Press | 2016

Executive Director Will Inboden and Clements Center Graduate Assistant Anna Waterfield co-author a new piece in Foreign Policy, discussing jihadist groups in Africa. 

A video of Hon. Lisa Monaco’s Keynote Address at the “Intelligence in American Society” Conference is now available online. 

Sarah Kaiser-Cross, a former Clements Center graduate student, wrote an op-ed for Foreign Policy’s Best Defense on the rise of ISIS in Bangladesh. 

The Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter at UT Austin on March 31st, 2016.

In his review “Chalked Spikes and Bush-era Intelligence”, Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project, discusses the newly published memoir from Michael Hayden, former Director of the CIA and NSA. 

Follow the “Intelligence in American Society” Conference via the live stream beginning at 9:00am CST on March 30, 2016. 

Associate Director Dr. Paul D. Miller has published an article in the Journal of Strategic Studies in Spring 2016 on the misuse of historical analogies for the war in Afghanistan.

Executive Director William Inboden points out the similar foreign policy beliefs and positions that both Trump and Obama hold.

ISP Director Steve Slick was recently interviewed on Austin’s FOX7 News about the recent Brussels attacks and global terrorist networks.

In his latest piece, Executive Director William Inboden calls for a new offensive strategy against ISIS, writing that “the attack highlights an uncomfortable truth: The American and European approach to combatting ISIS is not succeeding.”

Executive Director William Inboden was recently interviewed by local news stations KVUE and KEYE about the March 22, 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels.

In his most recent blog post for ForeignPolicy.com, Professor William Inboden poses a series of questions based on President Barack Obama’s interviews with The Atlantic on his foreign policy. 

The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to host Ambassador Said Jawad for a talk titled “America’s Longest War: The Afghan Perspective,” on Tuesday, April 5 at 12:15pm in the Main Building, room 212. This event is cosponsored by the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the South Asia Institute, Alexander Hamilton Society, Student Veterans Association, and the International Affairs Society.

The Clements Center, Strauss Center, and UT’s Intelligence Studies Project invite you to attend the “Intelligence in American Society” conference on March 30, 2016 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center. The luncheon keynote speaker is The Honorable Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Cosponsors include the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Center for Politics and Governance, UT Student Veterans Services, and the Alexander Hamilton Society. 

Clements Center Associate Director Dr. Paul D. Miller has published an article in the spring 2016 issue of Orbis titled “On Strategy, Grand and Mundane.”

In their recent op-ed in The Philly Inquirer, Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden and the Bush Institute’s Director for Human Freedom Amanda Schnetzer argue that despite many obstacles, the U.S. must regain its ground as a global champion.

In his latest piece, Professor William Inboden discusses the U.S.’s role on the sidelines during the historical meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch.

In February 2016, Associate Director Paul D. Miller published a piece in The American Interest on Obama’s legacy in Afghanistan.

Clements Center Associate Director, Paul Miller, publishes article in The American Interest titled “Obama’s Failed Legacy in Afghanistan.”

Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project, featured in the 62 episode of ‘The Hook‘, a weekly UT news show. 

Clements Center Associate Director, Paul Miller’s, book “Armed State Building: Confronting State Failure” reviewed by H-Diplo in a roundtable by preeminent scholars.

In an interview with the Texas Standard, Clements Center Executive Director, Will Inboden, discusses President Obama’s tough road ahead in foreign policy. 

President Gregory L. Fenves is pleased to announce a Gala Dinner honoring Admiral Bobby R. Inman on Friday, April 29 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Clements Center Program Coordinator Madeline Fetterly publishes article in The Cipher Brief titled “How the Revival of Confucianism Hurts Women in China.” 

In a recent Lawfare blog post, Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick and Clements Center Senior Fellow Bobby Chesney provide context for Inman Award semi-finalist paper titled “Counterterrorism Strategies: Leadership Decapitation vs. Mid-Tier Elimination.” 

Former Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Steele Brand, publishes peer reviewed article titled, “This is Our Jerusalem: Early American Evangelical Localizations of the Hebraic Republic.” 

Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden co-authors article published in the first issue of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the George W. Bush Institute titled, “Promoting Democracy and National Security Go Together.”

In a response published in the most recent issue of the Harvard Law Review, Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick challenged the recommendations for enhanced White House oversight of U.S. intelligence activities. 

Clements Center Executive Director William Inboden publishes an article in Foreign Policy titled, “Saudi Arabia’s Religious Intolerance and the Execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.”

Former Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Steele Brand, co-authors article published in The Hill titled, “Fighting terrorism with our best asset- our citizens.”

Clements Center faculty fellow, Eugene Gholz, quoted in an article published by the New York Times titled, “US Says Iran Launched ‘Provocative’ Rocket Test Near Ships.”