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Jeremi Suri releases new book, “Civil War by Other Means”
Jeremi Suri | Feb 16, 2022
Congratulations to Clements Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri on his upcoming release, “Civil War by Other Means”.
Paul Edgar’s study of King Idrimi featured on Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy
Paul Edgar | Jan 05, 2022
Even the most ancient history is relevant to those who study modern geopolitics, strategy, and statecraft. On Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy, Clements Associate Director Paul Edgar details what a statue of King Idrimi tells us about the similarities between his time and ours.
William Inboden contributes to POLITICO’s 2021 hypothetical history recap
William Inboden | Jan 04, 2022
How will history remember 2021? POLITICO Magazine asked 18 historians to envision the entry for the year in a hypothetical future history book. William Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security, was one of the chosen contributors.
2021 Holiday Reading List from War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review
Will Inboden | Dec 07, 2021
If you’re looking for a book to dive into over your semester break, check out the 2021 holiday reading list from War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review.
Horns of a Dilemma: A Faustian Bargain
Ian Johnson | Dec 03, 2021
Ian Johnson, of Notre Dame University and a former Clements Center fellow, discusses Soviet and German cooperation in the decades prior to WWII in this week’s episode, as detailed in his book, Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War.
NY Times reviews Simms and Laderman’s new book, “Hitler’s American Gamble”
Charlie Laderman and Brendan Simms | Nov 22, 2021
Robert Divine: 1929-2021
Oct 19, 2021
The Department of History lost one of its true giants last Wednesday when Robert Divine, a preeminent scholar of U.S. foreign relations, passed away at the age of 92. Bob taught at UT for a remarkable 42 years before retiring in 1996. Along the way, he published 14 books, racked up numerous teaching awards, served as department chair, and advised numerous PhD students who went on to distinguished careers. Bob touched innumerable lives – including ours — and is remembered for generosity and good cheer as well as his scholarly brilliance.
Horns of a Dilemma: Refuge and Reconciliation
Amanda Demmer | Oct 01, 2021
In the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, much attention has focused on the fate of Afghan citizens who risked their lives to aid U.S. forces. The hastily organized evacuation of Afghan refugees has frequently drawn unfavorable comparison to the evacuation and resettlement of Vietnamese refugees after the fall of Saigon in 1975. As…
Horns of a Dilemma: MAD COWs and Practical Wisdom
John Emery, Doyle Hodges | Sep 10, 2021
In the 1950s, researchers at the RAND Corporation ran two different wargames exploring questions of nuclear strategy. Both were named the Cold War Game, known to the participants as COW. One, run by the Mathematics Analysis Division (MAD), abstracted questions of the ethics of nuclear war in order to seek reproducible results. The other, run…
Horns of a Dilemma: Diplomacy Shaken not Stirred
Paul Edgar | Aug 20, 2021
Mark Twain once said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. The repetition of patterns of events and responses is one reason that scholars and policymakers often turn to the past for insight into how to best deal with contemporary events. It is also why classic works of history and strategy — such…
Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Ian Johnson, publishes new book “Faustian Bargain”
Ian Johnson | Jun 25, 2021
Congratulations to our former post-doctoral fellow Ian Johnson, now on Notre Dame’s history faculty, on the publication of his excellent new book with Oxford University Press.
Will Inboden addresses the impact of President Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall” speech on the 34th anniversary for the Dallas Morning News
Will Inboden | Jun 12, 2021
“The most famous four words of the Cold War almost went unsaid. When President Ronald Reagan stood at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, and demanded ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!,’ he did so over fierce resistance within his own administration,” writer Inboden in his latest for the Dallas Morning News.
Horns of a Dilemma: Living in the House Designed by Greeks and Romans
Thomas Ricks | Jun 14, 2021
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Ricks, journalist and historian, talks about his new book, “First Principles, What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped Our Country.” Ricks outlines the degree to which the founding fathers were influenced by the ancients and how this influence helped to…
Tomorrow marks the 34th anniversary to President Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall” speech
Jun 11, 2021
Tomorrow is the 34th anniversary of President Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, which helped lead to the liberation of Eastern Europe and the peaceful end of the Cold War. Follow the link to watch it on YouTube.
Naval historian, UT alum, and friend of Clements, Jim Hornfischer, receives Navy’s top civilian award
U.S. Navy Press Office | May 18, 2021
We at Clements would like to extend our congratulations to our friend Jim Hornfischer on his receipt of the Navy’s “Distinguished Public Service Award.”
Clements Center faculty and students mourn the loss of Classics of Strategy & Diplomacy Project founder Dr. Patrick Garrity
May 17, 2021
Over the past several years, many CC students and faculty members have worked with Dr. Garrity and have benefited greatly from his scholarship. He will be missed by many.
Clements Alum, Charlie Laderman, wins award from S.H.G.A.P.E for his latest book “Sharing the Burden”
SHGAPE | Apr 26, 2021
Charlie Laderman wins an award from Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era for his latest book, Sharing the Burden.
Horns of a Dilemma: The Greatest Unknown Tragedy of World War I
Frank Gavin, Philip Zelikow | Apr 12, 2021
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Frank Gavin, chair of the editorial board of the Texas National Security Review, sits down with Philip Zelikow to discuss his new book, The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916 – 1917. Gavin and Zelikow explore the story of the peace talks and…
Why the Soviet Union Lost the Cold War
Sarah C.M. Paine | Mar 29, 2021
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Prof. Sarah C.M. Paine of the U.S. Naval War College examines a variety of explanations for why the Cold War ended, when it did, and how it did. Paine does not arrive at a single answer but paints a much richer portrait of the fascinating events that…
The Speech that Shaped the Cold War World Order
David Reynolds, Tim Riley, Kori Schake, William Inboden | Mar 05, 2021
On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. This speech, known as “The Sinews of Peace” speech, became famous for the phrase that Churchill coined about the fall of the “Iron Curtain” across Europe. To mark its 75th anniversary, the Clements Center assembled a panel to discuss the…
Remembering 35th Anniversary of Challenger Explosion with Reagan’s Speech: A Four-Minute Window into Presidential Greatness
Tevi Troy | Jan 28, 2021
Thirty-five years ago today, the Challenger spacecraft exploded just over a minute after liftoff, killing all seven crew members aboard. That night, instead of giving the slated State of the Union Address, President Ronald Reagan shifted gears and delivered a moving four-minute speech to a country in mourning. Tevi Troy takes a look at the address…
Engaging the Evil Empire
Simon Miles, Will Inboden | Dec 14, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin, sits down with Simon Miles, assistant professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, to discuss his book, Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End…
A Study in Power: The Life of James A. Baker III
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, William Inboden, Robert Chesney | Nov 23, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Bobby Chesney, director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin, sit down with Peter Baker and Susan Glasser to discuss their new book, The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life…
Director of Research Aaron O’Connell and Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri pen article for Not Even Past
Aaron O'Connell, Jeremi Suri | Oct 07, 2020
Clements Center Director of Research Aaron O’Connell published “The War in Afghanistan is Nineteen Years Old: What Can it Teach us about Violence in American History?” for Not Even Past on the 19th anniversary of US entry into Afghanistan. Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri contributed to this article.
Lawyers Trying Lawyers: How The Doolittle Raids Shaped Military Commissions
Aaron O'Connell, Michel Paradis | Sep 28, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Aaron O’Connell, associate professor of history at the Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and Michel Paradis, a law professor at Columbia Law School and Georgetown Law School, discuss Paradis’ book, Last Mission to Tokyo, which examines the aftermath of the Doolittle Raid. In April 1942,…
Horns of a Dilemma: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z
Robert Zoellick, Philip Zelikow, William Inboden | Aug 28, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, William Inboden, editor-in-chief of the Texas National Security Review, is joined by Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank, and Philip Zelikow, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission and counselor to numerous administrations, to discuss Zoellick’s new book, America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy…
Latest from ‘Horns of a Dilemma’: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security
Bartholomew Sparrow, Doyle Hodges | Aug 14, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Doyle Hodges, executive editor of the Texas National Security Review, sits down with professor Bartholomew Sparrow, professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin and author of, The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security, to talk about the late Brent Scowcroft.
New podcast: Every Adjective in the Dictionary Applies to Lyndon Johnson
Mark Lawrence, Doyle Hodges | Jul 24, 2020
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Doyle Hodges, executive editor of the Texas National Security Review, sits down with Mark Lawrence, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, to discuss the inner workings of the presidential library system and the purposes they serve. Who runs them and who funds them? What mission do…
Esteemed UT History professor, William Roger Louis, announces retirement
Jun 29, 2020
The University of Texas History Department today announced that William Roger Louis, Kerr Chair of English History and Culture, will be retiring from the University on August 31, 2020. “Please join me in congratulating Roger on his retirement and in celebrating his illustrious career here at UT and in the historical profession generally,” said Jacqueline Jones, History Department Chair.
Listen to new Horns of a Dilemma podcast “Bill Clements: A Most Formidable Man”
George Seay, Will Inboden | Jun 12, 2020
In this episode, we learn more about the Clements Center namesake, William P. Clements, Jr. Clements negotiated a deal with President Richard Nixon where he reported directly to the president, despite serving as either the Acting or Deputy Secretary of Defense under Presidents Nixon and Ford. He served two non-consecutive terms as the first Republican…
New podcast: Presidents and the Books They Wrote
Craig Fehrman, Will Inboden | Jun 08, 2020
In this episode of Horns, William Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center, and author and journalist Craig Fehrman, discuss his book, Author and Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote. In this fascinating conversation, Inboden and Fehrman examine the relationships between presidents and their ghost writers. In addition, they talk…
Weapon of the Strong? Government Support for Religion and Majoritarian Terrorism
Ashlyn Hand, Peter Henne, Nilay Saiya | Apr 08, 2020
Ashlyn Hand, a doctoral student at the LBJ School, has co-authored a new paper in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. “Weapon of the Strong? Government Support for Religion and Majoritarian Terrorism” is a quantitative study that examines the impact of religious favoritism on terrorism.