November 2, 2023Interning with his Congressional representative, Schar School senior Matthew Glaubke turned his Capitol Hill dreams into reality.
October 31, 2023Schar School’s Mark N. Katz describes what Russia stands to gain from the rising tensions in the Middle East.
October 30, 2023Collecting our thoughts: What were Schar School scholars thinking in October? Clearly, we had a lot on our minds.
October 26, 2023Location? Check. Access? Double check. When the White House wanted to invite students to help welcome Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese to Washington for a state visit, they reached out to George Mason University. Schar School of Policy and Government undergraduates were only too happy to answer the call.
October 25, 2023New York Times: Schar School Distinguished Visiting Professor Michael J. Morell is quoted about two wars.
October 24, 2023Abortion has surged as a key issue for women and Democrats for the November 7 legislative elections in Virginia, the last state in the South to hold out against restrictions on the procedure in the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.
October 23, 2023Nature magazine reviews Schar School professor of public policy Kenneth A. Reinert’s new book, The Lure of Economic Nationalism: Beyond Zero Sum (Anthem Press), as one of its “five of the best science picks.”
October 20, 2023While members of the GOP remark about the dangers of an “open border” using the Israel-Gaza conflict as an example, Schar School border policy expert Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera explains in the New York Times the historic trope behind the rhetoric.
October 18, 2023With a strong desire to advocate for others, Schar School senior Ernesto Galeas says the Schar School “is providing me with tools and knowledge, putting into practice what I've been learning and making me a better worker, a better citizen, and also better at helping others in need.”-
October 17, 2023Putin seems to be expanding his ground forces with more “volunteers” from private companies, a la Wagner. But Schar School professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia’s military, says the Kremlin is fighting to hold the Ukrainian territory it occupies now.
October 16, 2023Smugglers use misinformation on social media to make crossing into the U.S. from Mexico sound like “a vacation package,” said a Homeland Security agent. This practice, which drives up prices for smuggling, is “nefarious,” said Schar School border security expert Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.-
October 12, 2023Schar School Professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia and the Middle East, writes that the Kremlin seems to be confounded by the conflict in Israel. “Moscow’s warnings about conflict in the Middle East spreading are an indication that it fears its own interests would be harmed if this occurs.”
