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Press | 2017
Winter 2017 Newsletter
Dec 14, 2017
A look back at everything that happened at the Clements Center this fall. If you’d like to subscribe to our Events or Newsletter email list, please sign up here.
Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy and Its Implementation
Ionut Popescu | Dec 11, 2017
Former Postdoctoral Fellow Ionut Popescu writes for Foreign Policy about implementation of President Trump’s forthcoming National Security Strategy.
ISP Director adds context to Washington Times article
Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor | Dec 08, 2017
Prof. Steve Slick, who served in the CIA for almost three decades and now leads the Intelligence Studies Project, was quoted in a Washington Times article on the controversy involving the recent election.
Join us for our Fifth Anniversary Dinner
Dec 08, 2017
Please join us on Friday, February 23, 2018 for an anniversary dinner with keynote speaker The Hon. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States.
Deadline approaching for Summer Seminar application
Dec 07, 2017
In July 2018, the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin will convene a weeklong seminar for doctoral students focused on the connections between statecraft and history.
Will the U.S. Embassy’s Move to Jerusalem Matter?
William Inboden | Dec 06, 2017
CC Executive Director Will Inboden explains in Foreign Policy current diplomatic trends in Israel and the wider strategic situation in the Middle East.
APPLY NOW: Texas Intelligence Academy
Dec 01, 2017
The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and the Texas National Security Network announce the inaugural Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA), an intensive academic program focused on intelligence and national security from May 20-30, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Defining American Power & Liberal Order
Mackubin Owens | Nov 30, 2017
Ambition Meets Reality for Global Britain
William James | Nov 27, 2017
William James, a doctoral candidate in international relations at Oxford and recent CC Summer Seminar participant, wrote for War on the Rocks about British global strategy.
What Rex Tillerson can learn from Alexander Haig
Alexandra Evans and Evan McCormick | Nov 27, 2017
CC Postdoctoral Fellow Evan McCormick joins with Alexandra Evans to highlight the ways history can inform current challenges at the State Department.
Clements Center Board Chairman leads on Texas-Israel Relations
Nov 27, 2017
George Seay will take over as Chairman of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy
Ionut Popescu | Nov 17, 2017
Ionut Popescu, who was a Clements Postdoctoral Fellow from 2016-2017 and currently teaches as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas State University, recently published a book on grand strategy.
The global state system is here to stay
Paul Edgar David Kneeland | Nov 16, 2017
CC graduate fellow Paul Edgar teams up with David Kneeland (a LBJ School graduate student, Chancellor’s Scholar, and former CC undergraduate fellow) for an article in Foreign Policy.
CC Director of Graduate Studies on Vietnam War, 50 years later
Nov 16, 2017
Fifty years later, Professor Mark Lawrence looks back at the year 1967 and controversy surrounding the American War in Vietnam.
Predoctoral Fellow featured on Fox News
Nov 13, 2017
Predoctoral Fellow Andrew Peek was a guest on Fox News to talk about President Trump’s visit to Asia and larger U.S. strategy in the region.
Clements Graduate Fellow wins Minerva Grant from Department of Defense
Nov 10, 2017
Clements Center Graduate Fellow Andrew Stravers has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative. He will work with a team to research the political, social, and economic effects of global US military deployments on host state populations.
UT student newspaper features Texas National Security Review
Maria Mendez | Nov 07, 2017
The Daily Texan covered the launch of the Texas National Security Review, aquarterly academic journal which launched in October 2017 as a joint partnership between War on the Rocks and the Texas National Security Network.
Is Trump Changing The Presidency Or Is It Changing Him? 4 Historians Weigh In
Mara Liasson | Nov 07, 2017
In a recent NPR article and news segment, Executive Director Will Inboden and CC Faculty Affiliate H.W. Brands take a look at the current administration from the viewpoint of an historian.
Executive Director writes for ISS Roundtable
William Inboden | Nov 02, 2017
Executive Director Will Inboden reviews three books by eminent national security policy scholars for the International Security Studies Forum.
Mission Inscrutable
Aaron O'Connell | Oct 26, 2017
CC Faculty Fellow Aaron O’Connell, who teaches military history at UT, wrote an article for Slate about U.S. military operations in Niger.
Introducing the Texas National Security Review
Oct 25, 2017
“The Texas National Security Review is a new kind of journal committed to excellence, scholarly rigor, and big ideas.”
Former CC Undergrad Fellow writes analysis on Niger conflict
Jake Barnett | Oct 24, 2017
Jake Barnett, who was a CC Undergraduate Fellow from 2014-2016, explains why U.S. forces are in the Sahel and defense issues surrounding the recent attacks in Niger.
Video and Photos Now Available [br]from 2017 Texas National Security Forum[/br]
Oct 23, 2017
On October 12th, the Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Intelligence Studies Project joined together to host our fourth annual Texas National Security Forum.
Two New York Times articles feature Director Pompeo’s remarks at the 2017 Texas National Security Forum
Eric Schmitt | Oct 23, 2017
Eric Schmitt, the Times senior reporter covering terrorism and and national security, attended this year’s forum and quoted CIA Director Michael Pompeo’s remarks in two recent articles.
A Portrait of Stalin in All His Murderous Contradictions
Mark Lawrence | Oct 20, 2017
CC Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence reviews the second volume of Stephen Kotkin’s biography of dictator Joseph Stalin for the New York Times.
Beyond the Buzzword: The Three Meanings of “Grand Strategy”
Nina Silove | Oct 16, 2017
Former CC Postdoctoral Fellow Nina Silove wrote an article on grand strategy for the journal Security Studies.
Executive Director quoted in New York Times
Peter Baker | Oct 16, 2017
CC Executive Director Will Inboden was quoted in The New York Times about presidential history and the gap between promises and policies.
News Coverage of 2017 Texas National Security Forum
Oct 16, 2017
On Thursday, October 12th, the Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Intelligence Studies Project convened senior policymakers to discuss “Alliances and Partnerships in American National Security” at the fourth annual Texas National Security Forum.
Graduate Fellow on Drone Warfare
Emily Whalen | Oct 09, 2017
Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in History Emily Whalen writes for Foreign Policy about the idea of a fire-free zone.
Thinking About a Policy-Oriented PhD in International Relations?
Nathaniel Allen and Bradley Potter | Oct 06, 2017
Two CC Summer Seminar alumni, Nathaniel Allen and Bradley Potter, collaborate to co-author an article for War on the Rocks.
Graduate Fellow reviews two books on Pakistan for Foreign Policy
Diana Bolsinger | Oct 06, 2017
Graduate Fellow Diana Bolsinger reviewed two new books on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate’s (ISI) activities.
There are no good options for dealing with North Korea
Jay Caruso | Sep 28, 2017
CC Executive Director Will Inboden was interviewed by Jay Caruso at the Dallas Morning News about options for dealing with North Korea.
Executive Director interviewed for The Federalist Podcast
William inboden | Sep 27, 2017
Professor Will Inboden discusses current national security threats, including terrorism, North Korea, and his research on President Ronald Reagan, with The Federalist Radio Hour Podcast.
Clements Center scholars talk with Spectrum News about North Korea’s Nuclear Program
Andrew Peak and Jeremi Suri | Sep 26, 2017
CC Predoctoral Fellow Andrew Peek and CC Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri urge diplomacy amid escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program.
A Lost Opportunity to Learn Lessons from the Cultural Cold War
Steve Slick | Sep 26, 2017
The Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick recently reviewed Joel Whitney’s publication Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers in an article published by Lawfare.
Elusive Responsibility For The Vietnam War
Jon Askonas | Sep 22, 2017
CC Predoctoral Fellow Jon Askonas, who is completing his Ph.D. in international relations at the University of Oxford, writes his reflections on each episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novak’s PBS Documentary The Vietnam War.