Schar School of Policy and Government

The immediate and lasting effects of the 2018 midterm elections on U.S. immigration policy was the subject of a late November panel discussion hosted by the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) at George Mason University and moderated by Schar School Assistant Professor Justin Gest, author of several well-received books on modern immigration...

Virginia’s two senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner (both Ds), discussed fiscal issues, trade policies, security clearances, energy, Amazon’s arrival, and other topics important to the Commonwealth in an hour-long discussion hosted by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University on Thursday morning. The conversation, call...

The rock music was loud, the place was jammed and Victor Albisu was jumping from one corner of the restaurant to another.

Congressional oversight committees, whistleblowers, inspectors general, and lawyers—so many lawyers—were the topics of conversation Monday night when the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School of Policy and Government presented a panel of former justice and intelligence veterans, and one...

What are the strategies for dealing with stressful work environments? According to Schar School of Policy and Government professor Tojo Thatchenkery, a “socio-cognitive approach” based on the power of reframing and mindfulness may help us the most.

“Drugs are not the problem,” said Bill Hazel. “Addiction is the problem.”

For students, working on the project felt like a way to help defend U.S. democracy and taught them about the impacts of a divided nation.

In 2013, the World Trade Organization (WTO) released a publication on global value chains (GVCs). In 2016, the World Bank did the same thing. In 2017, the WTO and the World Bank together released the Global Value Chain Development Report.

A standing-room-only crowd of nearly 75 students, faculty members, and staff turned out last Thursday afternoon at the HUB on the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University for a town hall conversation about religion in the crosshairs of contemporary culture, and what might be done to temper the volatile issue, particularly on university campuses.

This acute energy crisis is a result of flawed energy policies pursued for decades, the high cost of generation, and aging and inadequate transmission, among other causes.