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Clements Center for National Security Training the next generation of national security leaders at UT-Austin
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What comes next for the United States and Cuba: continuity, cautious cooperation, or chaos?Timothy Langford, former Nati...
10/13/2026

What comes next for the United States and Cuba: continuity, cautious cooperation, or chaos?

Timothy Langford, former National Intelligence Officer for the Western Hemisphere, served as the Director of National Intelligence's Cuba Mission Manager from 2007 to 2009. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, he gives the next Hot Spot Briefing from the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, "The Cuba Conundrum: Continuity, Cautious Cooperation, or Chaos?"

The briefing covers the history of U.S.-Cuban relations, the roles both countries' intelligence services have played in it, and the alternative futures ahead.

Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 12:15–1:45 p.m.
Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Free and open to the public. Registration is required at the link in our bio.

How did the "rogue state" become the organizing threat of U.S. national security? Matthew Frakes, Assistant Professor at...
10/13/2026

How did the "rogue state" become the organizing threat of U.S. national security? Matthew Frakes, Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University, traces the answer to a series of crises between 1981 and 1991, when the Reagan and Bush administrations confronted Libya, Panama, and Iraq and built the strategies that drove U.S. policy after 9/11.

Join the Clements Center and the America in the World Consortium for a discussion of his book, “Rogue States: The Making of America's Global War on Terror.”

Tuesday, Oct. 27
12:15–1:30 p.m.
RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall

Open to the public. No registration required. Paid parking is available at the Manor and San Jacinto garages; parking will not be validated. Full details at the link in bio.

What comes next for the Middle East? Find out this Wednesday at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.Join us for “Between Isra...
10/12/2026

What comes next for the Middle East? Find out this Wednesday at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.

Join us for “Between Israel and Iran,” a conversation on security and strategy.

Wednesday, October 14
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
https://bit.ly/between-Israel-register
Registration is required.

More information at https://bit.ly/ut-oren

"National security" sounds like a phrase that has always existed. Andrew Preston argues it was invented and we can name ...
10/09/2026

"National security" sounds like a phrase that has always existed. Andrew Preston argues it was invented and we can name the decade.

In Total Defense, he traces the concept to the 1930s, when Franklin Roosevelt and his fellow New Dealers set out to convince a public protected by two oceans that distant threats endangered the American way of life. National security, Preston contends, was a New Deal promise on par with social security: the state would shield Americans from foreign danger just as it shielded them from unemployment and old age. What followed reshaped American government and built the foundation of the national security state we still live with.

đź—“ Wednesday, October 21
🕧 12:15–1:30 PM
đź“Ť SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Co-hosted with the UT Department of History and the LBJ School. Details in bio.

Last week the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Adam P. Liff for a discussion on "The U.S.-Japan Alliance and ...
10/08/2026

Last week the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Adam P. Liff for a discussion on "The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan.” Professor Liff traced how Japanese thinking about the alliance — and the role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in a Taiwan contingency — has evolved over decades. Thank you to Professor Liff and to everyone who joined us at the LBJ School. Swipe through for photos from the talk.

On October 14, join us for "Between Israel and Iran: Security, Strategy, and the Future of the Middle East."Wednesday, O...
10/08/2026

On October 14, join us for "Between Israel and Iran: Security, Strategy, and the Future of the Middle East."

Wednesday, October 14
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
https://bit.ly/between-Israel-register
Registration is required.

More information at https://bit.ly/ut-oren

Presented in partnership with the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, with support from the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project, and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

TOMORROW—Thursday, October 8, join the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law for “Bu...
10/07/2026

TOMORROW—Thursday, October 8, join the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law for “Building to Win: How Industrial Strength is Shaping U.S. National Security in the 21st Century” with Dr. Caitlin Lee, Director of Acquisition and Technology Policy in RAND's National Security Research Division.

As U.S.–China rivalry intensifies, the industrial base has become a game-changing instrument of national power. Drawing on lessons from Ukraine and other recent conflicts, Lee will explain why the ability to scale up production and innovation may be America's ultimate advantage and what that means for force design and deterrence.

đź“Ť SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs
🗓️ Thursday, October 8 | 12:15 – 1:30 pm
🥪 Lunch served. No registration required

A full day with Rebecca Lissner.Last week, Dr. Lissner, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Future...
10/07/2026

A full day with Rebecca Lissner.

Last week, Dr. Lissner, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Future of American Strategy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations, started her visit over breakfast with Clements Center Undergraduate Fellows, taking questions on strategy, careers, and life inside the policy process.

She then joined the Clements Center and the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Bass Lecture Hall for a discussion on “The Future of American Strategy.” Dr. Lissner served in the Biden-Harris administration as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, and previously as Acting Senior Director and Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council

Thank you to Dr. Lissner for a generous visit. Swipe for some photos from both events.

TOMORROW—This Thursday, October 8, join the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law fo...
10/07/2026

TOMORROW—This Thursday, October 8, join the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law for “Building to Win: How Industrial Strength is Shaping U.S. National Security in the 21st Century” with Dr. Caitlin Lee, Director of Acquisition and Technology Policy in RAND's National Security Research Division.

As U.S.–China rivalry intensifies, the industrial base has become a game-changing instrument of national power. Drawing on lessons from Ukraine and other recent conflicts, Lee will explain why the ability to scale up production and innovation may be America's ultimate advantage and what that means for force design and deterrence.

đź“Ť SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs
🗓️ Thursday, October 8 | 12:15 – 1:30 pm
🥪 Lunch served. No registration required

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