Events | 2025

On Wednesday, February 25, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security and the Asia Policy Program will host Jennifer Yip for a public book talk on Grains of Conflict: The Struggle for Food in China’s Total War, 1937–1945. The event will be in SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs, from 12:15-1:30 PM, and will…

On Thursday, February 19, 2026, the Asia Policy Program will host Chris Horton, Freelance Reporter Specializing in Taiwan and Greater China, Covering Politics, Economy, and Culture, for a book talk on Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival. Join us in SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs from 12:15-1:30 PM….

On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security, International Relations & Global Studies, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs will host Ambassador Dennis Ross for a public book talk on Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Lead in a Multipolar World. The event will be in Bass Lecture Hall, The LBJ…

Due to inclement weather, this event will be canceled and rescheduled for a later date. On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the UT-Austin History Department will host Andrew Preston for a book talk on his new release Total Defense: The New Deal and…

On Thursday, January 22, 2026, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Melissa Chan for a public book talk on You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel. Melissa Chan is an Emmy-nominated Hong Kong and Taiwanese American foreign correspondent based between Los Angeles and Berlin. She was previously posted in China until she became…

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, the Clements Center for National Security and the Asia Policy Program hosted a public talk, “Trade, Technology, & the U.S.-Korea Alliance: A Conversation with Ambassador Kang and Expert Panel Discussion” The event was in LBJ 2.104, Bass Lecture Hall from 12:15-2:00 PM. Kyung-wha Kang is the South Korean Ambassador to the United States. She previously served…

On Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project hosted a public event, “HOT SPOT BRIEFING – Latin America Security: Old Problems Defy Easy Solutions” with Timothy Langford, former National Intelligence Officer for the Western Hemisphere and ISP Non-Resident Senior Fellow. Mr. Timothy Langford served over 30 years in a variety of senior positions in the U.S….

On Thursday, November 20, the Clements Center for National Security and The LBJ Library hosted Former Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and Former Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, Stanley McChrystal, joined by Admiral Joseph Maguire, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security, to discuss his new book On Character:…

On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies hosted a public event, “Confronting the Global Challenge of Preventing Mass Atrocities” with Daniel Solomon. Dr. Daniel Solomon is a research associate for the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, where he conducts research about contemporary genocide and mass atrocities and tools and strategies for their prevention….

On Thursday, November 13th, the Clements Center for National Security, the Robert M. Gates Global Policy Center, and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted “Beyond the Battlefield: Influence, Incentive, and Coercion in the New Era of Great Power Competition,” the sixth installment of our Texas National Security Forum. After a five-year hiatus,…

On Wednesday, November 12, the Clements Center for National Security and America in the World Consortium hosted Ashlyn Hand for a book talk on Prioritizing Faith: International Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy. Ashlyn Hand is a postdoctoral fellow and Assistant Director for Advancement and Partnerships at the Center for Presidential History at SMU, where she studies…

On Thursday, November 6, 2025, the Clements Center for National Security and the Asia Policy Program hosted a public talk, “Challenges and Opportunities of the U.S.-R.O.K, Alliance in the Trump 2.0 Era.” Dr. Kim Sung-han is Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS). He served as the ROK National Security Advisor in…

On Wednesday, October 29, The Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Zack Cooper for a talk on his latest book Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries. Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US strategy in Asia, including alliance dynamics and US-China competition. He also teaches…

On Tuesday, October 28, the Clements Center for National Security, AROTC, America in the World Consortium, and the Department of History hosted Grant Golub for a book talk on Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II. Dr. Grant Golub is an Assistant Professor of American History in…

On Monday, October 27th, the Clements Center for National Security with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Dr. Joshua Geltzer for “Taken Hostage: How the U.S. Government Frees Americans Held Abroad,”a conversation on how our government works to free Americans who are wrongfully detained overseas. Joshua Geltzer is a partner at WilmerHale, focusing on…

On Tuesday, October 21, the Clements Center for National Security hosted Ionut  Popescu for a talk on his recent book No Peer Rivals: American Grand Strategy in the Era of Great Power Competition. Ionut Popescu is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University and Graduate Director of the Masters in Political Science program. Prior to joining…

On Tuesday, October 21st, the University of Texas’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Clements Center for National Security, School of Civic Leadership, and Civitas Institute, in collaboration with the Claremont Institute, hosted Christopher Caldwell, New York Times columnist and Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, as he discusses populism and censorship in Europe. Across…

On Wednesday, October 15, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted a public book talk on, “Vigilance is Not Enough – A History of United States Intelligence” with author Dr. Mark Lowenthal. Join us in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School from 12:15pm-1:30pm. In this book, Mark M. Lowenthal examines the development of U.S. intelligence to explain how…

On Wednesday, October 8, the Clements Center for National Security with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) and AROTC hosted Adrian Karatnycky for a book talk on Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia. The event will be in RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall from 12:15-1:30 PM. Adrian Karatnycky is a Senior Fellow…

On Monday, October 6, 2025, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and the LBJ School of Public Affairs hosted a public talk, “America in the Middle East – A Conversation with Ambassador David M. Satterfield.” The event was free and open to the public. Ambassador David M. Satterfield is the director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and leads…

On Tuesday, September 30, the Clements Center for National Security, The LBJ Library and the History Department hosted Philip and William Taubman for a talk of their newest book, McNamara at War: A New History.  Philip Taubman is affiliated with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. His biography of George Shultz, In…

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted a public talk, “Building the Space Force We Need and the Intelligence to Support It,” by Ed Mornston, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Space Force. Mr. Ed Mornston is the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this capacity, he serves…

On Tuesday, September 23, the Clements Center for National Security with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) and the Moody College of Communication hosted Jill Dougherty for a book talk on My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin. The event was in RLP 1.302E, Patton Hall from 12:15-1:30 PM. Jill Dougherty…

On Wednesday, September 17, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program will host a public talk “Peering into the Black Hole: What We Can Learn About North Korea’s Economy” with Munseob Lee, Associate Professor of Economics and the Krause chair in Korean Studies at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Join us in SRH 3.122 at…

On Friday, September 12, the KBH Energy Center will host its Annual Symposium, which brings together leading industry executives, policymakers, and faculty for a dynamic day of forward-looking dialogue on the future of energy. The symposium will take place from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center. This year’s program…

On Thursday, September 11, the Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Intelligence Studies Project hosted “9/11: What Happened, and What it Means Today” with Bobby Chesney, Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Founder and Director of the Asia Policy Project,…

On Wednesday, August 27, the the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Mariya Grinberg for a talk of her newest book, Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines. The event was in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School from 12:15pm-1:30pm. Mariya Grinberg is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member…

On Monday, April 28, 2025, the LBJ Presidential Library and LBJ Foundation commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War with a public program, hosted in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium. The program was co-hosted by Texas State University and The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas…

On Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th, the Clements Center for National Security, the UT-Austin Department of History, and the America in the World Consortium hosted a conference that examined the history of the Cold War and its lessons for the nation’s future, titled “Cold War 2.0? Power and Prudence: Lessons of the Cold War for the 21st Century.” The conference…

On Monday, April 14, 2025, the  Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted A Conversation with Dr. Salam Fayyad, Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. The event was free and open to the public. Dr. Salam Fayyad served as the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 2007 to…

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project will host a book talk, The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence, with author Dr. Jeffrey Rogg. The event is free and open to the public. Join us in SRH 3.122 in the LBJ School of Public Affairs from 12:15-1:30 PM. Dr. Jeffrey Rogg is a Senior…

On Tuesday, April 8, the Clements Center for National Security, the Center for European Studies (CES), and UT International Relations and Global Studies (IRG) hosted Maeve Ryan for a public talk on Experiments in ‘Improvement’: Slavery, Liberation and Governance in the British Imperial World. The event was in RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall from 12:15-1:30 PM. Dr. Maeve…

On Thursday, April 3, the Clements Center for National Security and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center hosted a panel on “Power & Influence: The Current Geopolitics of Energy & Security” as part of UT Energy Week. The panel was in San Jacinto Hall from 4:15-5:15 PM. Panelists include: The panel was moderated by Paul…

On Tuesday, March 4, the Clements Center for National Security, the Clark Center for Australia & New Zealand Studies, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program, and UT Naval ROTC hosted a public talk “Shifting Tides: The Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Pacific Islands Region” with Kathryn Paik, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow with the Australia Chair, Center for…

On Tuesday, February 25, the Clements Center for National Security, Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program, UT Department of History, and UT Naval ROTC  hosted Tommy Jamison for a book talk on his recent release, The Pacific’s New Navies: An Ocean, its Wars, and the Making of US Sea Power. The event was in RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall from 12:15-1:30 PM….

On Monday, February 10th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Dr. Michael Beeman for a book talk on his latest publication, Walking Out: America’s New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond. The event was at 12:15 PM in SRH 3.122 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. From tariff wars to torn-up trade agreements, Walking Out explores America’s recent…