National Security

The Honors College at George Mason University and Peraton awarded 11 students the selective Peraton Scholarship in National Security at the conclusion of the Spring Semester.

The National Security Administration redesignated George Mason University as a National Center of Academic Excellence, a distinction Mason has had since 1999.

Over the summer, 24 students from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School delved deep into issues of constitutional law, separation of powers, and national security in Padua, Italy—a place of inspiration for many of these ideals. The two-week study-abroad trip was co-taught by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and National Security Institute Founder and Executive Director Jamil Jaffer.

The results of climate change are creating Big Problems for policy makers. The Schar School has been teaching climate change as a national security problem, and governments should respond accordingly.

Associate Professor A. Trevor Thrall is interviewed by MIT Security Studies Program.

A panel of law enforcement experts will examine the rise of domestic terrorism Thursday, March 25.

Millions of people were captivated by the murder mystery case involving Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee, after George Mason University law school alumna Rabia Chaudry took the case to NPR and the hit podcast “Serial” was born.