Press | 2017

CC Executive Director Will Inboden talks North Korea with the WORLD Radio podcast.

CC Executive Director Will Inboden and ISP Director Steve Slick were recently featured in a Foreign Policy piece with a few of their suggested books for summer reading. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller analyses President Trump’s speech to the Polish people last week in Warsaw. 

Every year, the Clements Center takes 20 UT undergraduate students to London for a unique four-week Maymester study abroad program to study the US-UK special relationship at King’s College London. 

Prof. Miller talks with Spectrum News about the national security threat from North Korea. 

We are proud to announce the launch of the Texas National Security Review a quarterly academic journal in partnership with War on the Rocks.

Executive Director Will Inboden talks with the Texas Standard about recent developments in North Korean missile technology. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller talks with the Texas Standard about recent warnings from the Syrian government about chemical weapon attacks. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller talks with Foreign Policy’s executive editor Sharon Weinberger about the Trump administration’s Afghanistan policy.

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund enables 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. 

Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence writes in the Boston Globe about Mark Bowden’s latest book Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the War in Vietnam.

In his article “Moscow’s Assaults on American Democracy Began 80 Years Ago,” Postdoctoral Fellow Ian Johnson explores the history of Soviet interference in American elections. 

Bobby Chesney, a Professor at UT Law and Director of the Strauss Center, answers questions from NPR’s Audie Cornish about legality issues regarding the former FBI Directors released memos. 

In his latest post for Foreign Policy‘s Elephants in the Room, Executive Director Will Inboden argues that yesterday’s two political events–Former FBI Director Comey’s testimony and the British General Election–represent “a transatlantic crisis of leadership.” 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller writes for Kings College London’s “Defense in Depth” blog about the foreign policy dilemma on the Korean Peninsula for President Trump. 

The Intelligence Studies Project, a joint venture of the Strauss and Clements Centers, is glad to announce the opening of student internship opportunities with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 

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

In his latest article for Foreign Policy’s “Elephants in the Room,” Associate Director Paul D. Miller argues that the Trump administration should turn its focus to the war in Afghanistan and work towards finding “a long-delayed yet successful conclusion.”

Executive Director Will Inboden talked with the Texas Standard about yesterday’s attacks in Manchester. 

In his most recent article “The Problem with the ‘F’ Word,” Postdoctoral Fellow Ian Johnson explores the history of fascism. 

The Strategy Bridge reviewed Associate Director Paul D. Miller’s new book American Power & Liberal Order: A Conservative Internationalist Grand Strategy.

Undergrad Fellow Sam Karnes, a Plan II and Middle Eastern Studies fourth year in UT’s Arabic Flagship Program, won the prestigious Boren Scholarship to study Arabic next year in Meknes, Morocco. Congratulations Sam! 

Every year the Alcalde magazine highlights ten inspiring professors, nominated by UT alumni. This year, Executive Director Will Inboden received the honor. 

In an article for Foreign Policy, Executive Director Will Inboden argues that the transitional period for the Trump administration has come to an end.

Executive Director Will Inboden talked with a Business Insider reporter about foreign policy and human rights. 

Postdoctoral Fellow Ionut Popescu authors a piece for War on the Rocks on President Trump’s foreign policy strategy and offers recommendations for future policymaking. 

Predoctoral Fellow Cindy Ewing writes for the Wilson Center about Burma’s foreign policy during the Cold War. 

Executive Director Will Inboden writes for the Dallas Morning News about “A Tale of Two Trumps.”

In Foreign Policy, Associate Director Paul D. Miller argues against enforcing a global ban on the use of chemical weapons.

Associate Director Paul D. Miller argues in The Hill that policymakers and scholars should pay renewed attention to the 2013 agreement under President Obama whereby Syria agreed to let the UN monitor its chemical weapons. 

Executive Director Will Inboden was interviewed by reporter Amanda Salinas on Good Day Austin about recent events in Syria and Russia.

Postdoctoral Fellow Ian Johnson recently published his work in Victims of Communism’s Dissident Blog and academic journal Orbis. 

The Post quotes the keynote speech of FBI Director James Comey at the “Intelligence in Defense of the Homeland” Symposium in March. 

Clements Center postdoctoral fellow Ian Johnson attended the Stanford US-Russia Forum’s capstone conference at Stanford University from April 1-8.