Schar School of Policy and Government

I 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.

With billions of people around the world experiencing “energy poverty,” nuclear energy seems to be a viable answer. But there are problems.

Many 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.

There 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.

Nearly 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.

The 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.

How 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.

The 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.

Debra 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...

Some 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.