Press | 2018

In an op-ed for Foreign Policy yesterday, Will Inboden examined the effects President Trump’s actions at the G-7 gathering in Quebec would have on the summit with Kim Jong Un, and stressed the importance of our allies.

In an interview with the Texas Standard, Executive Director Will Inboden says the upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un is tremendously important, as “no other sitting U.S. president has ever met with a leader of North Korea.”

In “Vietnam Revisionism and the Ugly American,” published in Lawfare, Clements Center’s Mark Lawrence reviews Max Boot’s new release, “The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam.”

Each year, we say goodbye to students who have completed their degrees and are joining the workforce. Here are a few highlights from several Clements Center students going on to a bright future after their time at the Forty Acres.

Lieutenant (j.g.) Mark Jbeily, U.S. Navy and former Clements Center Undergraduate Fellow, took home first place for his submission to the US Naval Institute’s Emerging and Disruptive Technologies essay contest.  

In tandem with the Clements Center Fifth Year Anniversary Video honoring the legacy of Bill Clements, the Clements Center also produced another short video featuring testimonials from students and alumni. 

In “Trump Doesn’t Need a Grand Strategy,” Ionut Popescu discusses emergent strategy and grand strategy in the Trump administration, published in Foreign Affairs.

A polling project launched by the Texas National Security Network last summer sought to determine Americans’ perception of intelligence agencies.  

Here’s what happened at the Clements Center this spring! If you would like to subscribe to our Events or Newsletter email list, please sign up here. 

The Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) welcomed its inaugural class Sunday, May 20 in Washington, D.C. The TIA is a joint venture between UT Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project and the Texas National Security Network.  

TNSR asks the experts: Are the United States and China in a New Cold War? 

Congratulations to Trey Curran, Jessica Patrick and Alex Vermooten on earning the Certificate in Security Studies! 

Jake Barnett, former Clements Center Undergraduate Fellow, covers Trump’s recent meeting with Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari last week to discuss issues of trade, governance and security in and explores the historical roots of Nigeria’s current crises in The Weekly Standard.

Executive Director Will Inboden talks with the Texas Standard about Trump’s May 12 deadline to withdraw from Iran Deal. 

Clements Center Graduate Fellow Luke Perez writes about religion and American foreign policy in “Jacksonians, Progressives & American Foreign Policy’s Anti-Theology”, published in Providence Magazine.

Megan Reiss, National Security Senior Fellow at R-Street Institute and former Clements Center Graduate Fellow, analyzes public opinion on when and how the United States should use military force in “Law and Public Intuition on the Use of Force, Part 1: An Introduction,” published in Lawfare. 

Will Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center, offers his insights on President Trump’s upcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in an op-ed published in The Hill.

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

Mark Lawrence, Director of Graduate Studies at the Clements Center, asks “Was the Vietnam War Necessary?” in an op-ed published in the New York Times.  

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) hosted its Spring Symposium “U.S. Intelligence: Confronting 21st Century Challenges,” on Thursday, March 29 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on campus. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats gave the keynote address, and Senator John Cornyn gave the introduction.

Ryan Duffy with the Texas Exes’ Alcalde chronicled our Five Year Anniversary Celebration last month in Dallas, featuring a keynote address from former U.S. President George W. Bush. 

Joshua Eisenman, Assistant Professor at the LBJ School, examines the history of the Chinese Communist Party’s political outreach in Africa in his recently published article, “Comrades-in-Arms: The Chinese Communist Party’s Relations with African Political Organizations in the Mao Era, 1949-1976.”

CC Postdoctoral Fellow Evan McCormick joins with Alexandra Evans to draw comparisons between the departures of Trump and Reagan’s first Secretaries of State for The Washington Post. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden writes that “Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo will inherit a profound set of policy and management challenges” for Foreign Policy.

On Friday, February 23rd, 2018, Clements Center friends, supporters, staff, and students
gathered in Dallas, TX to celebrate the Center’s first five years and honor the remarkable
legacy of Bill Clements.

ISP alumna Catherine Harris writes for the Institute for the Study of War on Russia’s military posture and U.S. policy prescriptions.

Jake Barnett writes for the Weekly Standard on new leaders in South Africa and Ethiopia, as well as in The American Interest about crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

We’re delighted to announce a new podcast: ‘Horns of a Dilemma.’

CC Graduate Fellow Emily Whalen discusses Lebanese national security and the upcoming elections. 

Students: don’t forget that applications close March 2nd for internships at the Department of State this fall. 

In an article for Foreign Policy, CC Executive Director Will Inboden discusses the current negotiations between the Chinese government and the Vatican and explains the historical context and significance of an agreement. 

CC Graduate Fellow Diana Bolsinger, who is a doctoral candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, writes a review of Steven Coll’s new book Directorate S for Task & Purpose.

CC Graduate Fellow Charles Zug joins with Connor Ewing to discuss the history of the State of the Union address for the Washington Post. 

CC Associate Director Paul D. Miller looks at the ideologies of realism, liberalism, and isolationism in the Trump administration for a recent article in War on the Rocks. 

CC Predoctoral Fellow and Oxford International Relations doctoral candidate, Jon Askonas, joins with JTAC Colby Howard to write for War on the Rocks about drone policy.