Press | 2021

America in the World Consortium is pleased to announce that it is offering prizes for the best scholarly and policy articles on U.S. foreign policy and grand strategy written in the past year by emerging and rising scholars. There will be four opportunities to win! 

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Sean McFate, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and professor of strategy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, discusses his book The New Rules of War: How America Can Win Against Russia, China, and Other Threats. McFate argues that the lack of strategic success achieved by the U.S….

Friend and colleague, Admiral McRaven, discusses the “meaning” of Operation Neptune Spear with President Barack Obama during the week of the 10th anniversary. 

Clements Center Faculty Fellow and LBJ School Associate Professor Sheena Greitens publishes essay on Chinese surveillance technology in the inaugural publication from the Wilson Center The 2020-21 Wilson China Fellowship: Essays on the Rise of China and Its Implications.

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma we listen to a talk from Eli Lake, a national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center and a syndicated columnist on foreign affairs for Bloomberg. Lake shares his thoughts on what he describes as the “new non-interventionism,” comprised of those thinkers, scholars, and policy makers who oppose…

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Civil War and Intervention: U.S. Foreign Policy in International Perspective

LBJ Presidential Library, 18-19 February 2022

On behalf of the Clements Center for National Security, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, we are pleased to announce a forthcoming conference, Civil War and Intervention: U.S. Foreign Policy in International Perspective, which will be held in person, 18-19 February 2022 at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

Charlie Laderman wins an award from Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era for his latest book, Sharing the Burden. 

“Removing U.S. troops could destabilize the region and create a haven for terrorists,” claims UT alumni, Kay Bailey Hutchison, in her latest OP-ed for the Dallas Morning News. 

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Doyle Hodges, executive editor of the Texas National Security Review, sits down with Hilary Matfess (a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and a Peace Scholar Fellow at the United States Institute for Peace), and Robert Nagel (a postdoctoral research fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace,…

We want to extend our most sincere congratulations to our friend and colleague Admiral Bill McRaven on the publication this week of his newest book, The Hero Code!  

Steve Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project, quoted After Nuclear Site Blackout, Thunder From Iran, and Silence From U.S. latest article addressing Iran’s nuclear programs from the NYT,

Follow the link to read the fantastic Toynbee Prize Foundation interview of Charlie Laderman on his most recent publication. Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order, conducted by Dr. Emily Whalen.

We have updated the list of Fall 2021 courses that will apply for the Undergraduate Certificate in Security Studies. 

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Frank Gavin, chair of the editorial board of the Texas National Security Review, sits down with Philip Zelikow to discuss his new book, The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916 – 1917. Gavin and Zelikow explore the story of the peace talks and…

Congratulations to the National Intelligence Council on the release of “Global Trends 2040.”  We were honored to serve as one of the academic partners in research that supported the production of this landmark report.

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the sixth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.  The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash prize of $5,000, with two semifinalists each receiving a cash prize of $2,500.  This competition is open to unpublished work by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in degree programs at accredited U.S. higher education institutions during the 2019-20 academic year.  The deadline for submitting papers is June 30, 2021. 

Korea Defense Veterans Association, a critical publication that our very own Senior National Security Fellow General Vince Brooks serves as Chairman, releases their 2020 Annual Report. 

Clements Center Senior Fellow Jim Golby and United States Military Academy Associate Professor Hugh Liebert published “Keeping Norms Normal: Ancient Perspectives on Norms in Civil-Military Relations” for the Texas National Security Review. 

The Clements Center mourns the death of statesman and scholar Charlie Hill.  As a co-founder of the Yale Grand Strategy Program, he was a beloved graduate school teacher to several of our faculty and leaves a remarkable legacy.  Our Statecraft Board member Eric Edelman penned this tribute to him.

Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy relaunch their efforts and scholars program with seven Clements affiliates in the 2020 cohort.  

Study Abroad, pre & postdoctoral fellowships, undergraduate fellowships, esteemed speaker series, seminars, and much more! Help the Clements Center continue to provide incredible opportunities for students! Donate during 40 Hours for the Forty Acres! 

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Prof. Sarah C.M. Paine of the U.S. Naval War College examines a variety of explanations for why the Cold War ended, when it did, and how it did. Paine does not arrive at a single answer but paints a much richer portrait of the fascinating events that…

Gen. Vince Brooks participates in a CSIS Commission to create a report on U.S. relations with the Korean Peninsula. 

Follow the link to watch the discussion with the Hudson Institute on Youtube. 

Park draws from strategic history to make five observations on the Korean Peninsula and its geopolitical positioning. Follow the link to read the complete article. 

Sheen Greitens’ quote from The Financial Times was used in the latest article for WAPO by Ishaan Tharoor.

In this episode of Horns, Nina Jankowicz discusses her book, How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict. Jankowicz’s book covers Russian disinformation efforts in Estonia, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States. She argues that disinformation shouldn’t be viewed strictly from a technical perspective, since successful…

Shay Khatiri and Graduate Fellow Daniel J. Samet call for a return of America into foreign policy curriculums. 

The military is one of the most trusted institutions in American society. But the question of how the military views itself is different than that and one that has significant implications. Recently, the Texas National Security Review published an article titled, “From Citizen Soldier to Secular Saint: The Societal Implications of Military Exceptionalism,” that looks at the…

On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. This speech, known as “The Sinews of Peace” speech, became famous for the phrase that Churchill coined about the fall of the “Iron Curtain” across Europe. To mark its 75th anniversary, the Clements Center assembled a panel to discuss the…

Clements Center faculty fellow and LBJ School professor Sheena Greitens stresses the importance of the presentation of text and the wording choices in the United States’ policy toward China and Taiwan in John Feng’s article “Taiwan Hails Republican Bill to Formalize U.S. Ties, but Experts See Flaws” published in Newsweek.

Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden sits down with LBJ Assistant Professor Patrick Bixler, LBJ School Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Students Kate Weaver, and “Policy on Purpose” podcast host and Director of the LBJ Urban Lab Steven Pedigo for episode “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” a discussion about our…

“Sheena Greitens, associate professor at the University of Texas, Austin, was quick to point out that even a crimes against humanity designation puts China in the company of North Korea, and that ‘no one should read this as any kind of exoneration.’”

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Paul Edgar, associate director of the Clements Center, sits down with Ray Takeyh to discuss his book, The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Takeyh argues that, contrary to popular belief, the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq was not the most…

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Schwartz of Vanderbilt University, discusses his book, Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography. Few figures in American history are as controversial or divisive as Henry Kissinger. Schwartz argues that Kissinger, while mostly associated with international diplomacy and international affairs, is best understood by understanding him as…