- January 19, 2018President Donald Trump’s vulgar characterization of Haiti and African nations has prompted the Congressional Black Caucus to announce it plans to introduce a measure to censure him.
December 14, 2017The Washington Post-Schar School poll, in its second survey beyond Virginia politics, proved remarkably accurate in gauging voter sentiment in Alabama’s senatorial race.- December 12, 2017When the U.S. Postal Inspection Service assigned forensic chemist Stephanie Smith to a temporary assignment to support the Security and Crime Prevention Group, one of her first duties was to write the job description of a new permanent scientific advisor position.
- December 6, 2017The United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s rightful capital, and plans to relocate the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv, could prompt a violent reaction from the Arab and Muslim worlds, a George Mason University professor said, and decrease U.S. influence in the Middle East.
- December 5, 2017A little more than a year into a Virginia-oriented political polling partnership, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and the Washington Post have expanded the scope of polling to include surveys on topics with national interest.
- December 4, 2017How countries invest in their own economic futures is key to raising the standard of living, developing innovation and avoiding internal and external conflicts, said Schar School of Policy and Government professor Zoltan Acs.
- November 17, 2017Is the coup in Zimbabwe good or bad news for the country and its people?
- November 1, 2017More than 300 audience members turned out Monday night at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the first event of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. The 90-minute panel discussion, “Truth Tellers in the Bunker: Evidence-Based Institutions in a Post-Truth World,” focused on how those committed to delivering fact-based information are under attack around the world, and intentionally so.
- October 24, 2017Retired four-star Air Force General Michael V. Hayden has been director of the National Security Agency, the principal deputy director of National Intelligence and director of the CIA.
- October 16, 2017No U.S. city is prepared for the casualties, chaos and destruction that would follow a nuclear detonation, write Schar School of Policy and Government professor Gregory Koblentz and Mary Sproull, a doctoral candidate in the biodefense program and a biologist with the Radiation Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
- October 9, 2017Emergency preparedness is a constantly changing field, dedicated to being, literally, ready for anything. Whether it is an act of terrorism or a natural disaster such as a hurricane, having the necessary people and resources in place is key to effectively keeping a population safe.
- September 27, 2017Say this for David Kanos: He thinks big. The George Mason University senior hopes one day to be an ambassador from his native Nigeria to the United States, United Nations or China. Perhaps he could hold public office in Nigeria, he said. Perhaps he could even be his country’s president.
