Schar School of Policy and Government

Robert T. Stephens is fighting for the civil rights of North Carolina’s most vulnerable populations.

Nearly 30 years after the end of the Cold War, an international nuclear arms race is once again a topic of grave concern. Only this time, it’s not just superpowers that are engaged.

Presidential actions-even when the president argues that they are not reviewable by courts-are indeed subject to judicial review.

On the heels of a first-ever conference tackling the emerging and dangerous issue of trade-based money laundering (TBML), the U.S. Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Committee has earmarked $2 million in assessment funding for FY 2020.

Nearly 100 years ago Oxford University began a degree program that combined the study of philosophy, political science, and economics—PPE for short. The idea was to create a course of study that included elements of traditional classical education with subjects that would be immediately applicable to the contemporary world.

The Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School of Policy and Government presented its first event of the 2019-2020 academic year on September 16 at George Mason University’s Arlington campus auditorium.

Becca Cooper has traveled the world supporting young refugee girls through after-school sports and education programs.

Marisol Maddox spent three weeks this summer aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker traveling inside the Arctic Circle. She was prepared for minus-20-with-wind-chill temperatures and brisk 20-plus-hours-a-day sunshine, but the cold temperatures never came.

More than 200 representatives from the growing fields of blockchain and cryptocurrency—including policymakers, industry executives, and academic leaders—attended a weekend-long conference at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus on September 14-15 to hear 57 speakers and panelists discussing “The Future of Money, Governance, and the Law.”