Press | 2017

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Galen Jackson investigates the role of domestic politics in President Carter’s strategy in the Middle East from 1977 to 1978.

Dr. Megan Reiss, who received her doctorate in Public Policy in 2017 from the University of Texas at Austin, will work as a Senior Fellow in National Security at the R Street Institute. 

Stratfor announces joint initiatives with Clements and Strauss Centers, including the Applied Geopolitical Fellows Program and sponsorship of the Texas National Security Forum. 

We are excited to welcome the UT-Austin alumnus back to the Forty Acres as a Senior Advisor to the Intelligence Studies Project and Distinguished Non-Resident Scholar at UT-Austin. 

CC Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence reviews Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns’ new book “The Vietnam War: An Intimate History” for the Washington Post. 

LBJ School Professor Joshua Eisenman talked with New York Times reporter Brook Larmer about Chinese strategy in a Sri Lankan port. 

Clements Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence writes for Humanities about the changing scholarship surrounding the Vietnam War. 

The Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project are pleased to announce our fourth annual Texas National Security Forum. 

Take a look back at everything that happened at the Clements Center this summer. If you’d like to subscribe to our Events or Newsletter email list, please sign up here. 

As part of our Undergraduate Fellows program, UT System Chancellor William McRaven met with our students to talk about careers in public service and national security.

Postdoctoral Fellow Evan McCormick published a journal article in Diplomatic History looking into the history of U.S. democracy promotion in Latin America. 

Faculty Fellow Jeremi Suri explores the history of the American Presidency in his new book. 

Andrew Peek, a CC Predoctoral Fellow, was featured in a recent Politico article about the difficulty of gathering intelligence on North Korea. 

Predoctoral Fellow Andrew Peek joined a Fox Business panel to discuss the situation in North Korea and our trade relationship with North Korean neighbors.

CC Executive Director Will Inboden co-authors a Foreign Policy article with Duke Professor and CC Academic Board of Reference member Peter Feaver on “the genocide being committed against Christians in Iraq and Syria.”

CC Executive Director Will Inboden talks with the Texas Standard about the North Korean nuclear program. 

Former Harrington Fellow Charlie Laderman spoke with BBC World News about his recent book on President Trump’s world view

Former CC Postdoctoral Fellow Ian Johnson details the history of World War II’s most famous battle for War on the Rocks.

CC Predoctoral Fellow Jon Askonas published a piece for War on the Rocks on “The Heroic Leader and the Better War from Vietnam to Afghanistan.” 

We are proud to welcome four new scholars to the Forty Acres as part of our Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship program.

In the Lawfare blog, Faculty Affiliate Bobby Chesney discusses the ongoing debate over U.S. counterterrorism policy. 

In an article for Foreign Policy and interview for Texas Standard, Associate Director Paul D. Miller argues that the Afghanistan speech “was one of Donald Trump’s finest moments as president.”

CC Executive Director Will Inboden was recently quoted in a Washington Post article about the role of values in foreign policy decisions.

This July, we convened 20 doctoral students for our annual Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft.

In an article for The Washington Post, Faculty Affiliate Joshua Eisenman talks US-North Korean relations. 

Faculty Fellow Aaron O’Connell explains the challenges of US policy towards Afghanistan in a recent Washington Post article.

In his latest piece “Our Missing President,” Executive Director Will Inboden argues that recent crises, domestic and abroad, highlight a failure of presidential leadership. 

Gathering in DC for the launch of the Texas National Security Review, Executive Director Will Inboden and Associate Director Paul D. Miller discuss the role of history in policymaking with War on the Rocks Editor-in-Chief Ryan Evans. 

CC Faculty Fellow Josh Eisenman co-edits new book on Chinese strategy in the developing world.

Speakers from this year’s Summer Seminar gathered with War on the Rocks Editor-in-Chief Ryan Evans to discuss the making of the National Security Strategy.