Events | 2023

On Thursday, March 30th, the Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the UT-Austin History Department, the Center for European Studies and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies hosted Stephen Kotkin, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, for a talk on “Stalin, World War, and Today’s World.” 

On Monday, March 20th, the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT-Austin, the Clements Center for National Security and the International Relations and Global Studies Council hosted Admiral William McRaven, Former UT Chancellor and Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command and Professor of National Security at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, for a talk on “Poor Public Education: A Threat to National Security.” 

On March 8th, the Clements Center for National Security, the History Department, the Government Department, and the Army ROTC at UT-Austin hosted Ben Griffin, Chief of the Military History Division in the History Department at the United States Military Academy, for a book talk on his recent release Reagan’s War Stories: A Cold War Presidency. 

On Wednesday, March 1, the Clements Center for National Security and the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT-Austin hosted Mackenzie Eaglen, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, for a talk on “Hard Power and Hard Choices: Maintaining Military Readiness.” 

On Wednesday, February 22, the Clements Center for National Security, the Center for East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) and the Center for European Studies (CES) will host Volodymyr Dubovyk is an Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Director, Center for International Studies, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine), for a virtual talk “The Longest Year: Taking Stock of Russia’s War on Ukraine.” Join us on Zoom at 6:00 pm CT. 

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, Clements Center for National Security, and Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with UT-Austin’s Economics Department and Center for Middle Eastern Studies hosted Dr. Salam Fayyad, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and University of Texas at Austin alum, for a conversation with ISP Director Steve Slick on Middle East security.

On Thursday, February 16, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development; Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to discuss his new book, The American Imperative: Reclaiming Leadership Through Soft Power. 

On Tuesday, February 14th, the Clements Center for National Security, the Department of Government, and the LBJ Presidential Library hosted Stephen J. Hadley, Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (2005-2009), for a book talk on his upcoming release Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama. 

On Wednesday, February 8th, the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT-Austin, the Clements Center for National Security and the International Relations and Global Studies Council hosted General Robert B. Neller, former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, for a conversation on “The Future of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Indo-Pacific.” 

The Clements Center for National Security, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, the LBJ Presidential Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) hosted “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy,” a two-day event featuring a public meeting of the PIDB and a keynote conversation with the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Thursday, January 26th, and a full-day conference featuring a keynote address from Senator John Cornyn on Friday, January 27th.

On Wednesday, January 25th, the Alexander Hamilton Society at UT-Austin, the Clements Center for National Security and the International Relations and Global Studies Council are hosting The Honorable Elliott Abrams, former Deputy National Security Advisor and Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, for a conversation on “The Ayatollah’s Dilemma.” Join us at 5:30 pm in Bass Lecture Hall at The LBJ School of Public Affairs. 

On Wednesday, January 18th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program and the Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies will cohost “Caught in the Crossfire or Frenemies? The Economic and Political Relationship between China and Australia,” with Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law and Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. This talk will be moderated by Dr. Rhonda Evans, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Edward A. Clark Center for Australia and New Zealand Studies. Join us at 12:15 PM at RLP 1.302E in Robert L. Patton Hall. 

On Tuesday, January 17th, the Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ Presidential Library and the UT-Austin Department of History hosted Beverly Gage, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University, for a book talk on the newly published G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.