Press | 2018

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.

In a recent article in the Journal of Strategic Studies, CC Executive Director Will Inboden and Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Hal Brands argue that “the making of American statecraft…can be significantly enhanced by a better understanding of the past.” 

CC Director of Graduate Studies Mark Lawrence reviews a new book on President Nixon and the use of nuclear weapons for coercive diplomacy for the Journal of Cold War Studies. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden reviews University of Pennsylvania Professor Walter McDougall’s recent book on The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy for an H-Diplo Roundtable. 

Former CC Graduate Fellow and current Senior National Security Fellow at the R Street Institute Megan Reiss recently wrote a piece for the Lawfare Blog analyzing the American public’s support for implementing sanctions. 

In a piece for War on the Rocks, CC Graduate Fellow Bryan Frizzelle examines the Trump administration’s recently released National Security Strategy and the history of the United State’s alliance with NATO. 

The Clements Center for National Security offers a variety of workshops, resources, and funding for undergraduate and graduate students seeking to acquire professional experience. 

Open to all UT students, we’re hiring a part-time event photographer for the Spring 2018 semester.

CC Associate Director Paul D. Miller wrote about nuclear deterrence and coercive diplomacy for a recent Elephants in the Room piece. 

The Clements Center mourns the death of Mrs. Rita Clements on Saturday January 6, and offers our prayers and condolences to her family. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden talks with the Texas Standard radio program about US-North Korea relations.

Drawing from our May 2017 Conference on Conservative Internationalism, the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Orbis Journal published a special edition focused on the conference’s topic and featuring articles from the conference’s speakers. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden offered commentary for Foreign Policy regarding the Trump administration’s first year.