottlieb is helping to answer those questions. Backed by a grant from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), one of […]
CGS Affiliate Dr. Gause Publishes Piece On Foreign Affairs Website Titled “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions”
Dr. Gregory Gause, head of International Affairs department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and an affiliate of the Bush School’s Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, recently had an article published on the Foreign Affairs website titled “The End of Saudi Arabia’s Ambitions”. The article talks about how […]
Bush School Students Meet with Latvian Officials Regarding Research for the Atlantic Council
Students in the Master of International Affairs program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, had the unique opportunity to visit Riga, Latvia, for their capstone research project. Dr. Gabriela Thornton led this capstone, which focused on exploring all the forms of retrenchment in Grand Strategy, looking more into the […]
Biological Threats Expert Edward You Joins Scowcroft Senior Fellow Program
Edward You, former Working Group member of the White House National Security Council Policy Coordinating Committee on Countering Biological Threats, accepted the invitation to become a Senior Fellow for the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. The Scowcroft Institute Director, Andrew Natsios, invited […]
Bush School Grad Bobby Janecka Appointed as New TCEQ Commissioner
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Bobby Janecka, Class of 2009, to fill the third and final commissioner seat for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Janecka joins Chairman Jon Niermann and Commissioner Emily Lindley as the appointed leaders of the TCEQ. Prior to this appointment, Janecka served as a policy advisor to Governor Abbott […]
Bush School Faculty Receives Prestigious FBI Award
Michael W. Howell, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and new faculty member at the Bush School, received the FBI Medal of Excellence in July 2019 just before his retirement from the Bureau. FBI Director Christopher Wray cited Agent Howell for “your sustained performance in contributions to the Dallas counterterrorism program and excellence […]
Bush School Student Awarded Prestigious Scholarship for Service
Peter Casey, a member of the 2020 class in the Department of International Affairs, has been awarded a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS), which supports undergraduate and graduate students studying cyber-related disciplines. SFS is a federal government program designed to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industrial control system security professionals, […]
Bush School Graduates Selected to Attend Strategic Force Analysis Boot Camp
Five Bush School graduates participated in the second annual Strategic Force Analysis Boot Camp, held August 6-9 at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque and organized by Georgetown University. Julie Thompson-Gomez (‘16), Eric Gomez (‘15), Shannon Abbott (‘18), Noelle Camp (‘19), and Jack Huguley (‘13) were among 25 participants selected from over 100 candidates to attend. […]
Bush School Capstone Project Cited by Washington Think Tank
The Bush School capstone project “Iran after Khamenei: A Framework for Succession” has been cited in a recent report by the Washington-based Atlantic Council. The Atlantic Council published a report titled After Sistani and Khamenei: Looming Successions Will Shape the Middle East in July 2019. The report, authored by top Middle East experts Abbas Kadhim and […]
