Join CSPS on February 25 from Noon to 1:00 PM in welcoming the Hungarian and Serbian Ambassador to the United States in a discussion on Europe's shifting security outlook and relationship with the United States.
Schar School Professor Meghan Garrity moderated a panel on current events in international security with current and former CSPS Fellows Carlton Haelig, Lexi Gerbracht, Will Krueger, Rebecca Ames, Jonathan Walberg, and Ali Mammadov at the annual symposium on November 13^th.
CSPS welcomed inaugural members of the ISEC Alumni Council, all of whom served as CSPS Fellows, at the 10^thanniversary celebration of CSPS and the ISEC M.A. program on November 13^th. Click to read their bios!
CSPS launched Emerging Voices in Security, a free digital collection of essays written by past and current CSPS Fellows on international security topics, in November 2025 to celebrate the 10^thanniversary of CSPS. This essary collection was curated by current CSPS Fellow, Ali Mammadov. Click to download your free copy!
CSPS conducted its semesterly crisis simulation for over 30 graduate students on October 18^th. The interactive tabletop exercise focused on the South China Sea to explore the complex challenge of competing strategic imperatives surrounding critical contested waters and was facilitated by national security experts. Click to read more!
CSPS and ISEC Program Director Ellen Laipson had her article, "President Trump and the Middle East: New Policies? New Paradigms?", recently published in the European Institute of the Mediterranean's (IEMed) Mediterranean Yearbook 2025. Click to read the full article!
On May 13, CSPS Director Ellen Laipson hosted a delegation from Korean national security and judicial institutions for a discussion about policies, laws and regulations related to new technologies. Schar Professors Ronald Marks and Andrew McCabe offered remarks to the five Korea visitors, who represented Seoul National University, the Korean Security Agency of Trade and Industry, the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the Seoul Suseo Police Station, and Seoul Central District Court.
Mason Korea undergrads publish research in international environmental journal focused on environmental conditions in the Seunggi-cheon stream in Incheon, South Korea. Click to read their paper!
CSPS hosted GMU alumni Dr. George Hutchinson to present his new book North Korea's Nuclear Decisions and Strategies: Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Bomb. Click to listen to the conversation.

2025 Highlights

Upcoming Events

We are pleased to announce we will be hosting Szabolcs Takács, Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S., and Dragan Šutanovac, Serbian Ambassador to the U.S., in conversation with Dr. Desmond Dinan, Schar School Professor, on Europe’s shifting security outlook and its relationship with the United States. Please join us on February 25, 2026 from 12:00-1:00 PM in FUSE 1234 (Global Studio) in Mason Square Campus by rsvping to [email protected].

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