{"id":3381,"date":"2019-12-09T17:55:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T22:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/restraint-and-national-security-conference\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:37:23","slug":"restraint-and-national-security-conference","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/event\/restraint-and-national-security-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Restraint and National Security Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advance registration is required, but does not guarantee a seat. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Supported by both political parties, worldwide engagement has characterized American foreign policy for many decades. Debate has most often revolved around the nature and details of engagement strategies. But the presidency of Donald Trump has provoked contentious debate concerning American engagement with the world. Indeed, the Trump presidency has shifted that debate towards a more fundamental question: Is worldwide engagement a useful or valid expression of American political life? Moreover, recent works like Stephen Walt\u2019s The Hell of Good Intentions<\/em> and a recent Minerva Initiative study, The Political, Economic, and Social Effects of the United States’ Overseas Military Presence<\/em>, are examples of fresh academic interest in examining and questioning the history and consequences of America\u2019s broad foreign engagement.<\/p>\n

In view of this, the Clements Center and its partners will convene a conference in order to examine moments in the history of American foreign relations when policy makers and\/or the American public have embraced or emphasized restraint in foreign engagement. We hope to discover causes, connections, implications, and lessons that may inform our current moment, as leaders challenge the usefulness of a variety of engagement practices such as alliances, treaties, security assistance, d\u00e9tente, and direct military intervention.<\/p>\n

Conference date and location:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 6th <\/sup>at Robert B. Rowling Hall<\/a> (RRH), Guadalupe Room<\/p>\n

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Agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:15 \u2013 8:45 am \u2022 Arrival, Breakfast, and Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coffee \/ Tea \/ Light breakfast available<\/em><\/p>\n

8:45 \u2013 9:00 am \u2022 Welcome Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Edgar, Associate Director, Clements Center for National Security<\/p>\n

9:00 \u2013 9:30 am \u2022 Sources of Restraint and Engagement in Civil Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Quinn, Johns Hopkins, SAIS<\/p>\n

9:30 \u2013 11:00 am \u2022 Panel One: Paradoxes of Restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Jeongseok Lee, Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Texas A&M University
\u2022 deRaismes Combes, Clements Center for National Security, University of Texas at Austin
\u2022 David Tier, Duke University
\u2022 Tyler Bowen, Yale University
\u2022 Moderator: Rebecca Johnston, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

11:00 am \u2013 12:15 pm \u2022 Panel Two: History and Restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Leyla Tiglay, The Ohio State University
\u2022 Diana Bolsinger, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
\u2022 Emily Whalen, Ernest May Fellow, Harvard Kennedy Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
\u2022 Moderator: Paula O\u2019Donnell, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

12:15 \u2013 12:45 pm \u2022 Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buffet lunch provided for participants and registered guests<\/em><\/p>\n

12:45 \u2013 1:45 pm \u2022 Keynote #1: A Historian Reflects upon Restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frank Gavin, Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director, Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs,
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies<\/p>\n

1:45 \u2013 2:45 pm \u2022 Keynote #2: Offshore Balancing: Revisiting the World War II Case<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Schuessler, Co-Academic Director, Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Bush School of Government and
Public Service, Texas A&M University<\/p>\n

2:45 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2022 Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n

3:00 \u2013 4:15 pm \u2022 Panel Three: Restraint Under the Influence \u2013 Leaders and Structures<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Theo Milonopoulos, Columbia University
\u2022 A. Bradley Potter, Johns Hopkins, SAIS
\u2022 Tim McDade, Duke University
\u2022 Moderator: Ashlyn Hand, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

4:15 \u2013 4:45 pm \u2022 \u201cAvoiding foreign entanglements\u201d \u2013 Reflections in View of American Political Origins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Zug, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

4:45 \u2013 5:15 pm \u2022 Reflections in View of the Practice of Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brigadier General (Ret.) Kimberley Field, Executive Director, Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Bush School
of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University<\/p>\n

5:15 pm \u2022 Conference Adjourns<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This event is free and open to all students and the public. Seating for the panel discussion is limited. <\/em><\/p>\n

Parking is available for a fee in Rowling Hall Garage<\/a> (entrance is off of 20th Street). <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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On February 6, 2020, the Clements Center for National Security, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Intelligence Studies Project, and the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins; the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy; and the Texas A&M Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, hosted a conference on “Restraint and National Security.” The conference explored the intent, the causes, and the consequences of restraint in foreign engagement in the course of American history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3380,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[23],"event-year":[236],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/3381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"event-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-year?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}