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We have updated the list of Fall 2023 courses that will apply for the Undergraduate Certificate in Security Studies and the Graduate Portfolio in Security Studies

Clements Executive Director Will Inboden coauthored a Fox News opinion piece discussing how Reagan’s “six assurances” can serve as a guide for current U.S.-China relations.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ann Ganzer of the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation recently visited the Clements Center. In this episode ofHorns of a Dilemma, Ganzer sits down with Clements Associate Director Paul Edgar to discuss many of the issues she discussed with students.

In this week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Marine Corps Gen. (Ret.) Robert Neller joins University of Texas, Austin Professor Paul Pope to discuss the recent force structure and doctrine changes in the Marine Corps, intended to create a force ready to fight a war with China.

When it comes to China’s dominance in rare-earth mining, “The issue has become a global problem with consequences too significant to neglect. Without question, the most serious implications of controlling REEs concern national security.”

In this week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Mackenzie Eaglen, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, addresses the challenging questions of how to allocate defense spending to meet American strategic interests around the globe.

On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Clements Center for National Security hosted former Vice President Mike Pence for a speech commemorating the somber occasion. Pence called for additional support for Ukraine in front of a crowd of UT-Austin students and faculty, including several refugees from Ukraine, and members of the press.

“China would perceive diminished American resolve in Ukraine as weakness and a strategic opening to exploit, perhaps by attacking Taiwan.”

Clements Center alum Jada Fraser writes on Korea Pro that the increasing Chinese threat to Taiwan will likely impact the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance directly and offers that there are three issues affecting OPCON transfer that should be considered when looking toward a possible conflict.

Clements Alum Rachel Hoff coauthored a Fox News opinion piece, “3 ways Biden, Congress must respond to very real Chinese, Russian threats.”

In this week’s episode ofHorns of a Dilemma, we listen to a discussion between Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. Brands and Inboden discuss a book written by Brands and Michael Beckley,Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict With China.

Clements Predoctoral Fellow Casey Mahoney coauthored a chapter in “The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance” with Michael C. Horowitz and Shira Pindyck in which they explore the ways military applications of AI will impact how states exert power in global politics.

In January, the Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ Presidential Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project teamed up with the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) to host a two-day event at the LBJ Presidential Library, “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy.”

“The idea that wars always end in either victory or a negotiated settlement is belied by history…” In a new Foreign Affairs piece, Ivo H. Daalder and James Goldgeier argue that the West needs to plan for a protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

“The idea that wars always end in either victory or a negotiated settlement is belied by history…” In a new Foreign Affairs piece, Ivo H. Daalder and James Goldgeier argue that the West needs to plan for a protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

On the second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Horns of a Dilemma features a talk by University of Texas, Austin Professor Jeremi Suri about his new book, Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.

On the second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Horns of a Dilemma features a talk by University of Texas, Austin Professor Jeremi Suri about his new book, Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.

Our Winter 2022 Newsletter is out! Take a look back at the last semester.

Our Winter 2022 Newsletter is out! Take a look back at the last semester.

Benjamin V. Allison, a PhD student in the UT History Department, had a new article, “Deadly Detours: Why Terrorists Do Not Attack US Bridges and Tunnels,” recently published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. The Clements Center is proud to have helped fund his research.

Benjamin V. Allison, a PhD student in the UT History Department, had a new article, “Deadly Detours: Why Terrorists Do Not Attack US Bridges and Tunnels,” recently published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. The Clements Center is proud to have helped fund his research.

On November 15^th, Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden released his long-awaited book The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink. The Peacemaker explores how Ronald Reagan and his national security team developed a multifaceted and successful Cold War strategy to win a peaceful victory over Soviet communism. Based on extensive archival research using many newly declassified sources, The Peacemaker is the first book of its kind to offer a comprehensive overview of the Reagan administration’s foreign policy, including important topics such as its policies in Asia, the Middle East, counterterrorism, and international economics. 

On November 15^th, Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden released his long-awaited book The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink. The Peacemaker explores how Ronald Reagan and his national security team developed a multifaceted and successful Cold War strategy to win a peaceful victory over Soviet communism. Based on extensive archival research using many newly declassified sources, The Peacemaker is the first book of its kind to offer a comprehensive overview of the Reagan administration’s foreign policy, including important topics such as its policies in Asia, the Middle East, counterterrorism, and international economics. 

This week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma is a must-listen for anyone who knows that microchips are a national security issue, but perhaps doesn’t really understand just why chips are so strategically important. It is equally enlightening for those who have been closely following the security issues around microchips and are eager to know more. Professor…

This week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma is a must-listen for anyone who knows that microchips are a national security issue, but perhaps doesn’t really understand just why chips are so strategically important. It is equally enlightening for those who have been closely following the security issues around microchips and are eager to know more. Professor…

Former Clements Postdoctoral Fellow M. L. deRaismes Combes published an article that she wrote while she was here at The University of Texas at Austin about the failures of counterinsurgency (“COIN”). She argues that COIN has led to protracted engagements with unclear and contradictory goals and that that this policy failure can be explained by…

Applications are now open for our eighth annual seminar! The 2023 Summer Seminar will be held from Monday, July 17 – Saturday, July 22 at the Pines Resort in Beaver Creek, Colorado. 

The Clements Center mourns the death of Secretary Ash Carter. He was a valued member of our Statecraft Board of Reference, and mentor and leader for many of our students and affiliates. As a policymaker, scholar, and thinker he was without peer. Combining a singular background in both science and the humanities, he served with distinction at all levels of American defense policy, culminating in his consequential leadership of the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense. We recall with great fondness hosting his visit to UT-Austin in that role in 2016. Between his stints in government, Secretary Carter could be found at Harvard as a beloved teacher, researcher, and leader of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He leaves a tremendous legacy of service to our nation and our world.

We have updated the list of Spring 2023 courses that will apply for the Undergraduate Certificate in Security Studies and the Graduate Portfolio in Security Studies

Read Martha Bayles review of Clements Center Senior National Security Fellow Mark Pomar’s recent release Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in “‘Cold War Radio’ Review: Listen and You Shall Hear,” published in the Wall Street Journal.

Take a look at the Clements Center’s summer programming and what we have in store for the fall!