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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.” 

Undergraduate Fellow Jake Barnett has filed this report on his time at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center while studying abroad in Jordan Spring 2015. 

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?”.

This week in diplomatic and military history for May 7 titled “The Sinking of the Lusitania” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow Chase Boone.  

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.”

This week in diplomatic and military history for April 27th titled “Victory or Death” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow Anastasia Bradatan.

Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick and Michael Allen have co-authored a piece for Foreign Policy on the 10th anniversary of the DNI.

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.

This week in diplomatic and military history for April 20 titled “Mariel Boatlift” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow Trey Curran. 

This week in diplomatic and military history for April 13th titled “The Beginning of the American Revolution: The Battles of Lexington and Concord” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow Geetika Jerath. 

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.”

This week in diplomatic and military history titled “The Fall of Richmond, 1865” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow Ciaran Dean-Jones.

In his U.S. News and World Report piece, “An Irreducibly Religious Movement,” William Inboden answers the question: Is the President Right to Say ‘Violent Extremism’ Instead of ‘Islamic Extremism’?

“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. 

This week in diplomatic and military history for March 9 titled “Instability and the Fall of Baghdad, 1917” is brought to you by Clements Undergraduate Fellow Cyrus Huncharek.

“The longest war in American history is over, but the mission is not accomplished. Now more than ever, the world needs our country to lead,” say Executive Director William Inboden and Associate Director Paul D. Miller in their featured article in the latest issue of The Alcalde.

Executive Director William Inboden remembers Boris Nemtsov in his latest post on Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government.

This week in diplomatic and military history for March 2 titled “The Threat of Islamic Traditions in Soviet Central Asia” is brought to you by Clements Undergraduate Fellow Jordan Pahl. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller has published an article in The American Interest on the democracy promotion, realism, and Niebuhr.

Clements Undergraduate Fellow Jake Barnett has filed this report while studying abroad in Jordan Spring 2015. 

In preparation for tonight’s State of the Union address, Executive Director William Inboden comments on how presidents should think about legacy in his January 20th Shadow Government post.

Executive Director William Inboden blogs about the upcoming Republican primary and the “competition to be Reagan’s political heir” in his latest Shadow Government post. 

Executive Director William Inboden and Academic Board members Peter Feaver and Kori Schake offer foreign policy advice to President Obama in their latest Shadow Government blog post titled “The Wonkiest Yard.”

Faculty Fellow and Strauss Center Director Robert Chesney was interviewed for PRI’s “The World” for a story on Edward Snowden titled “To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone.”

Executive Director William Inboden discusses the resurgence of the term “Finlandization” in light of the current crisis in Ukraine in his Shadow Government blog post. 

This week in diplomatic and military history for December 1 & 8 titled “Outmanned, Undersupplied, Outgunned: Yamashita’s Feint” is brought to you by Clements Undergraduate Fellow Keith Chew.

This week in diplomatic and military history for November 24th titled “The Grass Fight” is brought to you by Undergraduate Fellow William Cowan.

Former Clements Center graduate assistant Rachel Hoff co-authored an article for The Weekly Standard with Caitlin Poling on their experience campaigning during the midterm elections.

This week in diplomatic and military history for November 17 titled “The Greeks Invade Albania, 1940” is brought to you by Clements Undergraduate Fellow James Barnett.

This week in diplomatic and military history for November 10 titled “Contemporary Insights from the Fourth Crusade” is brought to you by Clements Undergraduate Fellow Cyrus Huncharek. 

Professor William Inboden and The Heritage Foundation’s Kim Holmes published an op-ed in The Washington Times on the need for a new foreign policy strategy in 2016. The piece is based on their four-part series for Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government blog.