Schar School of Policy and Government

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.

Can the rings of a tree tell the history of feminism? See Schar School’s Bonnie Stabile’s Ms. Magazine interview with artist Tiffany Shlain, who has done just that.

A Schar School researcher turned the pages of history and discovered Nazi sympathizers in 1935—in the U.S., and they were abundant.

Steven Pearlstein imagines a conversation between Congressional leaders. It’s the conversation they should be having and are not. Read his take in the Washington Post.