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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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Clements Center joined forces with the Center for European Studies and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law to welcome the Atlantic Council, NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the Consulate General of Canada to the United States…

Former Military Fellows Michael Knickerbocker joined CIMSEC’s Sea Control podcast to speak about his recent War on the Rocks article, “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels.” He discussed the threat of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), what the U.S. Navy should do about them, and how the U.S. Navy should direct…

Take a look back at the last semester in our Winter 2023 Newsletter!

Marc Selverstone, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, co-chair of the Center’s Presidential Recordings Program, and professor of presidential studies, moderated a discussion with Francis Gavin, the Giovanni Agnelli distinguised professor and director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the School of Advanced International Studies…

In the latest episode of “Horns of a Dilemma,” Aynne Kokas, the C.K. Yen Professor at the Miller Center and an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, spoke about her book Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty. Kokas explained how the asymmetry in digital regulations between the United…