Hot Spot Briefing: Iran
On November 18, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project will host “A Hot Spot Briefing: Iran,” with Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association. Join us at 12:30 – 1:45 pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH), Room 3.122. This event marks the third Hot Spot Briefing of the fall semester and is free and open to…
Read MoreFight Like a Machine: The Combat Future of the Human Body
On November 4, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law will host “Fight Like a Machine: The Combat Future of the Human Body,” with Thomas Hunt, Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. Join us at 12:15…
Read MoreThe Cuba Conundrum: Continuity, Cautious Cooperation, or Chaos?
On October 28, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project will host “The Cuba Conundrum: Continuity, Cautious Cooperation, or Chaos?,” with Timothy Langford, former National Intelligence Officer for the Western Hemisphere and the Director of National Intelligence’s Cuba Mission Manager between 2007-2009. Join us at 12:15 – 1:45 pm in the Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public…
Read MoreThe Bridge Between the Americas: U.S.–Colombia Relations
On October 6, 2026, the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT Austin, in partnership with the Clements Center and The Strauss Center for International Security and Law, hosted “The Bridge Between the Americas: U.S.–Colombia Relations,” with Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Acting Director and Senior Fellow of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Christopher…
Read MoreBuilding to Win: How Industrial Strength is Shaping U.S. National Security in the 21st Century
On October 8, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law will host “Building to Win: How Industrial Strength is Shaping U.S. National Security in the 21st Century,” with Caitlin Lee, Director of Acquisition and Technology Policy in the National Security Research Division at RAND. Join us at…
Read MoreThe Rise of Authoritarian Middle Powers
On December 9, 2026, the Clements Center and The LBJ School of Public Affairs will host “The Rise of Authoritarian Middle Powers,” with Nicholas Cheeseman, Professor of democracy at the University of Birmingham, and Marie-Eve Desrosiers, Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Join us at 12:15…
Read MoreSudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Involvement, and the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
On September 30, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted “Sudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Involvement, and the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis,” with Larry E. André, Jr., whose extensive diplomatic career spanning Africa culminated in service as U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Djibouti, and Mauritania. Ambassador (ret.) André now serves as a Professor of Practice at the LBJ School…
Read MoreAssassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs
On September 16, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted “Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs,” with Dr. Kiril Avramov, ISP Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Department of European and Eurasian Studies. Why do governments resort to assassination, and what does this practice reveal about power in international affairs? Drawing together insights…
Read MoreCompeting for Soft Power: China’s Image-Making in Africa
On October 29, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program, will host “Competing for Soft Power: China’s Image-Making in Africa,” a book talk with Maria Repnikova, Associate Professor of Communication at Georgia State University. Join us at 12:15 – 1:30 pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH), Room 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. This book reveals the ambitious…
Read MoreLife of the Party in Xi Jinping’s China: Understanding Party-state Relations in Contemporary China
On September 23, 2026, the Center for East Asian Studies and the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted “Life of the Party in Xi Jinping’s China: Understanding Party-state Relations in Contemporary China,” with Timothy Cheek, Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia. This lecture is part of the The Paul and…
Read MoreThe U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan
On October 2, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted “The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan” with Adam P. Liff, Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Amid a rapidly changing balance of power and worsening frictions across the Taiwan Strait, this talk surveys the historical…
Read MoreThe Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk
On September 22, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted “The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk,” with former Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter. The Law of the Sea Treaty was the product of the third UN convention on law of the sea…
Read MorePrivileged But Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness
On September 3, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted “Privileged But Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness,” a book talk with Dr. Jieun Baek, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative. Baek’s research is grounded in more than 230 hours of interviews with senior-level North Korean…
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