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Horns of a Dilemma: Understanding the Defense Department’s Industrial Base Problems
Jeff Decker, Noah Sheinbaum, Marshall Kosloff, | Mar 23, 2024
Marshall Kosloff, the Clements Center National Security media and journalism fellow, moderated a discussion with Jeff Decker, the managing director of Tech Transfer for Defense at Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability, and Noah Sheinbaum, the founder of Frontdoor Defense, about their recent article, “Shining a Light on the Defense Department’s Industrial Base Problems.”
Horns of a Dilemma: George Shultz and the End of the Cold War
Philip Taubman | Mar 15, 2024
Philip Taubman, a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, discussed his latest book, In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz. The conversation touched on the legacy of Secretary Shultz, his approach to the Soviet Union, and is filled with anecdotes from Philip’s time in Moscow at the…
Horns of a Dilemma: AI and Making the Supply Chain More Robust
Megan Reiss and Marshall Kosloff | Mar 13, 2024
Dr. Meg Reiss, the founder and CEO of SolidIntel Inc., sat down with Marshall Kosloff, the national security media and journalism fellow at the Clements Center for National Security, to discuss supply chain risks and how these risks could be mitigated with investments in new technology. The conversation explored the upstream challenges, how to manage…
Clements alum Kyle Balzer writes why “America’s Leaders Don’t Understand Nuclear Weapons”
Kyle Blazer | Mar 12, 2024
In a new article for the National Review, former Postdoctoral Fellow Kyle Balzer explains why America’s nuclear rhetoric is insufficient for a new era of great-power competition. He references rhetoric used by Trump and Biden, as well as within American public discourse.
Asia Policy Program Director Published in Army War College Journal
Sheena Chestnut Greitens | Mar 07, 2024
In a new article for Parameters, the US Army War College Journal, Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens writes on “China’s Use of Nontraditional Strategic Landpower in Asia”. She argues that the People’s Republic of China uses its policy and internal security forces as a nontraditional means of projecting strategic Landpower in the Indo-Pacific and Central Asia….
Horns of a Dilemma: America’s Effort to Shield Itself
Charles Kupchan | Mar 05, 2024
Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, spoke about the history of isolationism in the United States, its role in the formulation of American foreign policy, and how the idea is now…
Horns of a Dilemma: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion
Aaron O'Connell and Robert Rakove | Feb 23, 2024
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Aaron O’Connell, associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and director of research for the Clements Center for National Security, hosts a discussion with Rob Rakove, a lecturer in Stanford University’s Program in International Relations. They discuss Rakove’s new book, Days of Opportunity: The United…
Clements Alum Ayumi Teraoka co-authors piece in Pacific Affairs
Ayumi Teraoka and Ryo Sahashi | Feb 23, 2024
In “Japan’s Revolutionary Military Change: Explaining Why It Happened Under Kishida”, Ayumi Teraoka and Ryo Sahashi write about Japan’s rapidly changing security policy. The article evaluates why recent changes occurred under PM Kishida Fumio and what policy implications might exist.
Horns of a Dilemma: European Security and the Russo-Ukrainian War
Kurt Volker, Gen. Tod Wolters, and Paul Edgar | Feb 09, 2024
Paul Edgar, the associate director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security, moderated a discussion with Amb. Kurt Volker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO from 2008-2009, and Gen. Tod Wolters, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, about the state of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the future of European security, and the impact of…
The Clements Center welcomes Vice Admiral (Ret.) Joe Maguire as Executive Director
Feb 08, 2024
Austin, TX – The Clements Center for National Security is pleased to announce renowned Navy SEAL and former Acting Director of National Intelligence, Vice Admiral (Ret.) Joe Maguire as our new Executive Director. As a Professor of Practice, Maguire will also hold the Sid Richardson Visiting Chair at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, where…