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April 29, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
The Iraq Legacy: Learning the Right Lessons
Speaker Name: Emma Sky
On April 29th, Strauss Center Associate Director Celeste Ward Gventer introduced the last speaker in the International S...
April 24, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Speaker Name: Elliott Abrams
On Wednesday, April 24th, the Alexander Hamilton Society's UT Chapter, the Clements Center for History, Strategy & S...
April 23, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Conquered into Liberty: The Deep Origins of the American Way of War
Speaker Name: Eliot Cohen
On April 23, 2013, Dr. Eliot Cohen, Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS...
April 10, 2013 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
The Fourth Policeman: FDR’s Vision for China’s Global Role
Speaker Name: Erez Manela
In his April 10th lecture, Erez Manela discussed the question of why President Roosevelt wanted China to be one of the f...
April 09, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Obama's Second Chance: Middle East Policy in the President's Second Term
Speaker Name: Robert Satloff
On April 9th, 2013, Dr. Robert Satloff, executive director at the Washington Institute, gave a talk focusing on Presiden...
April 02, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
The Revolution in Military Affairs
Speaker Name: Jaymie Durnan
On April 2nd, 2013 Jaymie Durnan, Senior Advisor to the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Enginee...
March 26, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Can China Rise Peacefully?
Speaker Name: John Mearsheimer
On March 26th, John Mearsheimer presented his thoughts on the rise of China over the next 30 years. He divided his lectu...
March 19, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Kennedy, Vietnam, and Audience Costs
Speaker Name: Marc Trachtenberg
On March 19th, 2013 Marc Trachtenberg presented a new methodology that uses history to test political science theories.&...
February 26, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
CANCELLED - Choosing Terror: Rebel's Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars
Speaker Name: Page Fortna
-- This event has been cancelled. --The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to "Do T...
February 14, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Japan's 3.11 Catastrophe: The Rhetoric of Crisis and Political Change
Speaker Name: Richard Samuels
On February 14th, 2013, Dr. Richard Samuels shared his recent research on the consequences of the 3/11 disasters in Japa...
January 22, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
The Value and Values of Diplomacy: Moral Psychology and the Search for Security in 1920's Europe
Speaker Name: Brian Rathbun
In his presentation for the Strauss Center on January 22nd 2013, Professor Brian Rathbun, from the University of Souther...
November 27, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
Speaker Name: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
After being introduced by Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Mark Lawrence, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen presented a fascinatin...
November 13, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Assessing the Future of U.S. Presence in the Persian Gulf
Speaker Name: Caitlin Talmadge
In her presentation for the Strauss Center on November 13, 2012, George Washington University's Caitlin Talmadge discuss...
November 08, 2012 | 08:30
Global Security Summit
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Greater Austin Crime Commission are co-sponsorin...
October 30, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
CANCELLED - Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan
Speaker Name: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
The event "Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan," with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor of The Wa...
October 23, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Religion in American War and Diplomacy: A History
Speaker Name: Andrew Preston
In his talk for the Strauss Center on October 23, 2012, Andrew Preston outlined his book, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of...
October 17, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Students Making a Difference in 2012
Speaker Name: The 2012 Crook Fellows
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to Students Making a Difference in 2012 with...
October 15, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Our Army - Looking Ahead
Speaker Name: Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell, Jr.
Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell joined The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law for a discu...
October 02, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
American Power After the Financial Crisis
Speaker Name: Jonathan Kirshner
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Jonathan Kirshner, Professor at Cornell Univers...
September 28, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Security in Asia: an Australian Perspective
Speaker Name: A delegation of scholars and experts from Australia
The Strauss Center welcomed Mr. James Brown, Military Fellow at the Lowy Institute, Dr. Prudence Flowers, Lecturer at&nb...
September 18, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Why Vietnam? Explaining the War
Speaker Name: Fredrik Logevall
Fredrik Logevall, Cornell professor and author of the just-published Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making...
September 04, 2012 | 11:30 | AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
The Arab World Unbound: Tapping into the Power of 350 Million Consumers
Speaker Name: Vijay Mahajan
Join us for lunch at the Texas Enterprise Speaker Series - "The Arab World Unbound: Tapping into the Power of 350 Millio...
April 23, 2012 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Assessing Strategic Choices Post 9-11
Speaker Name: Peter Feaver
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science an...
April 16, 2012 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Can the U.S. Coexist with a Nuclear Iran? A Debate
Speaker Name: Francis J. Gavin and Michael Singh
The Alexander Hamilton Society and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invite you to "Can th...
April 02, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
The Strategic Logic of Resource Nationalism
Speaker Name: Jennifer Lind
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Jennifer Lind, Assistant Professor of Governmen...
March 26, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Declaring War and Peace
Speaker Name: Tanisha Fazal
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Tanisha Fazal, Associate Professor of Political...
March 22, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
National Security and the War in the Shadows
Speaker Name: Mark Mazzetti
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Mark Mazetti, correspondent for the The New Yor...
March 06, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
George F. Kennan: An American Life
Speaker Name: John Lewis Gaddis
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor o...
March 01, 2012 | 04:00 | Eidman Courtroom, Connelly Center for Justice
Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law is pleased t...
February 23, 2012
The Law and Policy of Military Detention
Speaker Name: William Lietzau
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to The Law and Policy of Military Detention,...
February 08, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
American Force: Dangers, Dilemmas and Delusions in National Security
Speaker Name: Richard Betts
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Richard K. Betts, Arnold A. Saltzman Profes...
December 01, 2011 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
A Conversation with Kathryn McGarr
Speaker Name: Kathryn McGarr
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, partnered with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and...
November 22, 2011 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
21st Century Security
Speaker Name: Admiral James G. Stavridis
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of the U.S. ...
November 17, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Responding to International Waves of Political Change: US Foreign Policy and 1989
Speaker Name: Mary Sarotte
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with the Rethinking Diplomacy initiative...
November 15, 2011 | 09:00 | AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
Constitutional Design And Conflict Management In Africa Conference
The Robert S. Strauss Center's Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program invites you to a conferenc...
November 08, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Atomic Attitudes: Experimental Evidence on Norms, Taboos, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
Speaker Name: Benjamin Valentino
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Benjamin Valentino, Associate Professor of Gove...
November 04, 2011 | 08:00
Putting Aid Data to Work: Using Better Information to Get Better Results
AidData, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the World Bank Institute invite you to a c...
October 11, 2011 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Fixing the Facts or Missing the Mark? Intelligence and the Politics of Threat Assessment
Speaker Name: Joshua Rovner
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of Strat...
October 05, 2011 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Students Making a Difference in 2011: Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
Speaker Name: The 2011 Crook Fellows
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the MGPS International Colloquium Speaker Series wel...
September 20, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Implications for Liberal Order of Asia’s Rise
Speaker Name: Daniel Twining
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Daniel Twining, Associate Senior Fellow for Asi...
September 13, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Iraq for Afghanistan and Beyond
Speaker Name: John Nagl
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed John Nagl, President of the Center for a New Am...
May 04, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
American Power and Asia's Uncertain Future: An Alliance Perspective
Speaker Name: Andrew Shearer
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior ...
May 02, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Climate Change and Development in Africa: The Aid Scramble
Speaker Name: LBJ School Students
The program on Climate Change and African Political Stability at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security...
April 21, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Covering the White House in the Age of Clinton, Bush, and Obama
Speaker Name: Peter Baker
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent of...
April 14, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Egypt: The Road To (and From) Revolution
Speaker Name: Tarek Masoud
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Pol...
March 23, 2011 | 08:30 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Global Security Summit
Speaker Name: Keynote: Michael McCaul
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with the Greater Austin Crime Commission...
March 03, 2011 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
Speaker Name: Adam Segal
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow f...
March 02, 2011 | 12:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Smart Diplomacy for the 21st Century: People Are As Important As Concepts
Speaker Name: Ronald E. Neumann
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, President of the ...
February 24, 2011 | 05:30 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Rebuilding the Global Climate Regime
Speaker Name: Michael Levi
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fe...
February 23, 2011 | 05:30 | McCombs School of Business Legacy Room, CBA 3.202
China Inc's Africa Involvement
Speaker Name: Walter Kansteiner
On February 23, 2011, The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability program and UT’s McCombs S...
February 10, 2011 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
The Air and Missile Warfare Manual: A Critical Analysis -- Keynote Address by Amb. Henry Crumpton
Speaker Name: Henry Crumpton
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Texas International Law Journal invite you to Th...
February 07, 2011 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
Speaker Name: Parag Khanna
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow at the...
February 07, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Liberty's Surest Guardian
Speaker Name: Jeremi Suri
On Monday, February 7, Jeremi Suri, E. Gordon Fox Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke at ...
December 02, 2010 | 01:15 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Transatlantic Relations in the New Decade
Speaker Name: Klaus Scharioth
On December 2, 2010, The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Germa...
November 29, 2010 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Pandemic Response in East Asia and Implications for U.S. Global Leadership
Speaker Name: Yanzhong Huang
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Center for Health and Social Policy invite you t...
November 18, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Climate Refugees
Speaker Name: Michael Nash
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Michael Nash, director of Climate Refugees to a...
November 08, 2010 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Reports from the Field: “Ground-Truthing” Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Africa
Speaker Name: LBJ Students
On November 8, 2010, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted LBJ School students and facu...
November 01, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The New Security in Democratic South Africa
Speaker Name: Annette Seegers
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Annette Seegers, professor of political studies...
October 28, 2010 | 06:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Last Train Home
Speaker Name: Mila Aung-Thwin
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Last Train Home producer Mila Aung-Thwin to a s...
October 21, 2010 | 03:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Survival Migration: Old Institutions and New Challenges
Speaker Name: Alexander Betts
The Strauss Center welcomed Alexander Betts of Oxford University on October 21 to discuss the challenges presented by wh...
October 20, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Applying GIS to Urban Issues in Kolkata
Speaker Name: Tapas Ghatak
Applying GIS to Urban Issues in Kolkata Presentation by Tapas Ghatak Sponsored by LBJ School ...
October 11, 2010 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Building a Long-Term Strategic Partnership with Iraq
Speaker Name: Colin Kahl
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Colin Kahl, Deputy Secretary of Defense for...
September 29, 2010 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Students Making a Difference in 2010: Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
Speaker Name: The 2010 Crook Fellows
On September 29, 2010, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted the 2010 Crook Fellowship ...
September 15, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
The Domestic Sources of Irrational Intelligence Oversight
Speaker Name: Amy Zegart
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Amy Zegart on September 15, 2010 to discuss the domestic sources of weak intellige...
September 13, 2010 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Climate Change and Energy: 21st Century Global Security Challenges
Speaker Name: Admirals Neil Morisetti and Dennis McGinn
On September 13, 2010, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn...
May 07, 2010 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
New Research on the Impact of Climate Change in Africa
Speaker Name: Cullen Hendrix, Idean Salehyan and Joshua Busby
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to New Research on the Impact of Climate Cha...
April 19, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Eurasian Energy Security Dilemmas: Russia's Energy Statecraft and the Contours of the Great Game Re
Speaker Name: Adam Stulberg
The Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Adam Stulberg on April 19, 2010 to discuss energy policy and the complex geopolitical la...
April 08, 2010 | 06:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
What Are We Doing Here?
Speaker Name: Tim Klein
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted a screening of the documentary film What Are We D...
April 07, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Nuclear Power Without Nuclear Proliferation?
Speaker Name: Scott Sagan
The Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Scott Sagan on April 7, 2010 to discuss the prospect of developing nuclear power without...
April 07, 2010 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
A Conversation with Kareem Hamadi
Speaker Name: Kareem Hamadi
The Strauss Center hosted a conversation with students and Kareem Hamadi, News Director of Al-Iraqiya television, on Wed...
April 01, 2010 | 09:00 | Eidmann Jury Room, UT School of Law
The 3rd Annual National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the International Committee of the Red Cross invite ...
March 11, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security
Speaker Name: Julian Zelizer
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Julian Zelizer on March 11, 2010 to discuss the politics of national security ...
March 01, 2010 | 05:00 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Conally Ballroom
A Conversation with Aaron Williams, Director of the U.S. Peace Corps
Speaker Name: Aaron Williams
The Strauss Center welcomed Mr. Aaron Williams, Director of the U.S. Peace Corps on Monday, March 1, 2010 to d...
February 15, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
Speaker Name: Fredrik Logevall and Campbell Craig
The Strauss Center welcomed Fredrik Logevall and Campbell Craig on February 15, 2010 to discuss the relationship between...
February 09, 2010 | 06:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Afghanistan and Pakistan: The U.K. Perspective
Speaker Name: Nigel Sheinwald
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States, on February 9, 2010,...
February 08, 2010 | 12:00 | Batts Hall, Room 5.108
International Paternalism: A Reconsideration
Speaker Name: Michael Barnett
The Strauss Center and the Department of Government hosted Michael Barnett, director of the Hubert Humphrey Institute of...
February 06, 2010 | 08:30 | Thompson Conference Center
Law at the Intersection of National Security, Privacy and Technological Change
Speaker Name: Michael McConnell
The Texas Law Review and the Strauss Center welcomed Admiral Michael McConnell, former Director of National Intelligence...
January 25, 2010 | 05:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
The International Regime Complex for Climate Change
Speaker Name: Robert O. Keohane
Dr. Catherine Weaver, Research Coordinator and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center introduced Dr. Robert O. Keoh...
November 19, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Bad Debts: Assessing China's Financial Influence in Great Power Politics
Speaker Name: Daniel Drezner
Dr. Eugene Gholz, Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affair...
November 16, 2009 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.314
What I Learned (and Un-Learned) at the Financial Crisis
Speaker Name: Mark Blyth
Dr. Catherine Weaver, Research Coordinator for the Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Mark Blyth, Professor of International Po...
November 09, 2009 | 05:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
Foreign Aid Reform Forum
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in collaboration with the grass-roots organizations RES...
November 06, 2009 | 12:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Europe, NATO and the 21st Century: The Transatlantic Bridge
Speaker Name: James G. Stavridis
Dr. Frank Gavin, Director of the Strauss Center, welcomed Admiral James G. Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe a...
November 05, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
U.S. Strategy Beyond Counterinsurgency
Speaker Name: Celeste Ward
Dr Eugene Gholz, Senior Fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and Associate Professo...
November 02, 2009 | 05:30 | Eidmann Jury Room, UT School of Law
Terrorism and Criminal Justice on Trial: A U.K. Perspective
Speaker Name: Clive Walker
Mr. Robert Chesney, Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center and Charles I. Francis Professor at the UT School of Law...
October 23, 2009 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
Students Making a Difference in 2009: Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
Speaker Name: The 2009 Crook Fellows
Dr. Frank Gavin, Director of the Strauss Center welcomed the 2009 Crook Fellows to share experiences and findings from t...
October 21, 2009 | 04:30 | Sheffield Room, UT School of Law
Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights
Speaker Name: Kristine Huskey
Barbara Harlow, Professor of English at University of Texas, welcomed Kristine Huskey, Strauss Center Fellow and Profess...
April 29, 2009 | 07:00 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
The Sari Soldiers
Speaker Name: Julie Bridgham
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed film director Julie Bridgham for the Texas stat...
April 15, 2009 | 05:00 | Texas Union Quadrangle Room, 3.304
United Nations and Global Change: The Perspective of a Small State
Speaker Name: Anders Liden
The European Union Center for Excellence and the Center for European studies invite you to United Nations and Global Cha...
April 14, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Back to Black: An Argument for Removing U.S. Intelligence Activities from Public Scrutiny
Speaker Name: Joan Dempsey
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Joan Dempsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, on April 14, 2009 to advocate l...
April 07, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Humanitarian NGOs in Armed Conflicts: The Dilemmas of Agency and Autonomy
Speaker Name: Karen Mingst
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Karen Mingst, the Lockwood Chair Professor ...
April 02, 2009 | 03:00 | Batts Hall, Room 5.108
The War in Columbia
Speaker Name: Monica Herz
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin Amer...
March 24, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Lessons, Challenges, and the Continuation of the War on Terror
Speaker Name: Juan Carlos Zarate
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Mr. Juan Carlos Zarate, Deputy Assistant to the...
March 13, 2009 | 09:00 | Sheffield Room, UT School of Law
The 2nd Annual National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted the second annual National Security Law Junior Fa...
March 02, 2009 | 05:30 | Eidmann Jury Room, UT School of Law
Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century
Speaker Name: Philip Bobbitt
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Strauss Center Senior Fellow Philip Bobbitt to ...
February 26, 2009 | 03:00 | Sinclair Suite, Texas Union 3.218
Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force - The NYPD
Speaker Name: Christopher Dickey
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Mr. Christopher Dickey, of Newsweek magaz...
February 19, 2009 | 08:30 | AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
Bridging the Gap: Universities Meeting Global Challenges
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted Bridging the Gap: Universities Meeting Global Cha...
February 11, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Not Your Father's Battlefield: Outsourcing Policy and Representative Democracy
Speaker Name: Steven Schooner
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Steven Schooner of the George Washington Law School on February 11, 2009 to discus...
February 10, 2009 | 05:30 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center - Schmidt Room
The Defense Secretary and the Military: A Look Back at the Bush Administration and a Look Forward t
Speaker Name: Dale Herspring
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Dale Herspring of Kansas State University on February 10, 2009 to discuss the ...
February 06, 2009 | 03:00 | Batts Hall, Room 5.108
Emerging Connections of South America's International Relations: Security, Energy, and Climate
Speaker Name: Eduardo Viola
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Eduardo Viola of the Institute of International Relations at the University of...
February 03, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Stabilizing Northeast Asia: Korea Between the United States and China
Speaker Name: Tom McNaugher
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Tom McNaugher of the RAND Corporation on February 3, 2009 to discuss the curre...
February 02, 2009 | 05:30 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center - Schmidt Room
Global Health: Why Should You Care?
Speaker Name: Karl Hofmann
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Ambassador Karl Hofmann, President and CEO of P...
January 28, 2009 | 05:30 | Eidman Courtroom, Connelly Center for Justice
The Post-Guantanamo Era: A Dialogue on the Law and Policy of Detention and Counterterrorism
Speaker Name: John Bellinger
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed John Bellinger, formerly of the State Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Benj...
December 03, 2008 | 05:30 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
Middle Eastern Security Challenges for Our New President
Speaker Name: John Abizaid
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed General John Abizaid, USA, Rtd., on Wednesday, December 3 on the challenges facing...
November 24, 2008 | 05:00 | Eidman Courtroom, Connelly Center for Justice
NATO: Current Operations and Future Challenges
Speaker Name: Karl Eikenberry
Dr. James Lindsay, executive director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, introduced Lt. Gen. Karl...
November 20, 2008 | 02:15 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Reducing Nuclear Threats: Nonproliferation Challenges for the Next Administration Panel II
Speaker Name: Raymond Juzaitis, Edwin Lyman and Steve Biegalski
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Raymond Juzaitis, Dr. Edwin Lyman and Dr. S...
November 20, 2008 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
A Conversation with Senator Sam Nunn: Reducing Nuclear Threats
Speaker Name: Sam Nunn
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed former United States Senator Sam Nunn to the LBJ Library on Thursday, November 20....
November 20, 2008 | 03:45 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Reducing Nuclear Threats: Nonproliferation Challenges for the Next Administration Panel III
Speaker Name: Itty Abraham and Sharon Squassoni
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Itty Abraham, Director of the South Asia Institute at The University of Texas ...
November 20, 2008 | 01:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Reducing Nuclear Threats: Nonproliferation Challenges for the Next Administration Panel I
Speaker Name: Francis Gavin and Alan Kuperman
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Francis Gavin, Strauss Center Director of Studies and Tom Slick Professor of I...
November 17, 2008 | 09:00 | Harry Ransom Center, Denius Room
Public Diplomacy Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Administration
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to a panel discussion on “Public Diplomacy...
November 11, 2008 | 06:00 | Thompson Conference Center
Energy Security, Iran, and the Persian Gulf
Speaker Name: Eugene Gholz and Simon Henderson
To see the article in the Daily Texan covering the event, please click here. The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. ...
November 04, 2008 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The Global Automotive Industry: Perspective on a Changing Industry, in a Changing World
Speaker Name: Kathleen Hanley
The Strauss Center welcomed Kathleen Hanley, Senior Vice President of Carpenter Technology. Hanley opened up the lecture...
October 31, 2008 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.106
India's Water Relations with her Neighbors Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
Speaker Name: Ramaswamy Iyer
Mr. Iyer discussed India’s relationships with neighboring countries through the lens of transboundary river water syst...
October 30, 2008 | 05:15 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
From the American People: Health Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Policy
Speaker Name: Michael Leavitt
To see the article in the Daily Texan covering Secretary Leavitt's talk, please click here. The Robert S. Strauss Cente...
October 29, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Iraq and the Future of American Policy in the Persian Gulf
Speaker Name: F. Gregory Gause
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed F. Gregory Gause, Professor of Political Scienc...
October 23, 2008 | 06:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
McCain v. Obama: Competing Visions for America
Dean Steinberg introduced the debate moderators: Veronica Stidvent, director of the Center for Politics and Governance, ...
October 21, 2008 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Science 2.0: Globalized Innovation in Electronics
Speaker Name: Dan Hutcheson
In a talk at the Robert S. Strauss Center, Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research, Inc., argued that there are four, not th...
October 16, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Cold War Lessons and Contemporary Dilemmas
Speaker Name: Melvyn Leffler
Melvyn Leffler, Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, addressed students and faculty in the LBJ L...
October 15, 2008 | 12:00 | Texas Union
Sustaining Security and Prosperity in a World of $80 Oil: The Brazilian Experience Balancing Energy
Speaker Name: Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos
The recent rise of crude oil prices has renewed debate about balancing energy needs, security, and economic development....
October 07, 2008 | 05:30 | UT Club, President's Room West
International Nuclear Control in a Global Technology Environment: Effectiveness and Challenges
Speaker Name: Joan Woodard
To see the article in the Daily Texan covering the event, please click here. The Robert S. Strauss Center for Internati...
October 02, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Determining the Threat: Biological Weapons and National Security Interests
Speaker Name: Jeanne Guillemin
Dr. Eugene Gholz introduced Jeanne Guillemin, MIT Security Studies Program, an accomplished academic in the field of bio...
October 01, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ School Student Lounge
Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Speaker Name: Mike Chinoy
Mike Chinoy, long-time foreign correspondent for CNN and author of Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclea...
September 25, 2008 | 11:30 | Eidman Courtroom, Connelly Center for Justice
Foreign Policy Challenges for the Next President
Speaker Name: Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton, former Congressman and current director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, spoke to ...
September 23, 2008 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The Adobe Story: Lessons Learned in Building a Global Software Company
Speaker Name: Charles Geschke
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Charles Geschke to the LBJ Library on Tuesday, ...
September 19, 2008 | 12:15 | Clinical Education Center, Brackenridge Hospital
International Efforts to Halt HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Infectious Diseases
Natasha Bilimoria, executive director of Friends of the Global Fight, spoke at the Clinical Education Center at Brackenr...
September 16, 2008 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.109
Students Making A Difference in 2008: Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
The 2008 Crook Fellows described their experiences from their international development internships this past summer spo...
September 09, 2008 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The Global Semiconductor Industry: A Discussion
Morris Chang, Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., discussed with Bill Spencer, Ph.D., University ...
April 22, 2008 | 07:00 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
Nanking Documentary Screening
The documentary Nanking followed the tragic events associated with Japan’s aggression against China and invasion of Ch...
April 21, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Internet Policy for the Next Administration
Howard Shelanski discussed challenges for U.S. broadband policy in terms of competition, investment and innovation. Noti...
April 16, 2008 | 05:00 | Garrison Hall, Room 1.102
Labor-Intensive Industrialization in Global History
Kaoru Sugihara discussed labor-intensive industrialization in global history, focusing on the East Asian countries of Ja...
April 10, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Global Civilization?
Philip Zelikow discussed the direction that U.S. foreign policy should be taking in light of today’s global civilizati...
April 08, 2008 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.102
Policy and Strategy in an Era of Globalization
Patrick Gorman, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Strategy, Plans, and Policy in the Office of the Dir...
April 08, 2008 | 03:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 1.313
Trade: The Case for Prosperity, Security and Democracy in the Americas
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to Trade: The Case for Prosperity, Sec...
April 03, 2008 | 07:00 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
Orange Revolution Texas Premiere Screening
The Orange Revolution followed the events of 2004 in the Ukraine, in which rampant corruption and the poisoning of a pre...
April 02, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The Reluctant Realism of George H. W. Bush
Tim Naftali discussed his new book, George H. W. Bush: The 41st President, 1989-1993, about President Bush’s foreign p...
April 02, 2008 | 08:00 | Welch Hall, Room 3.502
Road Blocks to Peace in the Middle East
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to Road Blocks to Peace in the Middle East w...
April 01, 2008 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.111
Turning Point or Tactical Pause? Toward Political Accommodation and Sustainable Stability in Iraq
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to Turning Point or Tactical Pause? Toward P...
March 20, 2008 | 06:00 | University of Texas Law School Auditorium
An Inside Look at Guantanamo: A Muslim Chaplain's Struggle for Justice
James Yee spoke passionately about his experience of being a Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay detention camp where he w...
March 19, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The Danger of Weaponizing Outer Space
Mike Moore, a research fellow with the Independent Institute, discussed the current state of space weapon technology and...
March 05, 2008 | 05:00 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center - Schmidt Room
Four Policy Planning Stories in Search of a Theory
Stephen Krasner, former State Department Director of Policy Planning, discussed what he characterized as the haphazard w...
February 26, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
China & Global Institutions: Explaining Economic Competitiveness
Ed Steinfeld, an associate professor of political science at MIT, discussed how China cooperates with international inst...
February 22, 2008 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.109
Asian Economic Integration and U.S. Policy Options
Michael Plummer discussed accelerating Asian economic integration and its consequences for U.S. foreign policy. Initiall...
February 20, 2008 | 05:00 | Garrison Hall, Room 1.102
Mass Consumerism and the Cold War as Global History
Emily Rosenberg discussed the transnational spread of consumer societies during the 20th century. She argued that ...
February 13, 2008 | 06:30 | Texas Union Ballroom
Act Local - Think Global: A Global Leadership Program
Act Local - Think Global is a global leadership program for UT students to hone their leadership skills for the global a...
February 11, 2008 | 07:00 | Welch Hall, Room 1.316
The War Tapes Screening with Sergeant Stephen Pink
The War Tapes, a documentary filmed from the perspective of three National Guardsmen on their tour of duty in Iraq, was ...
February 07, 2008 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.108
The Militarization of Diplomacy
John Naland, President of the American Foreign Service Association, discussed current logistical and managerial problems...
February 07, 2008 | 06:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
A Vision for Peace in the Middle East
Dr. Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, spoke to UT faculty and students and members of ...
February 05, 2008 | 05:00 | Legends Room, Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
Preventing an Iranian Bomb: Sculpting Effective, Acceptable Strategies
David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, discussed issues concerning the effor...
January 31, 2008 | 05:00 | Texas Union Governors Room, 3.116
Energy Security: Perceptions and Policy Choices
Felix Chang, an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, discussed three differing perceptions of "en...
January 29, 2008 | 12:30 | Thompson Conference Center
The Challenge in the Middle East: An Egyptian Perspective
His Excellency Nabil Fahmy, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States, discussed current issues and ...
January 28, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Diplomacy in a Global Age: Ambassadors Discuss Free Trade, Nuclear Proliferation, and the U.S.-Sout
South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Lee Tae-sik and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow spoke at a recent ...
January 24, 2008 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
How the UN Can Help Stop Terrorism
Eric Rosand, a Senior Fellow at the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, discussed the counter-terrorism prog...
December 13, 2007 | 12:30 | Dean's Conference Room, SRH 3.100
Luncheon with NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Dean Steinberg and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invite you to a special luncheon disc...
December 04, 2007 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.109
Will the U. S. Attack Iran? (Should It?)
Adam Garfinkle, the editor of the public affairs magazine The American Interest, discussed the probability of the United...
November 20, 2007 | 05:00 | Texas Union Governors Room, 3.116
Managing Nuclear Waste: The Illogic of Reprocessing
Dr. Frank von Hippel discussed the pros and cons of the proposed U.S. Department of Energy plan to process nuclear waste...
November 16, 2007 | 09:30 | Dean's Conference Room, SRH 3.100
A Conversation with Infosys
Mr. Narayana Murthy, co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Infosys, discussed technology and globalization, focusing o...
November 15, 2007 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.109
International Philanthropy and the War on Terror
Garry Jenkins teaches law at the Ohio State University. In the North Carolina Law Review, he published a 2007 article ex...
November 08, 2007 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Executive Power Under Siege
David Rivkin, a partner with the DC-based law firm Baker Hostetler, discussed the key legal and policy issues in the Bus...
November 06, 2007 | 07:00 | Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Room 2.214
Darfur Now Sneak Preview with director Ted Braun
The Strauss Center partnered with mtvU to host the Texas premiere of the new documentary Darfur Now. The film examines m...
November 01, 2007 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Who Controls the CIA? The Dangers of Outsourcing
Author R.J. Hillhouse discussed the increasing role that private corporations are playing in the operations of the CIA a...
October 22, 2007 | 11:00 | Moscow
Russia, America, and the World: An Innovative Partnership
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin has formed a ground...
October 16, 2007 | 05:30 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
The Confidante, a book on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post foreign policy correspondent, discussed his new book, The Confidante, about Condeleeza Ri...
October 10, 2007 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.111
The History of Globalization - and the Globalization of History
Tony Hopkins discussed the ways in which globalization affects the study of history and the way historians view the worl...
October 04, 2007 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Pitfalls in Democracy Promotion
Dr. Ottaway specializes in democracy and post-conflict reconstruction issues, with special focus on problems of politica...
October 03, 2007 | 02:30 | Thompson Conference Center
A Brave New World: Meeting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law held its inaugural conference, A Brave New World: Meetin...
October 03, 2007 | 08:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Keynote Address: Building Bridges of Energy Understanding
Building Bridges of Energy Understanding Remarks by Rex W. Tillerson Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation Universi...
September 07, 2007 | 12:00 | Sinclair Suite, Texas Union 3.218
Beyond Today's Crisis: South Asia in 2015
Speaker Name: Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution....
January 31, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
International Security Speaker Series, Spring 2006
Guest speakers at the International Security Speaker Series during the spring of 2006 included Christopher Hill, Assista...
January 02, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
International Security Speaker Series, Fall 2005
Guest speakers at the International Security Speaker Series during the fall of 2005 included the Hon. James B. Steinberg...
January 01, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
International Security Speaker Series, Spring 2005
The International Security Speaker Series in Spring 2005 offered stimulating discussions on international relations topi...