Events | 2016

The Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International  Security and Law are pleased to welcome former Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long to give a talk on the Middle East and terrorist financing on Thursday, April 7 at 12:15pm in the Eastwoods Room, Union Building. This event is part of the Women and National Security Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.

The Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the South Asia Institute, the Alexander Hamilton Society, International Affairs Society, and Student Veterans Association are pleased to welcome Ambassador Said Jawad for a talk titled “America’s Longest War: the Afghan Perspective” on Tuesday, April 5 at 12:15pm in the Main Building, room 212. This talk is part of the Afghanistan lecture series. Free and open to the public.

The Clements Center, the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Center for European Studies, and the Transatlantic Academy are pleased to host “Russia and the West” symposium on Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5 in the Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302E. Free and open to the public. 

The Clements Center, Strauss Center, and UT’s Intelligence Studies Project invite you to attend the “Intelligence in American Society” conference on March 30, 2016 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center. The luncheon keynote speaker is The Honorable Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Cosponsors include the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Center for Politics and Governance, UT Student Veterans Services and the Alexander Hamilton Society. 

The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to welcome Jeff Eggers for a talk titled “Obama’s Legacy in Afghanistan” on Tuesday March 29 at 12:15pm in Sid Richardson Hall, room 3.122. This talk is part of the Afghanistan lecture series. Free and open to the public.

Join the Clements Center for National Security and Strauss Center for International Security and Law at this special UT Austin SXSW panel titled “Threats on the Horizon: From Terrorism to Hunger” on March 13 at 9:30am at ACL Live. This event is open to SXSW badge holders only.

On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, the Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Intelligence Studies Project welcome Rick Ledgett, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, to speak on issues pertaining to intelligence and counterintelligence. The event is free and open to the public.

The Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Intelligence Studies Project are pleased to welcome Carmen Medina, former Deputy Director for Intelligence at CIA, to discuss the importance of more diverse thinking in intelligence on Thursday, March 3 at 12:15pm in Sid Richardson Hall, room 3.122. This event is free and open to the public.

The Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and Women in Foreign Affairs are pleased to welcome Rachel Vogelstein, Senior Fellow and Director of Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, to give a talk titled, “Gender and U.S. Foreign Policy: How Elevating the Status of Women Globally Advances U.S. Interests,” on Tuesday, March 1 at 12:15pm in the Eastwoods Room, Union Building. This event is part of the Women and National Security Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.

Please join the Clements Center for “The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931” with Adam Tooze, Professor at Columbia University on Friday, February 19 at 12:45, in Garrison Hall, Room 1.102. Free and open to the public.

The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to welcome Dr. Robert Rakove of Stanford University for a talk titled “The United States and Afghanistan before 2001” on Thursday, February 11 at 12:15pm in the Eastwoods Room, Student Union 2.102. This talk is part of the Afghanistan lecture series. This talk is free and open to the public.

The Alexander Hamilton Society and the Clements Center for National Security are pleased to host Dr. Robert Lieber and Dr. Michael Mosser on Tuesday, February 9 in Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.122 for a discussion titled ” Resurgent Russia: Vladimir Putin’s Foreign Policy.”  This event is free and open to the public.

Please join the Clements Center for “A Brief History of Nuclear Proliferation—And Now the End Game” with former Secretary of the Air Force Thomas C. Reed on February 3, at 12:15pm in the Texas Governors’ Room 3.116, UB.  Free and open to the public.