Buzz McClain

While other students spent the middle of January combating the worst of winter weather and dealing with post-holiday blahs, a cadre of 12 Schar School students basked in the dry sunshine of Vietnam for eight days and learned about the country’s fate in a rapidly changing Southeast Asia.

At the Schar School of Policy and Government we are often asked, “What is political science?” For the definitive answer, we turned to—who else?—political science professors who study, interpret, and teach the art of governing. Here is what they had to say.

The Center for Regional Analysis was created by necessity.

As many in the audience of nearly 600 regional business leaders already knew, 2018 was a pretty good year for the Washington, D.C., regional economy.

Resisting dishonest populism is not just a policy imperative for serious Democrats but also a political imperative for 2020.

An audience of more than 75 students, faculty, staff, and those who work for public agencies and private firms affected by the world’s dangerous black markets turned out for a Monday afternoon talk at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus, a talk that took in some 4,000 years of illicit trade in 90 minutes.

The new semester’s event schedule at the Schar School of Policy and Government kicked off Thursday night with an enthralling and enlightening discussion about the procedure for successfully removing the president of the United States from office.

Schar School of Policy and Government Dean Mark Rozell announced the establishment of the Center for Business Civic Engagement (CBCE), a research program to apply business methods and experiences to all levels of the U.S. Government.

Former CIA acting director and deputy director Michael Morell has been named a Senior Fellow at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.