Strauss Scholar Will Inboden discussed Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng in an interview with Marco Werman of PRI’s the World.  Initially, Inboden claimed he wanted to give the Obama Administration the benefit of the doubt for its handlings of Chen’s case, but he has recently become concerned for Chen’s outcome.

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Alan Kuperman gave a talk at the University of Oxford on April 24th entitled Intervention in Libya: A Humanitarian Success? as part of their Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict series. Kuperman discussed the implications of NATO intervention in Libya and provided his assessment of whether this event was a humanitarian success.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has selected seven new Next Generation Scholars for the 2012/2013 academic year. These young scholars, all undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin, will be paired up with Strauss Center faculty members who will act as mentors and will guide Next Generation Scholars through an independent research project.

The three Strauss Center faculty hired through the Provost's "cluster-hire" initiative were recognized for their outstanding teaching during the LBJ School's Faculty Appreciation Awards ceremony. Organized by the LBJ School’s student-run Graduate Public Affairs Council (GPAC), the ceremony took place on April 24th, 2012.