On October 6, 2026, the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT Austin, in partnership with the Clements Center, will host “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). Join us at 12:15 – 1:45 pm in Sid Richardson…

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 US 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…

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…

On September 30, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project will host “Sudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Involvement, and the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis,” with Larry E. André, Jr., Ambassador (Ret.) and Professor of Practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Join us at 12:15 – 1:30 pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH), Room 3.122. Part of ISP’s Hot Spot…

On September 16, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project will host “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. Join us at 12:30 – 1:45 pm in the Bass Lecture Hall, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. This…

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…

On September 23, 2026, the Center for East Asian Studies and the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program will host “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. Join us at 3:30 – 5:00 pm in…

On October 2, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program will host “U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait” with Adam P. Liff, Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Join us at 12:15 – 1:30 pm in Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.122, in The LBJ School…

On September 22, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law will host “The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk,” with former Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter. Join us at 12:15 – 1:30 pm in Sid Richardson Hall (SRH), Room 3.122, The LBJ School of…

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…