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In “The Rhetorical Presidency Made Flesh: A Political Science Classic in the Age of Donald Trump”, Zug revisits Jeffrey Tulis’ 1987 thesis in the context of the Trump administration.

Dr. Jackson examines American policy toward Israel’s nuclear program during the 1960s to determine how nonproliferation goals are prioritized in US foreign policy. 

Dr. Gavin explores the purpose and consequences of nuclear weapons as new geopolitical and technological developments reignite the debate over their critical role in shaping American grand strategy.

The next installment of Horns a Dilemma is National Security Forum’s keynote address by Sen. Ben Sasse. The senator was introduced by Admiral Bobby Inman, Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. 

Gventer warns of a potential “Space Pearl Harbor” if the U.S. does not adequately defend its space capabilities and satellite systems which enable American military superiority. 

From the Clements and Strauss Center’s fifth annual Texas National Security Forum, Stephen Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project, moderated a discussion on the SSCI Investigation into Russian Active Measures with Senator Richard Burr, Senator Mark Warner and Senator John Cornyn. Gregory Fenves, President of the University of Texas at Austin, introduced the panel. 

Dr. Inboden lists ten reasons why US military strength remains essential in global engagement and why the incoming Congress should fund a strong defense budget to maintain American strategic superiority. 

In his latest essay, Professor Slick reflects on President Trump’s destructive relationship with the U.S. Intelligence Community and offers insight to the next administration on repairing the damage.

In the latest episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Yale University, discusses the role of civil religion in American life. 

On Friday, November 30, the Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Intelligence Studies Project convened senior policymakers to discuss “The Return of Great Power Competition” at the fifth annual Texas National Security Forum.

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Congressman Joaquin Castro, who serves Texas’ 20th District, joins the Clements and Strauss Centers at the University of Texas at Austin to discuss the role of the United States in the world and the role of Congress in foreign policy.

The Texas National Security Review brought together four distinguished scholars to review Melvyn Leffler’s Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015. Leffler is the Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia and a member of our Academic Board. 

In War on the Rocks’ podcast series “Horns of a Dilemma,” Clements Center’s Will Inboden and Celeste Ward Gventer, Strauss Center Director Bobby Chesney, and ISP Director Steve Slick discuss Sen. Ben Sasse’s Cyber Solarium.   

Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden remembers John McCain in Foreign Policy.

Steve Slick publishes “U.S. Intelligence Should Embrace Sasse’s Solarium Commission” in War on the Rocks. “We sorely need new thinking, broader consensus, and greater urgency on cyber policy.” 

In War on the Rocks, Celeste Ward Gventer compares the Trump Administration’s Space Force to organizational constructs the Department of Defense has pursued in the past. She discuss the option of creating a “space corps” inside the Air Force, establishing a functional combatant command, and creating a whole new branch of the U.S. military. In the…

Clements Center Associate Director Celeste Ward Gventer appeared on Spectrum News’ Capital Tonight to discuss President Trump’s plans for a Space Force.

In “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes” published in Lawfare, Steve Slick describes “Spy Watching” as “a valuable history and comprehensive study of America’s ongoing experiment with democratic oversight of its essential, but imperfect, intelligence enterprise.” 

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions.

Clements Center Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri has published a review of Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons From Dealmaking at the Highest Level written by James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin.  

Executive Director Will Inboden explores the potential ramifications of President Trump’s conduct in Helinski in an op-ed for Foreign Policy.

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions.

A polling project launched by the Texas National Security Network last summer sought to determine Americans’ perception of intelligence agencies.  

Executive Director Will Inboden talks with the Texas Standard about Trump’s May 12 deadline to withdraw from Iran Deal. 

Clements Center Graduate Fellow Luke Perez writes about religion and American foreign policy in “Jacksonians, Progressives & American Foreign Policy’s Anti-Theology”, published in Providence Magazine.

Megan Reiss, National Security Senior Fellow at R-Street Institute and former Clements Center Graduate Fellow, analyzes public opinion on when and how the United States should use military force in “Law and Public Intuition on the Use of Force, Part 1: An Introduction,” published in Lawfare. 

Ryan Duffy with the Texas Exes’ Alcalde chronicled our Five Year Anniversary Celebration last month in Dallas, featuring a keynote address from former U.S. President George W. Bush. 

CC Postdoctoral Fellow Evan McCormick joins with Alexandra Evans to draw comparisons between the departures of Trump and Reagan’s first Secretaries of State for The Washington Post. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden writes that “Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo will inherit a profound set of policy and management challenges” for Foreign Policy.

CC Graduate Fellow Charles Zug joins with Connor Ewing to discuss the history of the State of the Union address for the Washington Post. 

CC Associate Director Paul D. Miller looks at the ideologies of realism, liberalism, and isolationism in the Trump administration for a recent article in War on the Rocks.