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Take a look back at the Fall 2020 semester at the Clements Center! If you would like to subscribe to our Events or Newsletter email list, please sign up here.

The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin is seeking applications from recent PhD recipients for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and from current PhD candidates for its Predoctoral Fellowship Program. Applications are due January 29, 2021.

Applications are now open for our sixth annual seminar! The 2021 Summer Seminar will be held from July 18 – 23 at the Pines Resort in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Apply by Sunday, February 15th.

During this week, UT will celebrate a commitment to free speech and demonstrate how diverse perspectives are welcomed on campus and are integral to the educational environment.

The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes its 2020-21 class of pre and postdoctoral fellows. Peter Slezkine of Columbia University and Theo Milonopoulos of Columbia University are this year’s predoctoral fellows. Jaehan Park of Johns Hopkins SAIS is an America in the World predoctoral fellow who will remain…

The Intelligence Studies Project of the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the winner and two semifinalists in its sixth-annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The recipient of the 2020 “Inman Award” for student scholarship on intelligence is Diana Bolsinger, a PhD…

Dr. Bianca Adair, an officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency, will serve as the Resident Intelligence Officer at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs from Fall 2020 to Fall 2022.

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions.

Michael Lopez, one of our undergraduate fellows, has been awarded the U.S. State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program and Critical Need Language Award. This prestigious program allows its students to serve as student ambassadors in their study abroad programs and to complete a follow-on project at their respective universities. Michael will be using the Critical…

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions.

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions.

The University of Texas History Department today announced that William Roger Louis, Kerr Chair of English History and Culture, will be retiring from the University on August 31, 2020. “Please join me in congratulating Roger on his retirement and in celebrating his illustrious career here at UT and in the historical profession generally,” said Jacqueline Jones, History Department Chair.

In Spring 2020, the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) piloted a national security course for undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Take a look back at the Spring 2020 Semester by viewing our newsletter.

Austin, TX – As part of our efforts to recruit the top national security scholars and practitioners to the University of Texas at Austin, the Clements Center is excited to announce that Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens will be be joining our ranks later this summer. Dr. Greitens’ position is supported by a Chair established jointly by the Clements Center and the Strauss Center, and is the latest example of the cooperation of the two centers and the LBJ School in advancing the national prominence of UT in the realms of national security and foreign affairs. Dr. Greitens will be a Faculty Fellow with the Clements Center, in addition to her roles as a Distinguished Scholar with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and an Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the sixth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.  The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash prize of $5,000, with two semifinalists each receiving a cash prize of $2,500.  This competition is open to unpublished work by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in degree programs at accredited U.S. higher education institutions during the 2019-20 academic year.  The deadline for submitting papers is June 30, 2020. 

Congratulations to our Graduate Fellow Ashlyn W. Hand for winning the William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award from UT Austin! This award honors honor outstanding performance by graduate student academic employees. Ashlyn is a second-year doctoral student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Her research interests involve the intersection of women’s political…

Dr. Mary Elizabeth Walters, a former Clements’ pre-doctoral fellow, has won the Edward Coffman Dissertation Prize from the Society for Military History, their highest award for graduate research. 

Clements’ post-doctoral fellow Silke Zoller has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at Kennesaw State University, Georgia. She will be working in the Department of History and Philosophy. 

Congratulations to Graduate fellow Diana Bolsinger, who has been named the director of UT El Paso’s Intelligence and National Security program.

Applications are now open for the Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund. Eligible students may apply to receive funding to offset the costs of an unpaid internship in national security. Visit our programs page for details. The application window closes on May 1st. 

Applications for our 2020-21 Undergraduate Fellows program are now open! Applications are due by Friday, April 17th at 10:59pm CT. We are hosting an information session about the program on Thursday, March 5th at 4:30pm in FAC 328.

Dr. Inboden gave testimony on “AI, UAVs, Hypersonics and Autonomous Systems: Emerging Technologies and Euro-Atlantic Security” before three members of the U.S. Congress at the University of Texas at Arlington. Read his full testimony below and watch the full hearing here. CSCE_Testimony_Jan_2020_Field_hearing.pdf “AI, UAVs, Hypersonics and Autonomous Systems: Emerging Technologies and Euro-Atlantic Security”

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin. Deadlines are approaching – apply today! 

AUSTIN, TX – 01/03/2020: General Vincent K. Brooks, US Army (Retired) presents his initial observations following the US missile strike on General Qassim Soleimani in Baghdad.

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