Events | 2017

The Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project are pleased to announce our fourth annual Texas National Security Forum “Alliances and Partnerships in American National Security.”

The Clements Center hosted political historian Dr. Matthew Dallek, who spoke on his new book Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security (Oxford, 2016). 

The Clements Center staff hosted an information session to discuss the application process, course syllabus, and program agenda for the 2018 London Maymester program. The deadline to apply for the Maymester program is November 1st at midnight. 

The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project hosted John A. Lauder, a retired senior CIA official. 

The Clements Center welcomed Kathleen Hicks for a talk on “Shifting Global Trends and the Collapse of the American Foreign Policy Consensus.” Dr. Hicks is senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in D.C. She joined us as part of the Women and National Security speaker series. This event was co-sponsored by the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and Women in Foreign Affairs student group.  

On Tuesday, September 19th the Clements Center hosted a talk on “The Middle East: How It Got So Bad and What To Do About It” with Ken Pollack. Dr. Pollack is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on Middle Eastern political-military affairs. He is a former Central Intelligence and National Security Council official. 

The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted Doug Wise, former Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, for a public talk on the future of defense intelligence. 

On Wednesday, September 6th at the LBJ School Bass Lecture Hall, the Clements Center hosted a talk with Mark Moyar on his new book Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces. Dr. Moyar is the Director of the Program on Military and Diplomatic History at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. 

The Clements Center and Harrington Faculty Fellows Program were honored to host distinguished academics and former policymakers for a workshop on “Conservatives and the World” from 8:30 am to 3:30pm on May 5th in the Texas Union Governors Room.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 3rd in Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122 at 12:15pm, for a talk with Dr. Mackubin Owens, Dean of Academics at the Institute of World Politics, on “Civil-Military Relations in the Trump Era.” This event is free and open to the public. 

On April 25th, the Clements Center hosted an Army War College panel discussion on “America and Its Armed Forces.” This panel was moderated by Clements Executive Director Will Inboden. 

Please join us on Thursday, April 20, at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122, for a talk on “Democracy and Human Rights in US Foreign Policy” with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. 

The Clements Center hosted an information session on our Student Professional Development Fund. Associate Director Paul Miller and Program Coordinator Jennifer Johnson answered any questions about the application process, requirements, and funding. Applications for Summer 2017 funding were due April 24th by midnight. 

We are excited to host James Kirchick on April 12th at 12:00pm in the Texas Eastwoods Room UNB 2.102 for a talk on his new book “The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age” (Yale 2017). James Kirchick is a fellow at the Foreign Policy Initiative in Washington and a correspondent for the Daily Beast. This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. 

Please join us on April 6th, in the Texas Union’s Governors’ Room UNB 3.116 from 12:30-2pm, for an info session about our Undergraduate Fellows program. Associate Director Paul Miller and Program Coordinator Jennifer Johnson will be there to answer any questions you might have about the application process, requirements, and program. Applications for the 2017-2018 Undergraduate Fellows program are due on April 14th, 2017 by midnight. 

We are honored to host Angelo Codevilla, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, for a discussion on the U.S. Intelligence Community on Wednesday, April 5th, at 12:15pm in Sid Richardson Hall, room 3.122. This event is free and open to the public. 

Please join us on Wednesday, March 29th, for a talk with Jennifer Bryson, Director of Operations and Development at the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom. Dr. Bryson will be speaking on “The Prevention of Violent Extremism: The Contribution of Muslim Support for Religious Freedom” at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122. This event, which is co-sponsored by Women in Foreign Affairs, is free and open to the public. 

The Clements Center, Intelligence Studies Project, Strauss Center, and Women in Foreign Affairs are excited to host Michele Malvesti, Professor of Practice in International Security at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, on Friday, March 24th, at 12:15pm in the Texas Union’s Eastwoods Room. Dr. Malvesti will be joining us as part of the Women and National Security Speaker Series. This event is free and open to the public. 

On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) and Business Executives for National Security hosted a symposium, “Intelligence in Defense of the Homeland,” at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on the campus of UT Austin.

Please join us on March 22nd at 12pm in the Texas Union Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102) for a talk with Dartmouth Professors Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth, led by the Clements Center’s Associate Director Paul D. Miller. Profs. Brooks, Wohlforth, and Miller will be discussing U.S. grand strategy, based on their two new books America Abroad: The United States’ Global Role in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2016) and American Power and Liberal Order: A Conservative Internationalism Grand Strategy (Georgetown University Press, 2016). This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. 

Join us on Thursday, March 9th, at 12:15pm in SRH 3.122, for a talk with UT Harrington Fellow Charlie Laderman on his new book Donald Trump: The Making of a World View (Endeavour 2017). CC Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri will serve as a discussant for Dr. Laderman’s book. This event is free and open to the public.