Schar School of Policy and Government

As a Marine Corp veteran and alumnus of the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Master’s in Organization Development and Knowledge Management, I am passionate about helping fellow veterans transition from military to civilian careers. I made the transition in 2010 and (to be honest) made a lot of mistakes along the way. During transition, there are a lot of resources available, and advice seems to come from every direction. One of the significant challenges is hearing the signal through the noise. It’s not easy, and unfortunately, it doesn’t happen quickly.

If there is one country that has been in the vanguard of both demographic decline and the political exploitation of the frustrations it engenders, it is neither Japan nor any of the countries just discussed.

George Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government professor Philip Auerswald co-authors an op-ed that uses the differences between urban and rural areas to explain how populism rises when fertility rates decline. Read more in the New York Times.

By relocating the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, President Trump has thrown a monkey wrench into the Israeli-Palestinian dispute that will be very difficult to overcome, a George Mason University professor said.

Josephine Neulen suspects her interest in studying the rise of populism in Western Europe stems from her ancestry: Her mother is French and her father is German. She was raised in Germany until moving to the United States when she was 13. And it doesn’t hurt that she’s fluent in German and French, making foreign-language research materials accessible.

Ebola has killed 19 people and infected 39 more in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last month. Despite this being the ninth time the deadly virus has struck the region since it was identified in 1976, the fear is rising again that another devastating outbreak could kill thousands.

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.