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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.

The Clements Center’s William Inboden and Paul D. Miller have contributed chapters to a new publication released on September 28 for The John Hay Initiative titled Choosing to Lead: American Foreign Policy for a Disordered World. The hard copy version will be available this fall. 

Executive Director William Inboden discusses the upcoming visits of Pope Francis and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States in his latest Foreign Policy piece. 

In November 2014, the Clements Center and War Studies Department at King’s College London hosted 30 current and former academics and practitioners for “Grand Strategy and the Anglo-American Worldview: A Century of the Special Relationship.” The following articles have been published in The American Interest as a result of the panel presentations. 

Executive Director William Inboden provides commentary on President Obama’s Iran speech in his latest piece on ForeignPolicy.com. 

In a new Shadow Government post, Associate Director Paul D. Miller discusses the impact of of the former Taliban leader’s death on the Islamic State and Middle East. 

The Austin American-Statesman invited Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden and Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri to offer alternative views on the Iran nuclear deal. 

Incoming Graduate Research Student Anna Waterfield and the Clements Center’s 2014-15 Graduate Assistant Ashley Nelle-Davis were featured in an online discussion on VICE News “On the Line” in early July. 

Zhelun Chen, Clements Center Maymester in London participant and UT senior, was interviewed by Galveston County’s The Daily News about his experience on the inaugural program in the United Kingdom.

Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow Ted Bromund has published an article in The American Interest based on his presentation at the November 2014 KCL-UT conference on Grand Strategy and the US/UK “Special Relationship.”

From November 19-21, 2015, the Clements Center for National Security and Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will sponsor the second annual National Security Forum at the University of Texas at Austin. This year’s event, “Great Powers, Failed States, and New Frontiers: National Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” will explore the security challenges the U.S. currently faces, and how our national security institutions are positioned to respond.

Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy is the title of the forthcoming co-edited book by Professor Jeremi Suri and former LBJ School Dean Robert Hutchings. The book is set to be released around July 9 and is available through Oxford University Press.

Executive Director William Inboden has been quoted in an AP story about Jeb Bush’s upcoming trip to Europe before announcing his presidential bid. 

Joshua Eisenman, Clements Faculty Fellow and LBJ School Assistant Professor, has published an oped in the Wall Street Journal on China’s current and historical expansion to disputed territories.

Clements Faculty Affiliate Jeff Engel has published an article in The American Interest based on his presentation at the November 2014 conference at King’s College London titled “Grand Strategy and the Anglo-American World View: A Century of the Special Relationship.”

Director of Graduate Studies Professor Mark Lawrence believes “that political fallout from the Iraq war could prove to be less radioactive than that of Vietnam, which took decades to play itself out.” 

William Inboden and Dan Blumenthal of the American Enterprise Institute published an article in The Weekly Standard making the case for re-establishing a “freedom prong” in U.S. China policy.

Dr. Inboden questions the terms of the Iranian nuclear deal in his latest Shadow Government piece, “Why Can’t the White House See What’s Wrong with the Iran Deal?”.

Oil & Gas Journal has published a report by Faculty Affiliate Eugene Gholz and his team of 16 LBJ School students about “implications of unconventional oil and gas production technologies for US national security.”

Dr. John Bew, reader in the War Studies Department at King’s College London and co-sponsor of the November 2014 conference on the Anglo-American special relationship, has published an article in The American Interest based on his talk at the event in London this past fall.

On Thursday, April 2nd, the Clements Center hosted U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) at the University of Texas.

Executive Director William Inboden was interviewed by William Marsden for Canada’s main newspaper the National Post for an article titled “Always troubled Mideast has entered a very ‘dark period’ – and experts say it’s only getting worse.”

“The best way to memorialize kidnapped and murdered American aid worker Kayla Mueller is not by going to war. It’s by following her example,” says Postdoctoral Fellow Steele Brand in his article published in The Federalist.