Events | 2016

The Clements Center will host Chase Untermeyer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, for a talk on his new book Zenith: In the White House with George H. W. Bush on November 29 in SRH 3.122 from 12:15-1:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. 

The Clements Center for National Security and Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State are honored to host the Clements Papers Conference titled “The Rise and Fall of Détente” on November 18th, 2016.  

The Alexander Hamilton Society and Clements Center will host a debate on the Iran Nuclear Deal, featuring Dr. Michael Doran and UT Professor Jeremi Suri. The debate will take place at Bass Lecture Hall on Tuesday, November 15 from 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM. Lunch will be provided. 

The Texas Executive Council and the Clements Center are honored to host Michael Rubin, former Staff Advisor for Iraq and Iran in the Department of Defense, on November 15th in MAI 212 at 6:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. 

Join us on Thursday, November 10th at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122 for an informational session on our new Graduate Portfolio Program in Security Studies. Associate Director Paul D. Miller will be on hand to provide an overview of the program requirements and answer any questions you might have about courses, the research paper, and seminar series. 

On Tuesday, November 8th in SAC 2.120 at 12:30pm, please join us for an information session on our new Undergraduate Certificate in Security Studies. Associate Director Paul D. Miller will be on hand to discuss the certificate requirements and answer any questions you might have. 

Join us on November 4th from 12:15-1:30 pm in SRH 3.122 for a talk with Derek Chollet, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and former Senior Director of the NSC, on his new book The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined America’s Role in the World(PublicAffairs, June 2016). This event, which is co-hosted by the Strauss Center, is free and open to the public. 

The Clements Center will welcome OSU Professor Jennifer Siegel to the Forty Acres on November 3rd, 2016 for a talk on “The Price of War and Revolution: Foreign Finance, International Alliances, and the Funding of Late Imperial Russia” in the Union’s Eastwoods Room from 12:30-2pm. This talk is free and open to the public. 

The Clements Center, Strauss Center, Intelligence Studies Project, and Women in Foreign Affairs are honored to host Leslie Ireland, U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, on Wednesday, October 26th, in SRH 3.122 from 12:15-1:30 pm. This event, which is free and open to the public, is part of our Women and National Security Speaker Series. Assistant Secretary Ireland’s remarks will be off the record.

The Clements Center for National Security is honored to host Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the UN, on October 25th in the Main Building from 12:30-2:00 PM. Ambassador Khalilzad will be speaking about his new book The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World. This event is free and open to the public. It is cosponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Department of Government, South Asia Institute, the Alexander Hamilton Society, and the International Affairs Society.

The Clements Center for National Security will host Larry Haas, a former White House communications strategist and award-winning journalist, on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016. Mr. Haas will be discussing his new book Harry and Arthur: Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World. This event is free and open to the public. 

Reflecting the growing prominence of public law in the broader discipline of political science, the conference is intended to provide a forum for engagement with common questions in the field.