Press | National Security

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.

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

Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project, featured in the 62 episode of ‘The Hook‘, a weekly UT news show. 

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.”

Former Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Steele Brand, co-authors article published in The Hill titled, “Fighting terrorism with our best asset- our citizens.”

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 Associate Director Paul D. Miller, co-authors an article in Foreign Policy titled, “In a Counterinsurgency Far, Far Away.”

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

On December 6, National Security Forum plenary speaker, Senator Ben Sasse, traveled to San Bernardino to deliver a rebuttal to President Obama’s speech to the nation on terrorism. 

Former Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Steele Brand, co-authors article published in USA Today titled, “Let’s kill them first: answer to terror is tougher citizens, not tougher government.”

Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden contributed a chapter in the 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength published by the Heritage Foundation.  

The Clements and Strauss Centers’ National Security Forum has drawn senior intelligence leaders and scholars to Austin to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to stability operations. Several leading news sources have been covering the event and below are just a sample.

In an Interview with Fox 7 News Austin, Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project and Professor at LBJ School of Public Affairs talks about the terror attacks in Paris.

In an article published by Statesman reporter Ralph Haurwitz just the day before the start of the second annual National Security Forum, Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden comments on the timeliness of such an event in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.

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

Clements Center Graduate Fellow Luke Perez recently published an op-ed in The Duck of Minerva, an academic IR blog, discussing just war in Star Wars.

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday November 5, Chancellor McRaven discusses the threat of ISIS, the importance of national security, and the parallel between serving in the Navy and being Chancellor. 

Eugene Gholz, Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, discusses how political choices, not mergers shape industry in a piece published in Defense News.

Clements Center Senior Fellow Bobby Chesney quoted in a New York Times article titled, “How 4 Federal Lawyers Pave the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden.”

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 an interview with Foreign Policy Magazine, Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick, discusses the affects open source information has made on keeping covert actions secret.

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 BBC News, Clements Center Executive Director, William Inboden discusses the president’s need for reliable intelligence and the challenges of national security policy making at the White House. 

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. 

The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin hosted a roundtable discussion with CIA Director John O. Brennan, University of Texas Chancellor William McRaven, former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss, and Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick titled “Intelligence in American Society” on Tuesday, September 15 in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. 

The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin sponsored “Intelligence in American Society” with featured speaker CIA Director John O. Brennan, University of Texas Chancellor William McRaven, former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss, and Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick.