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Nine students spent two weeks in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia examining the history, geopolitics, and security challenges of a region at the front edge of NATO’s collective defense. The Clements Center for National Security concluded its Summer Beyond Borders program this June, bringing nine students to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for two weeks of lectures,…

For four weeks, UT Austin students studied the transatlantic alliance in the lecture halls, the war rooms, and on the beaches of Normandy. From a seminar room at King’s College London to the chalk tunnels beneath Dover Castle and the bluff above Omaha Beach, 20 UT Austin students spent four weeks this spring tracing the…

UT Austin students spent four weeks in South Korea and Japan tracing the history, alliances, and security challenges that define America’s role in the Indo-Pacific. From the Asan Institute in Seoul to the cliffs of Okinawa and the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom, UT Austin students spent four weeks this spring studying the role of…

In a June 2026 essay published in War on the Rocks, Iskander Rehman examines the fall of Singapore on Feb. 15, 1942, and draws three lessons for contemporary U.S. defense planners. Writing as part of his ongoing “Applied History” series, Rehman connects this World War II catastrophe to live questions about U.S. strategy, force posture,…

The sixth Texas National Security Forum brought together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners at The University of Texas at Austin in November 2025 to focus on the instruments of American power beyond the military.

Chanel Williams (MNS ‘28) joins the LBJ School of Public Affairs this August as part of the inaugural cohort of the Master of National Security program. The new program brings together students who are preparing for impactful careers in defense, intelligence, homeland security, and foreign policy. 

The United States Naval Academy has appointed Daniel Chardell, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Clements Center’s 2025–2026 class, as Assistant Professor of History. He will specialize in post-1945 U.S. foreign relations. Chardell’s scholarship examines U.S. foreign relations, the Middle East, and world order. His dissertation draws on archival research in Arabic and English, using the…

Take a look back at our spring programming and see what we have in store for the fall!

President Jim Davis appointed Dr. Paul Edgar as the Executive Director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security at The University of Texas at Austin, effective May 15, 2026. Dr. Edgar brings to the role more than two decades of military service, nearly a decade of administration and teaching at the University…

From February through April 2026, the Clements Center hosted four major events on national security and global affairs, bringing scholars, policymakers, military leaders, and intelligence professionals to the Forty Acres. Together, the spring lineup covered Eurasia, Iran, India, and China through a common set of questions: how states build and lose legitimacy, how force and…