Featured Program

The Strauss Center-Applied Research Laboratories Joint Studies Program is a multidisciplinary program that applies research in law, political science, engineering, and the natural sciences to problems in national security, defense, and public service.

Featured Fellowship

National Security Law Student Fellows

Our NSL Student Fellows are UT-Austin law students who commit to completing at least four courses from a list of approved courses, and regularly attend our events, including social and career-development events tailored specifically to the Student Fellows.Β 

Events

Apr 2

“After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda” with Dr. Nicole Fox

12:15-1:15 pm
Zoom
Apr 4

Poland at the Crossroads of History: NATO’s 75th Anniversary

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
RLP 1.302B, Patton Hall
Apr 10

South Korea’s Grand Strategy: Making Its Own Destiny

12:15 - 1:30 pm
SRH 3.124, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Apr 16

China’s New Navy

12:15 - 1:30 pm
SRH 3.122, LBJ School of Public Affairs
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National Security Law Podcast

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Horns of a Dilemma Podcast

Our Experts

Wendy Nather

Senior Cybersecurity Fellow

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Asia Policy Program Director, Associate Professor of Public Affairs

Moriba Jah

Space Security, Safety, & Sustainability Program Lead, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Stephanie Leutert

Central America & Mexico Policy Initiative Director

Kiril Avramov

ISP Fellow, Director of UT's Global (Dis)Information Lab

Robert M. Chesney

Cybersecurity Program Lead & Dean at the School of Law

Rana Siu Inboden

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Affairs

Adam Klein

Strauss Center Director

Samy Ayoub

Assistant Professor of Law and Middle Eastern Studies

Stephen B. Slick

Intelligence Studies Project Director

Ashley McIlvain Moran

State Fragility Initiative Director

Derek Jinks

A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law

Stephen I. Vladeck

Charles Alan Wright Chair In Federal Courts

Catherine Weaver

Associate Dean for Academic Strategies, Associate Professor of Public Affairs

Francesca Lockhart

Cybersecurity Clinic Program Lead
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