Events
Upcoming Events
Engagement over Retreat: The Bipartisan History of American Leadership
Friday, Jan 24, 2025 | 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | Bass Lecture Hall, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Friday, January 24th, the Clements Center for National Security and the LBJ School of Public Affairs, in partnership with Austin PBS, will host a conference on the importance of internationalism, titled “Engagement over Retreat: The Bipartisan History of American Leadership.” As both major political parties increasingly employ isolationist rhetoric and espouse isolationist policies, the…
Past Events
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024 | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | 1.302B, Patton Hall
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted author Steve Coll for a book talk on The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq. BIOGRAPHY Steve Coll is an editor at the Economist, the author of nine books of nonfiction, and a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Between 1985 and 2005,…
Catastrophic Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century
Thursday, Nov 14, 2024 | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | SRH 3.B7, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Clements Center and Department of History hosted Julia Irwin, T. Harry Williams Professor of History at Louisiana State University for a talk on “Catastrophic Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century.” The even was from 12:15 – 1:30 PM in SRH 3.B7, The LBJ School of Public…
HOT SPOT BRIEFING – Inconvenient Truth: The Global Jihadi Threat
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024 | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted a public talk, “HOT SPOT BRIEFING – Inconvenient Truth: The Global Jihadi Threat,” with Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK ambassador to Yemen. The two decades that followed 9/11 saw a concentrated, US-led international investment in counterterrorism (CT) that suppressed the threat from al-Qaeda and the Islamic…
Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
Thursday, Nov 07, 2024 | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Thursday, November 7, 2024, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted author Yonah Jeremy Bob for a book talk on Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East. BIOGRAPHY Yonah Jeremy Bob is The Jerusalem Post‘s senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst and…
Conference: Russia in Contemporary World History: A Hinge Nation in a Multipolar World?
Friday, Nov 01, 2024 | | 11/1: WCP 2.302, 11/2: RLP 1.302E
On Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd, CREEES, Institute for Historical Studies, Department of History, Clements Center, Center for European Studies, South Asia Institute, Middle Eastern Studies, and LLILAS hosted a conference of impact-centric discussion on the echos of Russia’s past upon the world’s future. The conference was from 10-4:30 PM on 11/1 and…
Early Warning for Mass Atrocities and US National Security
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM | Patton Hall (RLP) 1.302B
On Tuesday, October 29th, the Clements Center for National Security with the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies hosted Ashleigh Landau for a talk on “Early Warning for Mass Atrocities and US National Security” from 5:30 – 6:30 PM in Glickman Conference Center, Patton Hall (RLP) 1.302B. This talk will explore how identifying and responding to…
The Last Commander: The Once and Future Battle for Afghanistan
Monday, Oct 28, 2024 | 5:30 - 6:45 pm | RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall
On Monday, October 28, the Clements Center for National Security and the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project hosted Lt. Gen. Sami Sadat, Chairman of Afghanistan United Front and former Commanding General of the Afghan National Special Operations Corps, for a book talk on his recent release The Last Commander: The Once and Future Battle for Afghanistan….
Critical & Emerging Technology Cooperation in the US-Korea Alliance
Thursday, Oct 24, 2024 | 12:00-2:00 pm | SRH 3.B10, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Thursday, October 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program, in partnership with the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), will co-host a panel event on the US-ROK alliance. Join us at a two-panel event from 12:00-2:00PM in SRH 3.B10, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. The panelist will present findings from their papers on US-Korea cooperation in…
Signals Intelligence in the Digital Age: A Conversation with George C. Barnes, Former NSA Deputy Director
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted a public talk, “Signals Intelligence in the Digital Age – A Conversation with George C. Barnes, Former NSA Deputy Director.” The event was from 12:15 – 1:30 PM in SRH 3.122, The LBJ School of Public Affairs. George C….
Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindbergh―and the Battle to Save Democracy
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 | 12:15-1:30 pm | RLP 1.302B, Patton hall
On Thursday, October 10, Clements Center for National Security and UT Department of History hosted Paul M. Sparrow, from 12:15–1:30 pm, in RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall. Paul Sparrow is a writer, public speaker, historical consultant and former Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. His book “Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s…