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

Professor Steve Slick discusses US-Israel cooperation on cyber activities with Washington Post reporters. 

Sarah Kaiser-Cross and Ellen Scholl discuss Saudi Arabia’s recent blueprint to diversity its economy and reduce dependence on oil. 

Writing for Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Will Inboden writes that “the only sure way to stop the genocide is to defeat ISIS on the battlefield.” 

Shalaka Joshi, a Plan II Honors and Government senior, was honored for her research on Chinese Expansionism. 

The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to announce its 2016 Summer Seminar participants.

Anastasia Bradatan, a third-year majoring in Spanish-Portuguese, Hindi-Urdu, and International Relations and Global Studies, will study in India next year. 

Jake Barnett, a fourth year Plan II Honors, History Honors, and Arabic student, won the prestigious Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania in 2016-17. 

Executive Director Will Inboden, ahead of President Obama’s visit to Riyadh this week, wrote that it’s in the nation’s interest to maintain a close partnership with Saudi Arabia.

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

Sarah Kaiser-Cross, a former Clements Center graduate student, wrote an op-ed for Foreign Policy’s Best Defense on the rise of ISIS in Bangladesh. 

Executive Director William Inboden points out the similar foreign policy beliefs and positions that both Trump and Obama hold.

Executive Director William Inboden was recently interviewed by local news stations KVUE and KEYE about the March 22, 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels.

In his most recent blog post for ForeignPolicy.com, Professor William Inboden poses a series of questions based on President Barack Obama’s interviews with The Atlantic on his foreign policy. 

The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to host Ambassador Said Jawad for a talk titled “America’s Longest War: The Afghan Perspective,” on Tuesday, April 5 at 12:15pm in the Main Building, room 212. This event is cosponsored by the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the South Asia Institute, Alexander Hamilton Society, Student Veterans Association, and the International Affairs Society.

In their recent op-ed in The Philly Inquirer, Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden and the Bush Institute’s Director for Human Freedom Amanda Schnetzer argue that despite many obstacles, the U.S. must regain its ground as a global champion.

In his latest piece, Professor William Inboden discusses the U.S.’s role on the sidelines during the historical meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch.

Clements Center Associate Director, Paul Miller, publishes article in The American Interest titled “Obama’s Failed Legacy in Afghanistan.”

Clements Center Associate Director, Paul Miller’s, book “Armed State Building: Confronting State Failure” reviewed by H-Diplo in a roundtable by preeminent scholars.

In an interview with the Texas Standard, Clements Center Executive Director, Will Inboden, discusses President Obama’s tough road ahead in foreign policy. 

In a recent Lawfare blog post, Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick and Clements Center Senior Fellow Bobby Chesney provide context for Inman Award semi-finalist paper titled “Counterterrorism Strategies: Leadership Decapitation vs. Mid-Tier Elimination.” 

Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden co-authors article published in the first issue of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the George W. Bush Institute titled, “Promoting Democracy and National Security Go Together.”

Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden publishes an article in Foreign Policy titled, “Saudi Arabia’s Religious Intolerance and the Execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.”

Clements Center faculty fellow, Eugene Gholz, quoted in an article published by the New York Times titled, “US Says Iran Launched ‘Provocative’ Rocket Test Near Ships.”

Clements Center graduate fellow, James Martin, publishes article in Real Clear Defense titled “Historical Memory and Military Training: Bringing WHINSEC into the 21st Century.”

This November, Clements Center affiliates published a book titled “The Power of the Past: History and Statecraft” (Brookings Institution Press, 2015). 

Clements Center Summer Seminar Alumni Chris Miller and Rebecca Friedman Lissner recently published an article in Foreign Affairs titled, “The Israel That Can Say “No” Why Netanyahu has less need for the United States.”

Clements Center Faculty Fellow Joshua Eisenman’s recently published op-ed in the South China Morning Post, discusses a new and divisive word that has been provoking debate across China.  

Charlie Laderman a Professor at Cambridge University and panelist at the Clements Center’s conference at King’s College London titled “Grand Strategy and the Anglo-American World View” recently published an article in Diplomatic History titled, “Sharing the Burden? The American Solution to the Armenian Question, 1918-1920.”

In an interview with Al Arabiya News, Clements Center post-doctoral fellow Olivia Sohns discusses ISIS desire to elevate its visibility in the Arab-Israeli arena.  

In a New York Times Sunday Book Review Clements Center Director for Graduate Studies, Mark Lawrence, reviews ‘Kissinger’s Shadow,’ by Greg Grandin.

Clements Center Graduate Fellow, Luke Perez recently published Op-Ed in Real Clear Defense analyzes how U.S. foreign policy towards Russia and Syria is blindsided.

In an interview with Al Arabiya News Clements Center Post Doctoral Fellow Olivia Sohns discusses reasons behind increased violence and tension in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.  

In an interview with the Texas Standard, Clements Center Executive Director, William Inboden discusses what Russia’s airstrikes on Syria mean for the United States.

Clements Center Graduate Fellow Paul Edgar has published a piece on Foreign Policy‘s website titled “Wanna fix the Iraqi army? You’re probably gonna need to change its culture.”

In his latest Foreign Policy post, Associate Director Paul D. Miller writes a strong letter to President Obama calling on him to rethink his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.