Press | 2024

Kerry Anderson talks with Gokul Sahni, author of “The Main Drivers of Soviet Foreign Policy Towards India, 1955–1991,” about the historical evolution of Soviet-India relations and what lessons it might provide for current geopolitics.

In this episode, Marshall Kosloff talks with Paul Sparrow about his book, “Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words with Charles Lindbergh and the Battle to Save Democracy.”

On the latest Horns of a Dilemma podcast, Marshall Kosloff talks with Charles Edel about reactions to Trump’s election in Australia and New Zealand and the future of the Indo-Pacific region. 

In “Exorbitant Privilege Gained and Lost: Fiscal Implications” Xiaolan explores three centuries of U.K., U.S. and Dutch fiscal history.

In “Emerging technologies and challenges to nuclear stability” Sankaran explores the impact of small satellites, hypersonic weapons, machine learning, cyber weapons, and quantum sensing on nuclear operations, strategic nuclear stability, and international security.

Asia Policy Program Director Sheena Chestnut Greitens’ research on China’s global security outreach cited in October State Department ISAB report. 

Take a look back at the last semester in our Winter 2024 Newsletter!

Texas National Security Review is seeking a Digital and Technical Manager to oversee all technical and digital aspects of the Texas National Security Review (TNSR) journal and the Horns of a Dilemma podcast. This role will manage the print and online editions of TNSR, ensure consistent and engaging social media and web presence, and coordinate…

Yoon may have damaged the U.S.-South Korea alliance & undermined his foreign policy’s “emphasis on democratic defense of shared values,” writes Sheena Chestnut Greitens.

Jeremi and Zachary sit down with Dr. Meg Reiss to discuss what kinds of protections the United States should initiate through tariff measures on open trade. The discussion covers the complexities of the supply chain security and the dangers of open trade.

General Robert B. Neller, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), 37th Commandant of the Marine Corp, and former member of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Distinguished National Security Fellow General Robert Neller Speaks to The Catholic University of America to speak about AI, wargaming, leadership, and preparedness.

TNSR Managing Editor Rick Landgraf sits down with Mauro Gilli to discuss the effect of climate change on the detection range of submarines.

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Marshall Kosloff talks with Stacie Pettyjohn about the roles of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence in shaping the future of war.

Tommy Jamison reviews two recent books documenting the fractious cooperation between the United States, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Nationalists during the 1940s.

On November 12th, the Clements Center, in partnership with UT Naval ROTC, hosted a 249th U.S. Marine Corps birthday celebration at the University of Texas Club.  The ceremony featured a color guard and brass quintet performance by the UT School of Music, followed by the traditional cake-cutting ceremony, where the oldest Marine passes the piece of cake…

Texas National Security Review (TNSR) is hiring an executive editor to help the lead one of the country’s premier journals on national and international security. This position collaborates closely with the leadership of the Clements and Robert Strauss Centers, along with the journal’s editor-in-chief, the chair of the editorial board, and both editorial and advisory…

Kerry Anderson, TNSR Production Editor, talks with Ketian Zhang about her article for TNSR, “Just Do It: Explaining the Characteristics and Rationale of Chinese Economic Sanctions.” Zhang, an assistant professor of international security in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, highlights that China imposes sanctions differently than Western states tend to do, including taking…

In a cross-over with Marshall’s UT-Austin Clements Center for National Security/Texas National Security Review podcast, Horns of a Dilemma, AEI’s Danielle Pletka and Marshall discuss the impact of the 2024 election on America’s foreign policy. They discuss the evolution of America’s foreign policy on the right and left since the Obama presidency, the state of…

On Saturday, October 27, Clements Center Undergraduate Fellows took a trip to the historic LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, TX. The day began with a guided tour of the ranch, where fellows explored the Junction School, LBJ’s birthplace, the show barn, and the family cemetery. Afterward, the group headed to downtown Fredericksburg for lunch at Eaker’s…

Dr. Pomar joined Lawfare’s Podcast “Chatter” to discuss the origins of US government-funded international broadcasting, perceptions of the radios after the Cold War, Mark’s book Cold War Radio and his current research into Radio Liberty, and more.

On October 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program co-hosted a two-panel event on Critical & Emerging Technology in the US-Korea Alliance with the Korea Economic Institute of America. During the event, panelists presented findings from their papers on US-Korea technology cooperation. The day began with brief introductions by Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Asia Policy Director, and Dr. Clint…

Check out Clements Center alumnus Joseph Ledford’s piece for the Hoover Institution Press, highlighting the dangers of the United States neglecting Latin America and the Caribbean. From drug cartels to China and its anti-American allies, threats in the Americas have a direct impact on U.S. national security.

Applications are now open for the 2025 Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft! Policymakers frequently attempt to draw on historical knowledge to gain perspective on contemporary national security issues. Meanwhile, historians and other scholars frequently comment on present-day decision-making problems and sometimes aspire to influence policy debates. Yet policymakers and scholars generally occupy separate intellectual…

Access decisions play a crucial role in large-scale conflicts and yet the decision-making process of potential host nations has largely been unexplored. Rick talks with TNSR author Emily Ellinger about how leaders consider regime survival, economic repercussions, and potential retaliation when making access decisions.

Jeremi and Zachary Suri have a discussion with Dr. Emily Whelan about Lebanon’s complex history and its current conflict. Dr. Emily Whalen is a non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her first book, The Lebanese Wars, which examines the history of U.S. interventions in the Lebanese Civil War, is forthcoming from Columbia…

On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, “The Political Thought of Xi Jinping“, co-authored with Steve Tsang.

The America in the World Consortium at Duke University, Johns Hopkins SAIS, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Florida seeks applications from current Ph.D. students for its Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.  The America in the World Consortium (AWC) is a dynamic partnership of universities seeking to create a more vibrant…

On Sept. 17, the Clements Center and LBJ School of Public Affairs hosted General (Ret.) Kenneth F. “Frank” McKenzie Jr. to speak about his book, “The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century.” This discussion, moderated by Clements Center Executive Director Joseph Maguire, covers Gen. McKenzie’s military career, with a particular focus on his…

In new article for Lawfare, Benjamin Allison, Clements Graduate Fellow and Ph.D. student in history at the University of Texas discusses the complexities of extremist ideology in his piece titled Extremist Ideology Is Hard to Pin Down.

The Clements Center offers predoctoral fellowships to advanced PhD students to live and work in Austin, Texas. Fellows will spend the substantial portion of their time working on their own research and writing projects, while taking advantage of the many academic resources available here at the University of Texas-Austin. The fellowship offers a competitive stipend, full use of…

TNSR Managing Editor Rick Landgraf talks with Charles Ziegler about his latest article, Filling the Void Left by Great-Power Retrenchment: Russia, Central Asia, and the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan. Charles and Rick discuss how the Central Asian countries have reacted to the withdrawal, how Russia has tried to reassert itself in the region, and why China might…

The Clements Center and Strauss Center hosted Robert D. Kaplan at the University of Texas at Austin, where he discussed how our leaders can come to grips with a world seemingly in disarray.

UT-Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project is now accepting applications from UT undergraduate students of all academic disciplines to participate in its 2025 Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA). The TIA is a competitive, all-expenses paid, intensive academic program focused on intelligence and national security. TIA 2025 will run from May 11 to 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The submission…

TNSR Production Editor Kerry Anderson talks with historian Daniel Chardell about his article The Origins of the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait Reconsidered. Daniel and Kerry discuss Saddam Hussein’s understanding of the shifts in power that followed the Soviet Union’s collapse, how U.S. and Iraqi leaders perceived each other, Saddam’s concerns about Israel, and historians’ use of Iraqi…

Take a look back at our summer programming and see what we have in store for this fall semester.

On a new episode, Marshall Kosloff talks with journalist Martin Pengelly about his book, “Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War.” They discuss rugby and Pengelly’s story about members of a West Point rugby team in the aftermath of 9/11.