Events

On Thursday, October 5th, the America in the World Consortium, the Clements Center for National Security, and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Sean A. Mirski, lawyer and U.S. foreign policy scholar, for a book talk on his recent release We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the American Colossus.  Sean Mirski…

The Clements Center for National Security and the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, with the support of the University of Texas at Austin, hosted a conversation on the state of foreign affairs with Secretary Antony J. Blinken, the 71st Secretary of State of the United States, on Wednesday, October 4, at 1:00 pm in Hogg Memorial Auditorium. Antony…

On Monday, October 3rd, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Aynne Kokas, C.K. Yen Professor at the Miller Center and an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, for a book talk on her recent release Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty, in RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall. Aynne…

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 hosted Alexander Podrabinek, Soviet and Russian human rights activist, for a public talk on “Russian Opposition to Totalitarianism Rule,” where he examined post-Soviet events that led to Putinism and the…

On Wednesday, September 20th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted 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. Jihyun Park is a North Korean refugee who settled in the UK in 2008 after escaping North Korea twice. She is…

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, hosted “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, gave keynote remarks…

The University of Texas at Austin’s National Security Career Fair was held on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. This event was 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.  Students met with federal, state, and private…

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 hosted Linda Weissgold, the former CIA Deputy Director for Analysis, for a public talk on intelligence analysis. Linda Weissgold served as the CIA’s Deputy Director for Analysis from March 2020 until April 2023.  In that role,…

On Thursday, August 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program and the Center for East Asian Studies hosted 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.