• Secession Redux Conference

    May 23, 2013

    Videos, presentations, and paper summaries are now available online from last March's Secession Redux: Lessons for the EU conference held at UT Austin. The conference was co-sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the EU Center of Excellence, and the Center for European Studies. Strauss...

By Alan Kuperman

Mass Atrocity Response Operations: Doctrine in Search of Strategy

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Alan Kuperman critiques MARO: Mass Atrocity Response Operations; A Military Planning Handbook produced jointly by Harvard University and the US Army and provides strategy suggestions in this recent paper.

By Catherine Weaver

2010-2011 Annual Research Note

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is pleased to present the 2010-2011 Annual Research Note. This second Annual Research Note provides an overview of our activities for the 2010 - 2011 academic year. 

By Eugene Gholz

Eisenhower Versus the Spin-off Story: Did the Rise of the Military-Industrial Complex Hurt or Help America's Commercial Aircraft Industry?

In his Farewell Address, President Eisenhower warned that the military-industrial complex (MIC) threatened to dominate American research, crowding out commercial innovation.

By Catherine Weaver

2009-2010 Annual Research Note

The Strauss Center's first annual research note provides an overview of research activities for the 2009 - 2010 academic year.

By Joshua Busby

Locating Climate Insecurity: Where Are the Most Vulnerable Places in Africa?

In a paper presented to the conference on Climate Change, Social Stress and Violent Conflict in Hamburg, Germany, CCAPS researchers, led by Dr. Joshua Busby, locate the confluence of vulnerabilities in African regions through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and multi-layered mapping.

By Eugene Gholz

Cold War Two? The (Il)logic of a Struggle with China for Resources in the Developing World

Due to the nature of world oil markets and the way natural gas is transported and distributed, Dr. Gholz argues that the policies of Russia and China are nothing to fear--and in fact may benefit the U.S. in the long run.

By Stephen Krasner and Graham H. Stuart

Policy-Making and Academic Research: Why Wisdom May Not Result in Action

Stephen Krasner, former State Department Director of Policy Planning and Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University, discusses the intersection of policy-making and academic research in this Bridging the Gap working paper.

By Eugene Gholz

Strait of Hormuz: Assessing Threats to Energy Security in the Persian Gulf

This working paper is the product of a Policy Research Project, a year-long graduate course at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.  Professor Eugene Gholz directed a working group of sixteen master's candidates at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

By Francis J. Gavin

The Next Generation Project: Final Report

Strauss Center Director of Studies Francis J. Gavin met with the nation's brightest emerging leaders to develop innovative solutions to pressing global challenges the next president will face.

By Francis J. Gavin

History and Policy

Strauss Center Director of Studies Frank Gavin addresses examples of how and when historical scholarship can be a benefit to creating policy, despite a generally poor relationship between historical scholars and policymakers.

By Michael Evan Webber

The Water Intensity of the Transitional Hydrogen Economy

This manuscript examines the possible water intensity for hydrogen production during the transition period at a point 30 years from today (2037).