Buzz McClain

Resisting dishonest populism is not just a policy imperative for serious Democrats but also a political imperative for 2020.

An audience of more than 75 students, faculty, staff, and those who work for public agencies and private firms affected by the world’s dangerous black markets turned out for a Monday afternoon talk at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus, a talk that took in some 4,000 years of illicit trade in 90 minutes.

The new semester’s event schedule at the Schar School of Policy and Government kicked off Thursday night with an enthralling and enlightening discussion about the procedure for successfully removing the president of the United States from office.

Schar School of Policy and Government Dean Mark Rozell announced the establishment of the Center for Business Civic Engagement (CBCE), a research program to apply business methods and experiences to all levels of the U.S. Government.

Former CIA acting director and deputy director Michael Morell has been named a Senior Fellow at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Schar School Distinguished Visiting Professor Richard Kauzlarich drew on his experience as ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-99) and Azerbaijan (1994-97) on Tuesday when he served as moderator for a discussion of a new translation of three Akram Aylisli novellas collected in “Farewell, Aylis: A Non-Traditional Novel in Three Works” (Aca...

A delegation of Schar School of Policy and Government professors began a collaboration with Costa Rican government officials in November to research that country’s growing transnational network of organ trafficking.

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...

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...