Schar School of Policy and Government

With 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.”

Putin 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.

Smugglers 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.

Schar 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.” 

Gest is an advisor for the Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index that tracks how politics influences where people live. The Nobles of Iowa are not alone in their flight. “I think what Americans are reporting is that politics is a factor in these very, very important residential choices,” Justin Gest.

The erosion of democratic values in the Republican Party is a function of, and enabled by, our electoral and governing institutions that are not designed for modern American politics.

The position of mayor of the City of Fairfax is an important one in the relationship between George Mason University and its Fairfax Campus hometown. Happily, the new mayor, Catherine S. Read, is an alumna of the Schar School. She made the trip up University Drive from City Hall at the invitation of the Gender and Policy Center. Read about it on the Latest News page.

Can justice truly be served decades later? The Schar School’s Jo-Marie Burt writes in El Faro about a trial for a massacre—allegedly committed by the Guatemalan arm in 1982.

Why do universities give outgoing top executives sweetheart loans on their way out the door? Schar School researchers report “A Shady, Secret Presidential Perk” in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Geopolitics expert Mark N. Katz writes in Newsweek that the U.S. is under pressure to help allies with military intervention. China is all too ready to step in where the U.S. is reluctant.