International Affairs & Security Studies

The Schar School’s reputation for teaching and researching international affairs leads to a full membership in the field’s most distinguished organization, the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.

Kendrick Kuo is an assistant professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Meghan Garrity is an assistant professor of international security and law at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Areas of Research: Global South; Global Governance and International Order; International Security; International Law; Nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, deterrence, and disarmament; Humanitarian crises, interventions, and law; Cyber governance and emerging technologies

Areas of Research: Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security, U.S. Politics and Institutions

Areas of Research: European Union Governance and Institutions, Global Governance

Areas of Research: Mexico-U.S. Relations, Latin American Politics, Organized Crime, Immigration, Border Security, Human Trafficking, Latin America, Comparative Politics, Gender, International Migration, International Security, Qualitative Methods, Democratization, Energy Policy, Security Policy

Areas of Research: Ethnicity and Nationalism, International Relations, International Relations Theory, International Security, and South Asia

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies, Democratization, Gender, Latin America, Historical Memory, Human Rights, Qualitative Methods, State-Society Relations, Transitional Justice

Areas of Research: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Biodefense, Ethics and Weapons Development, Former Soviet States, Health and Security, Illicit Trade, International Security, Knowledge Management, Qualitative Methods, Science and Technology Studies, Weapons of Mass Destruction