Two Bush School of Government and Public Service students taking part in the Atlantic Council’s sixth annual Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge were charged with developing policy recommendations tackling a fictional cyber catastrophe. Second-year Master of International Affairs (MIA) candidate Patsy Taggart placed in the semi-finals at a Columbia University Atlantic Council competition. Taggart and second-year […]
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Texas A&M Bush School Student Selected as Presidential Management Fellow
Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service student Alex Lam takes his next step toward a career in federal government with a two-year appointment to the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, which offers advanced degree candidates a pathway into a career in public service. The prestigious Presidential Management Fellows program is a flagship […]
New Master of International Policy Announced at the Bush School of Government and Public Service
Dean Mark Welsh announced the Bush School will offer a new Master of International Policy at the Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service. Designed as a non-thesis master’s degree program for mid-career professionals, the degree will require the completion of 30 credit hours. The degree is offered in residence (with an […]
Bush School Students Finalists in World’s Largest Cyber Security Law & Policy Challenge
Shannon Abbott and Anne Richmond, both second-year international affairs students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, placed third in the 2017 Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Law and Policy Challenge. The competition took place at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. The US Naval Academy team won […]
Bush School International Affairs Students Study European Issues in Germany
Students in the Master of International Affairs program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, recently had a unique opportunity to visit Germany and meet with high-ranking German foreign policy makers and academics. The fourteen-day program was led by Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton and included stops in Berlin and Dresden. […]
Despite Shakeups, Saudi Arabia Strong
Viewing Saudi Arabia as unstable is “a mistake,” says Gregory Gause, professor of international affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. With the King’s young son possibly jumping ranks to become the country’s new leader, talk of privatization and less oil dependence, heavy reliance on foreign labor, and […]
Bush Students Explore and Learn in Cairo, Egypt
While others might have used their winter break to relax and take time off, students and faculty from the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, were busy engaging with scholars, activists, and diplomats in Cairo, Egypt. The trip was a part of a study abroad course, Issues in Modern Egyptian Politics, […]
Bush School Students Bring European Horizons Chapter to Texas A&M
Bush School students Lexia Arther, Miguel Eusse, Julie Thompson, and Chloe Verschuren, with the support of their faculty advisor, Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton, have launched the Texas A&M chapter of European Horizons (EH), a national organization seeing to foster discourse in the United States on the future of Europe. European Horizons is a US-based, non-partisan […]
