📅 NEXT WEEK 📅
Amb. (Ret.) Larry André gives a hot spot briefing on "Sudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Involvement, and the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis."
📅: Wed., Sept. 30
⏰: 12:15-1:45 pm
🏛️: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
RSVP: bit.ly/SudanHSB2026
ALT The image displays a busy roadway with numerous cars and vans colored white. Beyond the roadway, lines of brown, clay-looking homes and buildings and the call tower of a mosque can be seen on the lefthand side of the image. The image overall has a gold saturation. It is supposed to depict a city in Sudan. The sky is cloudless and some trees are interspersed in the frame. At the top of the image, viewers can see the logos of the Clements and Strauss Centers as well as ISP. A bright red banner with the words “Hot Spot Briefing” in all capital letters spans across the image directly underneath the logos. Surrounded by blobs of dark bark, the following three descriptions are centered and stacked on top of one another in the photo providing information about the event’s title, location, time, and speaker (“Sudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Involvement, and the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis”; “with Ambassador (ret.) Larry Andre, Former U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Djibouti, and Mauritania
📅 NEXT WEEK 📅 Amb. (Ret.) Larry André gives a hot spot briefing on "Sudan: Violent Anarchy, Foreign Interference, & the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis."
📅: Wed., Sept. 30
⏰: 12:15-1:45 pm
🏛️: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
✍️: bit.ly/AndreSudanHotSpot@UTIntel | @ClementsCenter
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "Life of the Party in Xi Jinping's China" with Timothy Cheek.
📅: Wednesday, September 23
⏰: 3:30-5:00 pm
🏛️: RLP 1.302E, Patton Hall
✍️: bit.ly/APPCheek@AsiaPolicyUT | @ClementsCenter
Thank you to the recruiters who gave their time last week to meet with so many exceptional students at this year's UT Austin National Security Career Fair. 🤘
Special thanks to the faculty & staff at @UTIntel, @ClementsCenter, & @TheLBJSchool for facilitating this event.
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "Life of the Party in Xi Jinping's China" with Timothy Cheek.
📅: Wednesday, September 23
⏰: 3:30-5:00 pm
🏛️: RLP 1.302E, Patton Hall
✍️: bit.ly/APPCheek@AsiaPolicyUT | @ClementsCenter
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk" with former Secretary of the Navy Dr. Donald Winter.
📅: Tuesday, September 22
⏰: 12:15-1:30 pm
🏛️: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
✍️: bit.ly/SeaTreatyWinter@ClementsCenter
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Are you a current UT student interested in space policy research, development, and analysis? Check out the $2,000 Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC Award in Space Policy and apply before November 2.
Learn more: bit.ly/APSAward2026
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk" with former Secretary of the Navy Dr. Donald Winter.
📅: Tuesday, September 22
⏰: 12:15-1:30 pm
🏛️: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
✍️: bit.ly/SeaTreatyWinter@ClementsCenter
@StraussCenter Texas Cyber Clinic alum Aarushi Garg made the @AspenDigital Cyber Summit Scholars program this year! 👏 Congrats to all of these talented students, who will join top voices from government, industry, & civil society at the Summit. #CyberCivilDefense
We are excited to announce the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit Scholars!
These students will attend the Aspen Cyber Summit in November and have the chance to meet with leaders in cybersecurity from across government, industry, & civil society.
Get your ticket➡️ aspencybersummit.org/registe…
Recently, #StraussCyber Clinic graduate & Brumley Scholar Deborah Chu provided commentary for @WSJ on how experiential learning in academia can prepare students to navigate the AI age with technical expertise & nuanced decisionmaking skills: bit.ly/ChuWSJ
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for "Lawyers on the Front Line: How to Get Involved in National Security, Government, & Tech" with Strauss Director @adam_i_klein and Texas Law Lecturer Jonathan Lass.
📅 NEXT WEEK 📅 "Life of the Party in Xi Jinping's China" with Timothy Cheek.
📅: Wednesday, September 23
⏰: 3:30-5:00 pm
🏛️: RLP 1.302E, Patton Hall
✍️: bit.ly/APPCheek@AsiaPolicyUT | @ClementsCenter
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs" with Intelligence Studies Project Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov.
📅: Wednesday, September 16
⏰: 12:30-1:45 pm
🏦: Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School (new location!)
✍️: bit.ly/AvramovISP
📅 NEXT WEEK 📅 "The Law of the Sea Treaty at Risk" with former Secretary of the Navy Dr. Donald Winter.
📅: Tuesday, September 22
⏰: 12:15-1:30 pm
🏛️: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
✍️: bit.ly/SeaTreatyWinter@ClementsCenter
⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ "Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs" with Intelligence Studies Project Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov.
📅: Wednesday, September 16
⏰: 12:30-1:45 pm
🏦: Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School (new location!)
✍️: bit.ly/AvramovISP
📣 TOMORROW 📣
"Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs" with Intelligence Studies Project Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov.
📅: Wednesday, September 16
⏰: 12:30-1:45 pm
🏦: Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School (Venue changed!)
✍️: bit.ly/AvramovISP
ALT On a white-colored, map-like grid superimposed on a black background, the title of the event -- Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs – is displayed in bold, red lettering. Further details are given about the speaker (Dr. Kiril Avramov and his affiliations with ISP and the Department of European and Eurasian Studies) as well as the date, time, and location of the event: Wednesday, September 16, 2026, from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM in the LBJ School’s Bass Lecture Hall. A light-colored map of the northern hemisphere is at the mid- to bottom area of the graphic, and the cities of Berlin, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. are displayed with what appears to be a tech-oriented target symbol. The event’s QR code is displayed at the bottom righthand side of the image with the words “Registration Required” above it.
📅 NEXT WEEK 📅 Join us on Monday, September 14 for UT Austin's National Security Career Fair at the Texas Union.
To view the list of employers & register, visit: bit.ly/2026NSCF@UTIntel | @ClementsCenter | @TheLBJSchool
Thank you again to everyone who participated in and attended our impactful panel discussion last month on "9/11: What Happened, and What It Means Today."
If you missed it, the discussion is now available to watch here: bit.ly/91125Panel@ClementsCenter@UTIntel
The Strauss Center joins the University of Texas community in remembering the lives lost on September 11, 2001.
We honor those who stepped into harm's way to serve their communities and country that day, and in the 25 years that followed.
📅 NEXT WEEK 📅 "Assassination as Statecraft: Political Killing in International Affairs" with Intelligence Studies Project Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov.
📅: Wednesday, September 16
⏰: 12:30-1:45 pm
🏦: SRH 3.122, LBJ School
✍️: bit.ly/AvramovISP@UTIntel | @ClementsCenter