Press | Domestic Affairs

Associate Director Paul D. Miller reviews Harrington Faculty Fellow Charlie Laderman and Brendan Simms new book. 

Executive Director Will Inboden argues that early critiques of Secretary of State (and UT alumnus) Rex Tillerson are premature. 

The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin quotes Dr. Paul D. Miller in her argument that the current administration’s foreign policy bares many similarities to Obama’s administration. 

Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence writes for the New York Times about policymaker’s limited ability to exert power in other parts of the world while the Vietnam War was being waged in southeast Asia. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller writes for War on the Rocks, challenging the narrative of successful foreign policy restraint in the Obama administration. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller discusses the thinking of President Trump’s Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications, Michael Anton, writing “his is a voice to heed closely in the age of Trump.” 

UT Harrington Fellow Charlie Laderman writes for Foreign Policy about the history of President Trump’s worldview.

The Clements Center was honored to host a great event with Dr. Adam Garfinkle on President Trump’s Middle East foreign policy. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller discussed how a recent presidential executive order could affect U.S. intelligence gathering.

The Duke Chronicle detailed Dr. Miller’s talk at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy with Duke Professor Peter Feaver.  

In a recent Dallas Morning News article, Executive Director Will Inboden discusses the challenges facing newly-confirmed Secretary of State (and UT-Austin alum) Rex Tillerson.

In a recent Wall Street Journal article on the challenges awaiting Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson, Executive Director Will Inboden is quoted about the unique historical moment.

Harrington Fellow Charlie Laderman is interviewed for the Library of Congress’ Kluge Center podcast. 

Professor Robert Chesney discusses the law in place that may prohibit Marine General James Mattis from becoming the next Secretary of Defense in his latest article for War on the Rocks. 

ISP Director Steve Slick argues in Foreign Policy that intelligence briefings should not start until after the presidential election. 

Intelligence Studies Project Senior Fellow and Clinical Professor at the LBJ School Paul Pope reviews David Priess’s The President’s Book of Secrets for Lawfare Blog. 

As the nation prepares to elect its 45th president in November, the Clements and Strauss Centers at UT Austin will host a two-day forum to discuss the key national security challenges facing the next president.

The Department of State published DAS Anand’s lecture to UT students and faculty on Thursday, September 15th. 

Will Inboden reviews Daniel Bessner and Nicolas Guilhot’s “How Realism Waltzed Off: Liberalism and Decisionmaking in Kenneth Waltz’s Neorealism.” 

Daily Texan reporter Reagan Ritterbush writes about our recent event with Dr. Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 

Commentators from the Providence Magazine, New York Post, Power Line Blog, and others discuss Executive Director Will Inboden‘s recent article in Foreign Policy. 

Executive Director Will Inboden wrote a review of Jean Edward Smith’s new biography of former President George W. Bush for Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government. 

ISP Director Steve Slick offers recommendations on how presidential candidates can improve their national security platform.

LBJ students participated in an ISP-sponsored Policy Research Project during the 2015-2016 academic year on the oversight of U.S. Intelligence, led by ISP Director Steve Slick and Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden. 

Executive Director Will Inboden discusses the similarities of the UK Leave campaign and Trump’s presidential campaign in Foreign Policy. 

Director of Graduate Studies, Mark Lawrence, reviews Randall Woods’ new book “Prisoner of Hope.”

Drawing on historical parallels, Board Chairman, George Seay, warns of American moral, cultural, and spiritual deterioration in his latest article for War on the Rocks. 

Ionut Popescu writes about the connections between foreign-born policymakers and American exceptionalism. 

Thomas C. Reed, the 11th Secretary of the Air Force, argues that “It’s Eisenhower Time for the Republicans.” 

Last Wednesday, the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas-Austin hosted a conference on “Intelligence in American Society.”  

The Clements Center was cited by National Defense Magazine as one of the innovation hubs in Texas for global affairs research. 

A video of Hon. Lisa Monaco’s Keynote Address at the “Intelligence in American Society” Conference is now available online.