Press | 2017

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.

Graduate Fellow Emily Whalen writes for Foreign Policy about the influences behind President Trump’s foreign policy decisions in the Middle East.

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the third annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller reviews Harrington Faculty Fellow Charlie Laderman and Brendan Simms new book. 

Congratulations to Clements Undergraduate Fellows Jake Barnett and Sarah Fischer, who were recognized by Dean Randy Diehl for their leadership, scholarly achievements and service to the college and university community.

Last week, we hosted government officials and experts for a discussion on the challenges our intelligence and law enforcement agencies face in detecting and disrupting attacks inside the U.S. by violent extremists. We were honored that James Comey, the Director of the FBI and Thomas Bossert, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism participated and delivered keynote remarks. 

Postdoctoral Fellow Ionut Popescu wrote an article on US grand strategy for the US Army War College’s academic journal Parameters.

Along with Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Hal Brands and Duke Professor Peter Feaver, Executive Director Will Inboden and Associate Director Paul D. Miller co-authored a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) report on assumptions within U.S. grand strategy. 

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Former Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sohns published an article in Diplomacy & Statecraft about President Johnson’s early congressional support for Israel. 

The New York Times profiled the national security blog of Strauss Center Director and Clements Center Senior Faculty Fellow Robert Chesney. 

Executive Director Will Inboden argues that early critiques of Secretary of State (and UT alumnus) Rex Tillerson are premature. 

Predoctoral Fellow Cindy Ewing joins the Wilson Center as a contributor to its History and Public Policy Program. For the Wilson Center’s newest blog, Sources and Methods, she writes about the hidden Cold War archives of the Third World.

The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin quotes Dr. Paul D. Miller in her argument that the current administration’s foreign policy bares many similarities to Obama’s administration. 

Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence writes for the New York Times about policymaker’s limited ability to exert power in other parts of the world while the Vietnam War was being waged in southeast Asia. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller writes for War on the Rocks, challenging the narrative of successful foreign policy restraint in the Obama administration. 

Associate Director Paul D. Miller discusses the thinking of President Trump’s Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications, Michael Anton, writing “his is a voice to heed closely in the age of Trump.” 

Executive Director Will Inboden remarks on the life and legacy of distinguished theologian and writer Michael Novak for Foreign Policy.

Executive Director Will Inboden argues in Foreign Policy that human rights issues should be at the forefront of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s agenda.