Buzz McClain

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.

The important relationship between nuclear energy and nuclear security will be explored in a public conversation between leaders of key nuclear agencies on Thursday, November 14 at 2 p.m. at the Schar School of Policy and Government in Arlington, Va.

Layla M. Hashemi, a Public Policy PhD candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government, is spending the week at the 2019 Next Generation Symposium hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based Women in International Security (WIIS).

Members of the nation’s intelligence community made no secret of their appreciation for Schar School of Policy and Government Distinguished Visiting Professor Michael V. Hayden Wednesday night at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

The Schar School of Policy and Government is offering a rare opportunity to sample a range of courses across the Master’s in Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics program in an evening focusing on “Transportation in the City of the Future.”

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.

In what is becoming an annual tradition, for the second year, a group of Schar School of Policy and Government faculty members, organized by Associate Professor Bassam Haddad, delivered presentations to students and fellow faculty members on their findings from recent visits to foreign countries.

Larisa Chancellor would like you to “spend a Saturday with some of the most interesting people in history” in a day-long “unconference” on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus on November 16.