ALL PAST EVENTS

The Iraq Legacy: Learning the Right Lessons
April 29, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Emma Sky
On April 29th, Strauss Center Associate Director Celeste Ward Gventer introduced the last speaker in the International S...
Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
April 24, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Elliott Abrams
On Wednesday, April 24th, the Alexander Hamilton Society's UT Chapter, the Clements Center for History, Strategy & S...
Conquered into Liberty: The Deep Origins of the American Way of War
April 23, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Eliot Cohen
On April 23, 2013, Dr. Eliot Cohen, Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS...
The Fourth Policeman: FDR’s Vision for China’s Global Role
April 10, 2013 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
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...
Obama's Second Chance: Middle East Policy in the President's Second Term
April 09, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Robert Satloff
On April 9th, 2013, Dr. Robert Satloff, executive director at the Washington Institute, gave a talk focusing on Presiden...
The Revolution in Military Affairs
April 02, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Jaymie Durnan
On April 2nd, 2013 Jaymie Durnan, Senior Advisor to the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Enginee...
Can China Rise Peacefully?
March 26, 2013 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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...
Kennedy, Vietnam, and Audience Costs
March 19, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Marc Trachtenberg
On March 19th, 2013 Marc Trachtenberg presented a new methodology that uses history to test political science theories.&...
CANCELLED - Choosing Terror: Rebel's Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars
February 26, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Page Fortna
-- This event has been cancelled. --The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to "Do T...
Japan's 3.11 Catastrophe: The Rhetoric of Crisis and Political Change
February 14, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
The Value and Values of Diplomacy: Moral Psychology and the Search for Security in 1920's Europe
January 22, 2013 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Brian Rathbun
In his presentation for the Strauss Center on January 22nd 2013, Professor Brian Rathbun, from the University of Souther...
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
November 27, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
After being introduced by Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Mark Lawrence, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen presented a fascinatin...
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?  Assessing the Future of U.S. Presence in the Persian Gulf
November 13, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Speaker Name: Caitlin Talmadge
In her presentation for the Strauss Center on November 13, 2012, George Washington University's Caitlin Talmadge discuss...
Global Security Summit
November 08, 2012 | 08:30
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Greater Austin Crime Commission are co-sponsorin...
CANCELLED - Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan
October 30, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
The event "Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan," with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor of The Wa...
Religion in American War and Diplomacy: A History
October 23, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
Students Making a Difference in 2012
October 17, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
Our Army - Looking Ahead
October 15, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
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...
American Power After the Financial Crisis
October 02, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Jonathan Kirshner
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Jonathan Kirshner, Professor at Cornell Univers...
Security in Asia: an Australian Perspective
September 28, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
Why Vietnam?  Explaining the War
September 18, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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...
The Arab World Unbound: Tapping into the Power of 350 Million Consumers
September 04, 2012 | 11:30 | AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
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...
Assessing Strategic Choices Post 9-11
April 23, 2012 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Peter Feaver
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science an...
Can the U.S. Coexist with a Nuclear Iran? A Debate
April 16, 2012 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
The Strategic Logic of Resource Nationalism
April 02, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Jennifer Lind
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Jennifer Lind, Assistant Professor of Governmen...
Declaring War and Peace
March 26, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Tanisha Fazal
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Tanisha Fazal, Associate Professor of Political...
National Security and the War in the Shadows
March 22, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Mark Mazzetti
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Mark Mazetti, correspondent for the The New Yor...
George F. Kennan: An American Life
March 06, 2012 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: John Lewis Gaddis
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor o...
Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda
March 01, 2012 | 04:00 | Eidman Courtroom, Connelly Center for Justice
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law is pleased t...
The Law and Policy of Military Detention
February 23, 2012
Speaker Name: William Lietzau
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to The Law and Policy of Military Detention,...
American Force: Dangers, Dilemmas and Delusions in National Security
February 08, 2012 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Richard Betts
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Richard K. Betts, Arnold A. Saltzman Profes...
A Conversation with Kathryn McGarr
December 01, 2011 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Kathryn McGarr
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, partnered with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and...
21st Century Security
November 22, 2011 | 12:15 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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. ...
Responding to International Waves of Political Change: US Foreign Policy and 1989
November 17, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Mary Sarotte
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with the Rethinking Diplomacy initiative...
Constitutional Design And Conflict Management In Africa Conference
November 15, 2011 | 09:00 | AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
The Robert S. Strauss Center's Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program invites you to a conferenc...
Atomic Attitudes: Experimental Evidence on Norms, Taboos, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
November 08, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Benjamin Valentino
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Benjamin Valentino, Associate Professor of Gove...
Putting Aid Data to Work: Using Better Information to Get Better Results
November 04, 2011 | 08:00
AidData, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the World Bank Institute invite you to a c...
Fixing the Facts or Missing the Mark?   Intelligence and the Politics of Threat Assessment
October 11, 2011 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Joshua Rovner
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of Strat...
Students Making a Difference in 2011:  Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
October 05, 2011 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: The 2011 Crook Fellows
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the MGPS International Colloquium Speaker Series wel...
Implications for Liberal Order of Asia’s Rise
September 20, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Daniel Twining
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Daniel Twining, Associate Senior Fellow for Asi...
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Iraq for Afghanistan and Beyond
September 13, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
American Power and Asia's Uncertain Future: An Alliance Perspective
May 04, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Andrew Shearer
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior ...
Climate Change and Development in Africa: The Aid Scramble
May 02, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: LBJ School Students
The program on Climate Change and African Political Stability at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security...
Covering the White House in the Age of Clinton, Bush, and Obama
April 21, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Peter Baker
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent of...
Egypt: The Road To (and From) Revolution
April 14, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Tarek Masoud
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Pol...
Global Security Summit
March 23, 2011 | 08:30 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Keynote: Michael McCaul
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in partnership with the Greater Austin Crime Commission...
Advantage:  How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
March 03, 2011 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Adam Segal
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow f...
Smart Diplomacy for the 21st Century:  People Are As Important As Concepts
March 02, 2011 | 12:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Ronald E. Neumann
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, President of the ...
Rebuilding the Global Climate Regime
February 24, 2011 | 05:30 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Michael Levi
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fe...
China Inc's Africa Involvement
February 23, 2011 | 05:30 | McCombs School of Business Legacy Room, CBA 3.202
Speaker Name: Walter Kansteiner
On February 23, 2011, The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability program and UT’s McCombs S...
The Air and Missile Warfare Manual:  A Critical Analysis -- Keynote Address by Amb. Henry Crumpton
February 10, 2011 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Henry Crumpton
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Texas International Law Journal invite you to Th...
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
February 07, 2011 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Parag Khanna
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow at the...
Liberty's Surest Guardian
February 07, 2011 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Jeremi Suri
On Monday, February 7, Jeremi Suri, E. Gordon Fox Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke at ...
Transatlantic Relations in the New Decade
December 02, 2010 | 01:15 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Klaus Scharioth
On December 2, 2010, The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Germa...
Pandemic Response in East Asia and Implications for U.S. Global Leadership
November 29, 2010 | 05:15 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
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...
Climate Refugees
November 18, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Michael Nash
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Michael Nash, director of Climate Refugees to a...
Reports from the Field:  “Ground-Truthing” Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Africa
November 08, 2010 | 12:30 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: LBJ Students
On November 8, 2010, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted LBJ School students and facu...
The New Security in Democratic South Africa
November 01, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Annette Seegers
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Annette Seegers, professor of political studies...
Last Train Home
October 28, 2010 | 06:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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...
Survival Migration:  Old Institutions and New Challenges
October 21, 2010 | 03:30 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Alexander Betts
The Strauss Center welcomed Alexander Betts of Oxford University on October 21 to discuss the challenges presented by wh...
Applying GIS to Urban Issues in Kolkata
October 20, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Tapas Ghatak
Applying GIS to Urban Issues in Kolkata   Presentation by Tapas Ghatak   Sponsored by   LBJ School ...
Building a Long-Term Strategic Partnership with Iraq
October 11, 2010 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
Speaker Name: Colin Kahl
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed Dr. Colin Kahl, Deputy Secretary of Defense for...
Students Making a Difference in 2010: Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
September 29, 2010 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
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 ...
The Domestic Sources of Irrational Intelligence Oversight
September 15, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122
Speaker Name: Amy Zegart
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Amy Zegart on September 15, 2010 to discuss the domestic sources of weak intellige...
Climate Change and Energy:  21st Century Global Security Challenges
September 13, 2010 | 05:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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...
New Research on the Impact of Climate Change in Africa
May 07, 2010 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
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...
Eurasian Energy Security Dilemmas:  Russia's Energy Statecraft and the Contours of the Great Game Re
April 19, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Speaker Name: Adam Stulberg
The Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Adam Stulberg on April 19, 2010 to discuss energy policy and the complex geopolitical la...
What Are We Doing Here?
April 08, 2010 | 06:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104
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...
Nuclear Power Without Nuclear Proliferation?
April 07, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Scott Sagan
The Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Scott Sagan on April 7, 2010 to discuss the prospect of developing nuclear power without...
A Conversation with Kareem Hamadi
April 07, 2010 | 12:15 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.124
Speaker Name: Kareem Hamadi
The Strauss Center hosted a conversation with students and Kareem Hamadi, News Director of Al-Iraqiya television, on Wed...
The 3rd Annual National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop
April 01, 2010 | 09:00 | Eidmann Jury Room, UT School of Law
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the International Committee of the Red Cross invite ...
Arsenal of Democracy:  The Politics of National Security
March 11, 2010 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Julian Zelizer
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Julian Zelizer on March 11, 2010 to discuss the politics of national security ...
A Conversation with Aaron Williams, Director of the U.S. Peace Corps
March 01, 2010 | 05:00 | Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Conally Ballroom
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...
America's Cold War:  The Politics of Insecurity
February 15, 2010 | 05:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
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...
Afghanistan and Pakistan:  The U.K. Perspective
February 09, 2010 | 06:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Nigel Sheinwald
The Robert S. Strauss Center welcomed Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States, on February 9, 2010,...
International Paternalism:  A Reconsideration
February 08, 2010 | 12:00 | Batts Hall, Room 5.108
Speaker Name: Michael Barnett
The Strauss Center and the Department of Government hosted Michael Barnett, director of the Hubert Humphrey Institute of...
Law at the Intersection of National Security, Privacy and Technological Change
February 06, 2010 | 08:30 | Thompson Conference Center
Speaker Name: Michael McConnell
The Texas Law Review and the Strauss Center welcomed Admiral Michael McConnell, former Director of National Intelligence...
The International Regime Complex for Climate Change
January 25, 2010 | 05:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
Speaker Name: Robert O. Keohane
Dr. Catherine Weaver, Research Coordinator and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center introduced Dr. Robert O. Keoh...
Bad Debts: Assessing China's Financial Influence in Great Power Politics
November 19, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Daniel Drezner
Dr. Eugene Gholz, Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affair...
What I Learned (and Un-Learned) at the Financial Crisis
November 16, 2009 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Room 3.314
Speaker Name: Mark Blyth
Dr. Catherine Weaver, Research Coordinator for the Strauss Center welcomed Dr. Mark Blyth, Professor of International Po...
Foreign Aid Reform Forum
November 09, 2009 | 05:30 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, in collaboration with the grass-roots organizations RES...
Europe, NATO and the 21st Century: The Transatlantic Bridge
November 06, 2009 | 12:00 | LBJ Library Atrium, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: James G. Stavridis
Dr. Frank Gavin, Director of the Strauss Center, welcomed Admiral James G. Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe a...
U.S. Strategy Beyond Counterinsurgency
November 05, 2009 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Speaker Name: Celeste Ward
Dr Eugene Gholz, Senior Fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and Associate Professo...
Terrorism and Criminal Justice on Trial: A U.K. Perspective
November 02, 2009 | 05:30 | Eidmann Jury Room, UT School of Law
Speaker Name: Clive Walker
Mr. Robert Chesney, Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center and Charles I. Francis Professor at the UT School of Law...
Students Making a Difference in 2009:  Working for Nonprofits in Developing Countries
October 23, 2009 | 12:00 | Sid Richardson Hall, Third Floor Lobby
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...
Justice at Guantanamo:  One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights
October 21, 2009 | 04:30 | Sheffield Room, UT School of Law
Speaker Name: Kristine Huskey
Barbara Harlow, Professor of English at University of Texas, welcomed Kristine Huskey, Strauss Center Fellow and Profess...
The Sari Soldiers
April 29, 2009 | 07:00 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
Speaker Name: Julie Bridgham
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law welcomed film director Julie Bridgham for the Texas stat...
United Nations and Global Change:  The Perspective of a Small State
April 15, 2009 | 05:00 | Texas Union Quadrangle Room, 3.304
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Morris Chang, Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., discussed with Bill Spencer, Ph.D., University ...
April 22, 2008 | 07:00 | ACES Avaya Auditorium
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Speaker Name: Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution....
International Security Speaker Series, Spring 2006
January 31, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Guest speakers at the International Security Speaker Series during the spring of 2006 included Christopher Hill, Assista...
International Security Speaker Series, Fall 2005
January 02, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
Guest speakers at the International Security Speaker Series during the fall of 2005 included the Hon. James B. Steinberg...
International Security Speaker Series, Spring 2005
January 01, 2006 | 05:00 | LBJ Library Brown Room, 10th Floor
The International Security Speaker Series in Spring 2005 offered stimulating discussions on international relations topi...