Past Events

*This event has been canceled.*  On March 25, the Clements Center for National Security and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will host Celeste Wallander, president and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation, for a talk on "The U.S., Russia, and Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change" at The University of Texas at Austin.

*This event has been canceled.* On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Strauss Center and the Center for Enterprise and Policy Analytics (CEPA) at The University of Texas at Austin will welcome Tyler Moore, Tandy Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance in the Tandy School of Computer Science at the University of Tulsa, for its "Cybersecurity Speaker Series." This talk is more technical than the lunchtime talk, but is also free and open to the public.

*This event has been canceled.* On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Strauss Center and the Center for Enterprise and Policy Analytics (CEPA) at The University of Texas at Austin will welcome Tyler Moore, Tandy Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance in the Tandy School of Computer Science at the University of Tulsa, for its "Cybersecurity Speaker Series." This talk is free and open to the public.

On Friday, March 6, the Alexander Hamilton Society — Austin Chapter will host Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, for a talk on "Interventionism vs. Isolationism: Is There A Middle Ground?" at The University of Texas at Austin. The Clements Center for National Security is co-sponsoring this event.

On Thursday, March 5, 2020 the Strauss Center will welcome Astrid Dominguez, director of the ACLU Border Rights Center. This Brumley talk will focus on Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the largest law enforcement agency in the nation, and how it is an integral part of Trump's immigration agenda. Dominguez will examine CBP's track record of conduct toward migrants and border residents, and discuss tactics used by the ACLU and allies to bring reforms to CBP.

On March 4, the Clements Center for National Security will host Brigadier General (Ret.) Kimberly Field, professor of the practice and executive director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at Texas A&M University, for a talk on "Managing National Strategy in an International Coalition" at The University of Texas at Austin.

We invite you to participate in our 2020 Spring Internship and Career Fair on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, Noon–2 p.m. at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. This will be a great opportunity to meet the amazing group of LBJ students from our Master of Public Affairs (MPAff) and Master of Global Policy Studies (MGPS) programs. 

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, the Strauss Center and Clements Center welcome Dr. Julie Schafer for a discussion on governmental responses to pandemics. The emergence of the virus causing the COVID-19 epidemic in China (2019 novel coronavirus), with cases around the world, is the latest example of the significant human cost and destabilizing economic and social effects of infectious disease outbreaks.