Events | 2019

On December 5, 2019, the Clements Center welcomed Amanda Sloat, a Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings Institution and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, for a talk on “Brexit: Causes and Consequences” at the University of Texas at Austin.

On Thursday, December 5, 2019, the Intelligence Studies Project, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements Center for National Security, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs will host Andrew Hallman, the Principal Executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), for a talk on “U.S. Intelligence: New Challenges and Opportunities.” 

On Tuesday, November 19, the Clements and Strauss Centers hosted Distinguished Senior Fellow General Robert Neller (USMC, Retired), for a conversation on U.S. Defense Strategy. Missed the event? Watch it here! 

On Tuesday, November 12, the Clements Center will welcome Dr. Melissa Flagg, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, for a “Science and Strategy: Can America Thrive in an Era of Great Competition on Our Strengths and Values?” at the University of Texas at Austin.

On Thursday, November 7, the Clements Center hosted Allen Packwood, Fellow of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge, the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, at the University of Texas for a talk on “How Churchill Waged War: An Introduction to Winston as War Leader.” 

On Tuesday, November 5, the Clements and Strauss Centers and the Intelligence Studies Project hosted Calder Walton, Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy at Harvard University, for a talk on “Spies, Disinformation and Election-Meddling: Past and Present.”

On Tuesday, October 29, the Clements Center hosted Charlie Laderman, Lecturer in International History at the War Studies Department, King’s College London, for his talk “Sharing the Burden: The Anglo-American Struggle to Save the Armenians and Remake Global Order” at the University of Texas at Austin.

Thinking about grad school? Exploring degree programs but don’t know where to start? Join the Clements Center for National Security to learn more about how to select and apply to Master’s programs from current graduate students. This event is open to all UT undergraduate students and geared towards those interested in pursuing policy or liberal arts degrees. Refreshments will be provided.

On Wednesday, October 23, the Clements Center and the University of Texas Departments of History and Religious Studies welcomed Darren Dochuk, associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, for a talk on “Anointed With Oil: How Religion, Petroleum, and the Pursuit of Pax Americana Shaped the American Century.” This talk was held at the University of Texas at Austin in Patton Hall.

On Monday, October 21, The McCombs School of Business, the Clements Center and Strauss Center hosted Jay Gibson, former Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, for “A Conversation with Jay Gibson on Bringing Business Practices to the Pentagon.” This talk was held in the Crum Auditorium at Robert B. Rowling Hall.

On October 16, 2019, the Clements Center hosted John Ciorciari, Associate Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan and Faculty Director, Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center, for a talk on “Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States” at the University of Texas in Patton Hall.

On Thursday, October 10, the LBJ School of Public Affairs Research Colloquium hosted Sheena Greitens, Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri, for a talk on “Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China’s Changing Strategy in Xinjiang.” The Clements and Strauss Centers co-hosted this event.

On Tuesday, October 8, the Clements Center, Strauss Center, Intelligence Studies Project and University of Texas History Department hosted Professor Philip Zelikow, Professor of History at The University of Virginia, for a talk on his recently published book To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth, co-written by Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

In partnership with the world-renowned War Studies Department at King’s College London, the Maymester in London provides exemplary students the opportunity to learn firsthand about the U.S./U.K. special relationship. The program is taught at King’s College London and includes visits to important landmarks in British cultural heritage and Anglo-American strategic history, as well as private events with senior policymakers and historians. 

On October 1, 2019, the Clements Center hosted John Gans, Director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, for a talk on his recently published book White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way or War at the University of Texas.

The Intelligence Studies Project, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and Clements Center for National Security hosted Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin for a conversation on Middle East security.  The event was co-sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Missed the event? Watch it here!

On Tuesday, September 17, the Clements Center hosted Andrew Peek, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, for a talk on U.S. Policy toward Iran and Iraq and Regional Implications. The event was off-the-record; remarks did not represent the views or policies of the U.S. Government and were not for official use. 

On Thursday, September 12, the Clements and Strauss Centers and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement hosted General Vincent K. Brooks (U.S. Army, Retired) for a talk at the University of Texas at Austin. Missed the event? Watch it here! 

On September 10, the Intelligence Studies Project, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Clements Center for National Security hosted a distinguished panel of experts for a discussion on U.S. counterterrorism policy.

On September 10th, the Intelligence Studies Project, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements Center for National Security, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs hosted a National Security Career Event in conjunction with the expert panel on Counterterrorism Since 9/11. Recruiting officials from U.S. military, intelligence, and national security departments were available to students throughout the day to discuss internship, part-time, and full-time employment opportunities. Participants included: CIA, FBI, DIA, NGA, DHS, NCTC, the State Department, Army Futures Command, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), UT Army ROTC, Texas Army National Guard, and National Ground Intelligence Center.

On Friday, September 6, the Clements and Strauss Centers hosted Rep. Mac Thornberry for a talk on defense policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Missed the event? Watch it here! 

Dr. Robert Hutchings, the Walt and Elspeth Rostow Chair in National Security and a professor of public affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Dr. Gregory F. Treverton, USC Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences, discussed their new book, Truth to Power: A History of the U.S. National Intelligence Council. This talk was co-sponsored by the Intelligence Studies Project and the Robert Strauss Center.

On Wednesday, May 1, the Clements Center welcomed Andrew Preston, Professor of American History at Cambridge University, for a talk on “Liberalism, War, and the Invention of ‘National Security’” at the University of Texas at Austin.

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the Intelligence Studies Project welcomed Seth Jones, who is director of the Transnational Threats Project and is a senior adviser to the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This event was co-sponsored by the Strauss Center and Clements Center.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Clements and Strauss Centers welcomed Colonel Liam Collins, Ph.D., for a talk on US Russian hybrid war in Ukraine, US policy and ways to counter Russian aggression.  

On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the Clements Center and the University of Texas History Department welcomed Michael Morgan, Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for a talk on his recently published book, The Final Act: The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation of the Cold War, at the University of Texas at Austin. 

On April 4, 2019, the Clements and Strauss Centers welcomed Dr. Stephen Tankel, Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University, for a talk on his recently released book, With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror.

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) hosted its fifth annual Intelligence Studies Project Symposium. This year’s Symposium “Intelligence in Transition” featured a keynote address by the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Susan Gordon. This event is co-sponsored by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements Center for National Security, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, the Clements Center welcomed Charles Edel, Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, for a conversation on his upcoming publication written with Hal Brands, The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order.  

The solutions to tomorrow’s top international security challenges reside in the minds of today’s students. The Clements Center Undergraduate Fellows Program provides UT’s youngest aspiring policymakers and scholars with opportunities for learning, professional development, and research in defense and foreign policy fields. 

On Tuesday, March 5, the Clements Center will welcome Wen-Qing Ngoei, Assistant Professor of History at Nanyang Technological University, for a talk on “Empire of Dominoes: Britain, Southeast Asian Anticommunism and U.S. Hegemony” at the University of Texas at Austin. Join us at 12:15 pm in SRH 3.122 at the LBH School. 

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the Clements Center will welcome William Hitchcock, Professor of History at the University of Virginia, for a talk on “Why Ike Matters: America and the World in the 1950s” at the University of Texas at Austin.