- December 3, 2019I barely understood the gravity of what I was watching, but it did strike me that this battle was not taking place on some distant battlefield; it was happening in our own backyard, less than 36 miles due west of Baghdad—almost precisely the distance from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, Maryland.
- November 25, 2019With billions of people around the world experiencing “energy poverty,” nuclear energy seems to be a viable answer. But there are problems.
- November 22, 2019Many students at the Schar School of Policy and Government have served as interns for national politicians on Capitol Hill, as well as many local politicians in their home districts. But junior Government and International Politics major Glenham Smith’s summer internship was a little different.
- November 21, 2019There are still several weeks to go, but students and alumni looking forward to short-term study abroad opportunities this winter are already, albeit figuratively, packing their bags.
- November 21, 2019Nearly 400 audience members attended three events in the lower level of the Johnson Center at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus Tuesday night, each of them with a common theme: Civility in political discourse.
- November 14, 2019The number—19—didn’t quite make a platoon, but it was more than a squad when the first two cohorts of Marine Corps officers earning master’s degrees at the Schar School of Policy and Government met in October for the first time over lunch at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va.
- November 13, 2019How Democrats won the majority in the Virginia House and Senate and what Republicans intend to do to recover from November 5th’s losses were among the topics of discussion Tuesday night during the seventh “After Virginia Votes,” a conversation among representatives of both dominant political parties.
- November 13, 2019The sudden resignation this week of Bolivian president Evo Morales was a positive turn of events for Yasser Aburdene, who had been spending his evenings this fall at the Bolivian embassy in Washington, D.C., along with others protesting Morales’ questionable election victory.
- November 8, 2019Debra LaPrevotte has worked tirelessly to end wildlife trafficking in Africa. The Schar School of Policy and Government’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) welcomed the former FBI special agent and current international corruption investigator at the Sentry Group for a Tuesday afternoon discussion on how to stop traff...
- November 4, 2019Some 500 audience members filled the ballroom of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, despite chilly rain and a Game 7 of the baseball World Series featuring the city’s own team.
October 17, 2019New entries in the Almanac of Virginia Politics include election-relevant material in key races throughout the Commonwealth. Voters can find up-to-date information on candidates and campaign activities on the closely watched, hotly contested races in the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.- October 9, 2019The “ah-ha” moment came during a conversation in London’s SkyBar during a break at a 2015 investment conference.
