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William Inboden | Dec 06, 2022

William Inboden’s piece in the Washington Post details how Reagan’s commitment to international human rights and democracy grew over his presidency and argues that we should look to the leadership of those who amplified the “Third Wave” to support democracy today.

William Inboden | Dec 06, 2022

William Inboden’s piece in the Washington Post details how Reagan’s commitment to international human rights and democracy grew over his presidency and argues that we should look to the leadership of those who amplified the “Third Wave” to support democracy today.

Raghav Aggarwal, Zachary Daum, Kim Nguyen | Dec 01, 2022

A report by the Global Disinformation Lab at UT Austin and NGA Tearline was recently featured on intel.gov. The report analyzes resource reallocation by Russia in Ukraine, countering a senior Russian official’s denial of the existence of filtration sites at a United Nations Security Council Meeting. Great work! 

Raghav Aggarwal, Zachary Daum, Kim Nguyen | Dec 01, 2022

A report by the Global Disinformation Lab at UT Austin and NGA Tearline was recently featured on intel.gov. The report analyzes resource reallocation by Russia in Ukraine, countering a senior Russian official’s denial of the existence of filtration sites at a United Nations Security Council Meeting. Great work! 

William Inboden | Nov 28, 2022

Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden appeared on Morning Joe today to discuss his recent release, “The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink.”

William Inboden | Nov 28, 2022

Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden appeared on Morning Joe today to discuss his recent release, “The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink.”

Matthew Continetti | Nov 28, 2022

Matthew Continetti reviewed Will Inboden’s new book, “The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink,” for The Wall Street Journal.

Matthew Continetti | Nov 28, 2022

Matthew Continetti reviewed Will Inboden’s new book, “The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink,” for The Wall Street Journal.

William Inboden | Nov 09, 2022

“Some of the most consequential foreign policy debates take place within each party rather than between the parties.” Check out this new piece in Foreign Affairs about the future of foreign policy in the Republican Party by Clements Center Director Will Inboden.

Ryan Ashley | Nov 08, 2022

In a new piece on Foreign Policy Research Institute, Clements Center Graduate Fellow Ryan Ashley analyzes the new Japan-Australia Security Agreement and a growing trend for American allies to seek closer security ties with one another through bilateral and “minilateral” arrangements.

Travis Frederick, Alin Coman | Nov 04, 2022

Clements Predoctoral Fellow Travis Frederick co-authored a chapter titled “Reception of Great Patriotic War Narratives: A Psychological Approach to Studying Collective Memory in Russia” in the edited volume Researching Memory and Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe: Interdisciplinary Methodologies.

M.L. deRaismes Combes | Oct 31, 2022

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…

William Inboden | Oct 19, 2022

In the National Review, Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden writes that the combination of pressure and diplomacy offers the best way to counter Putin, liberate Ukraine, and avoid nuclear war.

Jada Fraser | Oct 17, 2022

Clements Center Alum Jada Fraser was published in Pacific Forum’s recent collection of articles that memorializes the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.

Alexandra Sukalo, Kristo Nurmis | Oct 14, 2022

Former Postdoctoral Fellow Alexandra Sukalo co-authored this piece with Kristo Nurmis in the Washington Post. They detail how the recently staged referendums are an attempt to discipline Ukrainians into accepting Putin’s rule, not to provide democratic legitimacy.

William Inboden, Jeremi Suri | Oct 10, 2022

Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden and Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri recently published “A generation of the world’s best leaders has died. Now we must look forward.” for CNN, in which they explore what lessons history can provide and what traits should be considered when electing leadership today.

Jonathan Hunt, Simon Miles | Oct 06, 2022

H-Diplo held a  roundtable on “The Reagan Moment: America and the World in the 1980s.” The book, edited by Jonathan Hunt and Simon Miles, originated from a Clements Center conference held in January 2017.

Sheena Chestnut Greitens | Oct 03, 2022

In Asia Policy Program Director Sheena Chesnut Greitens’ new article in Foreign Affairs, she argues that with much of the West focused on Russia and Ukraine, Xi Jinping’s April 2022 speech on his Quanqiu Anquan Changyi (Global Security Initiative), didn’t receive the attention it should have from Western governments.

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Rana Siu Inboden | Sep 28, 2022

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program, and Rana Siu Inboden, a Senior Fellow at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, were recently quoted in a POLITICO article about how China understands and uses its role in the international system.

Mark Jbeily, Christian Heller | Sep 21, 2022

Artificial intelligence is making its way into more defense technology. Clements National Security Fellow Mark Jbeily and Christian Heller write in U.S. Naval Institute‘s Proceedings magazine that the human-machine aviation relationship must be developed for the next generation of warfare in order for it to be successful. 

Dan Sullivan, Dan Twining | Sep 20, 2022

In a recent publication in Foreign Affairs magazine, Daniel Twining and Senator Dan Sullivan argue that for the first time in more than half a century, the United States has both the need and the ability to build a bipartisan foreign policy consensus around the imperative of countering authoritarian aggression.

Daniel Fata, Janina Staguhn | Sep 16, 2022

In a Center for Strategic & International Studies Commentary piece, Daniel Fata and Janina Staguhn argue that world leaders need to start coordinating to plan the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Ryan Ashley, Alec Rice | Sep 14, 2022

In a recent op-ed on Nikkei Asia, Clements Graduate Fellow Ryan Ashley and Alec Rice argue that the North Pacific islands, particularly Hokkaido, should be a defense priority for Japan and the U.S. as a check against possible Chinese and Russian aggression. You can read the entire piece here:

Sep 12, 2022

Congratulations to Jada Fraser, Kelsey Ritchie Frierson, James Mismash, and Nick Romanow!

Will Inboden, Jeremi Suri | Sep 02, 2022

We were very sad to hear of the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union. Will Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center, and Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The LBJ School of Public Affairs, penned an op-ed on The Hill about this remarkable man whose role in the “sprint for peace” changed the course of history.

Aug 29, 2022

Following President Biden’s signing of the CHIPs for America Act, Congressman Michael McCaul and U.S. Senator John Cornyn toured Austin Community College’s advanced manufacturing academy, where newly-hired technicians for Austin semiconductor companies are trained. Clements Center Executive Director attended and noted the importance of breaking America’s dependence on foreign semiconductors: “If America can regain our edge…

Soren Ettinger DeCou | Aug 17, 2022

Clements Center Undergraduate Fellow Soren Ettinger DeCou recently published “Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology: A Powerful Tool for a Better World” on DipNote, the State Department’s official blog. Well done, Soren!

Will Inboden | Aug 10, 2022

Clements Executive Director Will Inboden will be moderating a panel at The Texas Tribune Festival! “A New World Disorder” will feature Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Representative Michael McCaul, and Governor Bill Richardson – September 24 at 10:45 a.m.

Grace Mappes | Jul 29, 2022

One of the most gratifying things for us here at the Clements Center is to see our alumni out in the world doing great work! Our former Undergraduate Fellow Grace Mappes is currently a Russia Researcher at the Institute for the Study of War and one of the authors of a daily Assessment of the…

Will Inboden | Jul 26, 2022

“As the National Security Act of 1947 enjoys its 75th anniversary, it has in a way come full circle back to its founding purposes.” – Clements Director Will Inboden reflects on the remarkable first 75 years of the National Security Act and what the future might hold.

Jul 13, 2022

The Clements Center’s Coffee Hours program was featured in UT News article “A Matter of National Security” written by Avrel Seale. Coffee Hours are popular biweekly meetings open to all UT students to discuss topics in national security, and are led by the Clements Center Undergraduate Fellows. 

Daniel J. Samet | Jul 08, 2022

Clements Graduate Fellow Daniel J. Samet reviewed Paul Kennedy’s, “Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II” for American Purpose.