Events

On Thursday, September 21, the Clements Center for National Security, the Center for European Studies and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will host Alexander Podrabinek, Soviet and Russian human rights activist, for a public talk on “Russian Opposition to Totalitarianism Rule,” where he will examine post-Soviet events that led to Putinism…

On Wednesday, September 20th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program will host Jihyun Park, author and political activist, for a book talk on her recent release The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape from North Korea. Join us at 12:15 pm CT on Zoom Webinar. Virtual doors open at 12:00 pm. Jihyun Park is a North…

On Wednesday, September 13, the Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, will host “The War in Ukraine: On the Battlefield, in the Kremlin, and in the Courtroom.” Ambassador Clint Williamson, Lead Coordinator of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine, will give…

Please join us for The University of Texas at Austin’s National Security Career Fair on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 9:00AM to 3:00PM at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. This event is cosponsored by the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with Texas Career Engagement and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.  Meet…

On Thursday, September 7, 2023, the Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Clements Center for National Security will host Linda Weissgold, the former CIA Deputy Director for Analysis, for a public talk on intelligence analysis. Join us at 12:15 pm in SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. Linda Weissgold served as…

On Thursday, August 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program and the Center for East Asian Studies will host Aram Hur, Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, for a book talk on her recent release “Narratives of Civic Duty: How National…

On Wednesday, April 19, the Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ Presidential Library and the UT-Austin History Department hosted Melvyn Leffler, the Edward Stettinius Emeritus Professor of American History at The University of Virginia, for a book talk on his recent release Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq. 

On Tuesday, April 18, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program, Clements Center for National Security, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and Center for East Asian Studies hosted Isaac B. Kardon, Assistant Professor in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the U.S. Naval War College, to discuss his latest release China’s Law of the Sea. This talk was moderated by Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, founding Director of the Asia Policy Program and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. 

On Thursday, April 13, the Clements Center for National Security and the UT-Austin History Department, the Defense Research Advancement, Army ROTC, Naval ROTC, and Air Force ROTC hosted Jonathan Hunt, Assistant Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Air War College, for a book talk on his recent release The Nuclear Club: How America and the World Policed the Atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam. 

On Tuesday, April 11, The University of Texas at Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration and former Director of the President’s Daily Brief, for a public talk on intelligence support to the U.S. President.