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Clements Center Military Fellow Michael Knickerbocker publishes “Send Skimmers to the Skirmish: A Case for a Wing-In-Ground Effect Attack Craft” for the Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC).

Nick Romanow, formerly a Clements Undergraduate Fellow, championed the need for military officers to have well-rounded educations in addition to thorough training experiences.

Commander Michael Knickerbocker, a Federal Executive Fellow at the Clements Center, recently published a piece on The Defense Post outlining the benefits of the U.S. Department of Defense switching over to electric vehicles. 

Clements National Security Journalism Fellow Eli Lake published a piece in Commentary Magazine on the ways Russia’s actions in Ukraine have altered the world order, and what should be done about it. 

In an oped on The Hill, Will Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center, and Adam Klein, Deputy Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, explain why the U.S. semiconductor supply should be treated as a matter of national security.

Alexandra Sukalo, a postdoctoral fellow at the Clements Center, published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the recent damage done to Ukrainian archives by Russian forces.

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program, was quoted in a Financial Times article regarding the economic consequences China may face for their support of Russia. 

Kay Bailey Hutchison and Will Inboden’s opinion piece on energy security in light of the current war in Ukraine was published in the Houston Chronicle.

Clements Center Graduate Fellow Daniel J. Samet reviewed a new release by Hal Brands, “The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today” for the National Review.

Clements Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri spoke to Texas Standard about the effect long-term sanctions could have on Russia, and the extent to which China will back Putin. 

Congratulations to Clements Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri on his upcoming release, “Civil War by Other Means”.

Clements Executive Director Will Inboden was interviewed on Texas Standard today about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. He underscores the nature of current U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian actions and highlights some possibilities including a full invasion or a puppet government.

Former Clements predoctoral fellow Thomas Jamison recently published a new essay, “Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History as Strategy, Grand Strategy, and Polemic” on Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy.

Professor Sheena Greitens was quoted in Timothy McLaughlin’s recent The Atlantic article about how the pandemic has factored into China’s domestic political strategy under Xi Jinping’s leadership. 

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program, was quoted on Bloomberg Quint about who may have a more positive opinion of China due to the Games. 

Congratulations to visiting faculty fellow Rosella Cappella Zielinski on co-authoring a new article on battlefield coalitions in a special issue of The Journal of Strategic Studies.

Predoctoral fellow Zoltán Fehér wrote this piece on one of America’s most celebrated political scientists, Joseph Nye, to mark his 85th birthday.