An audience of about 120 got an advance peek at a new HBO documentary depicting the last months of the Obama administration’s foreign policy team last Thursday at Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington. The film, “The Final Year,” was followed by an hour-long panel discussion featuring three key members of the administration and moderated by Ellen Laipson, the director of the Center for Security Policy Studies at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
What he does: As assistant director of undergraduate student services for the Schar School of Policy and Government, Green helps students achieve success at Mason and set in motion their post-graduation plans. Green also provides logistical support for several academic initiatives at Mason including the undergraduate research program, and he teaches in the bachelor of individualized study program.
By pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, the United States, under the Trump administration, has shown it can be untrustworthy when it comes to upholding its treaty obligations, a George Mason University professor said.
In a Q&A, Schar School of Policy and Government professor Richard Kauzlarich says he is worried China and Russia might see normalized relations between North and South Korea as a threat to their leverage on the peninsula and take steps to undermine the process. Read more in Tehran Times.
As a two-month run of Senate primaries in a dozen states gets underway, Schar School of Policy and Government professor Jennifer Victor talks about funding from outside groups. Read more in NPR Weekend Edition.
As a Schar School graduate student, you should have a solid resume that showcases your previous educational experience, professional work, and involvement. As you progress through your degree program, it is important to continue to add to your resume as you have new experiences.
Schar School of Policy and Government political science professor Toni-Michelle C. Travis is the 2018 recipient of the Jack Wood Award for Town and Gown Relations. Travis was presented with the legacy award for her longtime voluntary leadership in fostering relations with the surrounding community.
Members of the George Mason University community will get an advance look at a new documentary that examines the political and personal intrigue of the Obama administration’s last year in office when the Center for Security Policy Studies hosts a screening of HBO’s “The Final Year.” The 90-minute film, directed by Greg Barker, will screen Thursday, May 10, at Mason’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington at 6 p.m.
Schar School professor Michael Hayden, the former head of the CIA and NSA, talks about his new book and leading America’s intelligence communities. Read more in the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
“The last major trade war was launched by two Republican lawmakers, Smoot and Hawley, in the 1930s, spurring the Great Depression and World War II. It also ended the reign of Republican presidents with the election of President Roosevelt and his new era of reciprocal trade agreements.”