The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is now accepting applications for the 2010 Crook Fellowship program, which supports LBJ School students working in the developing world.

AUSTIN, TX — The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced today that it will become the new base of operations for the Next Generation Project: U. S. Global Policy and the Future of International Institutions, an ambitious, nonpartisan, multiyear initiative started by The American Assembly at Columbia University.

AUSTIN, TX — The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has been awarded a $7.6 million grant by the U. S. Department of Defense.  The grant is the largest single award dedicated to social science research The University of Texas at Austin has received.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in global policy studies.  Applications are sought from creative, interdisciplinary scholars conducting significant policy relevant research on pressing global issues.

AUSTIN, TX— This summer, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and Law School Professor Robert M. Chesney was on the front lines of the national debate on the detention and trial of terrorism suspects.  Just after teaching his last class of the spring semester, Chesney traveled to Washington, DC, where he spent the next several months with the President’s Detainee Policy Task Force.

AUSTIN, Texas--The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announced today that Strauss Senior Fellow Alan Kuperman will be a member of the Center’s 2009-2010 fellowship class.  As a Woodrow Wilson fellow, Dr. Kuperman will work on a project on “Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention.”

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has announced the 2009 William H. Crook Fellowship awards. The summer fellowships are awarded to graduate students at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin working in the developing world for nonprofit organizations, and assist the students in covering travel and living expenses while abroad.   The fellowships are presented through the William H. Crook Chair in International Affairs, which is dedicated to promoting global economic development and fighting poverty.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced today that Ambassador Gregory W. Engle (Ret) has joined the leadership team as Associate Director. Ambassador Engle has served as the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomat-in-Residence at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin and most recently as Senior Advisor for International Affairs at The University of Texas International Office.

In a piece for April's newsletter, the Strauss Center's new director, Francis J. Gavin, reflects on the creation of the Center and the great efforts made by many people to get it where it is today.

AUSTIN, Texas-- Francis J. Gavin, Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs, The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named Director of The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is making grants to support LBJ School students working in the developing world this summer for non-profit development organizations. 

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of key members of their national security team, including James B. Steinberg for Deputy Secretary of State, and Jacob Lew for Deputy Secretary of State, and the appointment of Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor and Antony "Tony" Blinken as National Security Advisor to the Vice President.

AUSTIN, Texas – Strauss Center Senior Fellow Joshua Busby and Prof. Ethan Kapstein have been awarded a $200,000 grant by the Merck Company Foundation to conduct a project on “The Grand Bargain: How the International Community Responded to HIV/AIDS.” Busby and Kapstein will explore why drug treatment based on differential pricing of retroviral drugs emerged as the policy solution of choice in dealing with HIV/AIDS and whether this policy response will prove durable over the long term.

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has selected Dr. William W. Cooper, Dr. Stephen A. Monti, Robert S. Strauss and Sara Martinez Tucker to receive the prestigious Presidential Citation for 2008.  William Powers Jr., president of the university, will present the Presidential Citation and other major university awards to recipients in a ceremony later in the academic year.

AUSTIN, Texas – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin has been selected by the European Commission as the host of a new European Union Center of Excellence. The Strauss Center will receive nearly €300,000 over three years to pursue research and studies on how the European Union and the United States are responding to problems created by globalization. 

AUSTIN, Texas – As many Americans worry that a disruption in the oil supply could drive energy prices even higher, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin announced today that it has launched a comprehensive web resource on how the Strait of Hormuz and escalating military tensions in the Persian Gulf affect global access to oil.

On May 16, 2008, University of Texas head football coach Mack Brown was honored at a dinner benefiting the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, which is part of The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Penn State head coach Joe Paterno gave the keynote address, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann served as the emcee and former UT coach Darrell Royal attended.

As the United States takes another step toward determining who will be on the ballot in November this week, Strauss Center Director of Studies Francis J. Gavin will be Washington, D.C., working with the nation’s brightest emerging leaders to develop innovative solutions to pressing global challenges the next president will face.

In a night that included legendary names in the world of college football, Texas head coach Mack Brown was honored with The Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin on Friday.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – A gift from Mrs. Eleanor Crook to the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin will create an endowed chair dedicated to promoting global economic development and fighting poverty.

AUSTIN, Texas – A dinner honoring The University of Texas at Austin’s head football coach, Mack Brown, for his dedication to leadership on and off the field will be held Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel.

AUSTIN, TX - In an article for the March/April issue of University of Texas magazine The Alcalde, editor Avrel Seale addresses the need for universities to begin applying their resources to solving today's pressing problems, rather than getting caught up in "frivolous scholarship."  Seale cites the Strauss Center as an example that the University is moving in the right direction.

AUSTIN, TX-- Francis J. Gavin, Director of Studies at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin, has been awarded a Nobel Institute Senior Fellowship for the Institute's Spring term 2009.

AUSTIN, TX--On April 1, Strauss Center Senior Fellow Philip Bobbitt released his new book, Terror and Consent (Knopf, 2008), where he argues that the U.S. has defined the problem of winning the war against terror in a way that makes the situation virtually impossible to resolve.

AUSTIN, TX–Former U.S. Army Officer and Chaplain James Yee will discuss his experience as a Muslim minister accused of spying at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday, March 20, at 6 p.m. in The University of Texas Law School Auditorium.  Admission is free and open to the public.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin announced today it has received a $250,000 grant from the Confidence Foundation to support its Global Energy and Security Issues research program.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law was deeply saddened by the passing of former Dean Elspeth Davies Rostow on Sunday, December 9, 2007.

AUSTIN, TEXAS –The Council on Foreign Relations released a report today by Strauss Fellow Joshua Busby on the security consequences of climate change. In Climate Change and National Security: An Agenda for Action, Busby goes beyond the diagnosis of the problem of climate change and makes recommendations for action.

On November 5, 2007, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced a $1 million gift from Jon and Rebecca Brumley to create the Jon Brumley Chair in Global Affairs. The chair will be dedicated to developing peaceful ways to ensure that technological and scientific advances do not endanger global security.  It will sponsor high-level conferences, underwrite high-impact research and bring top experts to campus.

AUSTIN, TEXAS  The Next Generation Project, led by the Strauss Center’s Director of Studies Frank Gavin, released its Midwest assembly report today, roviding insights from the country’s next generation of leaders on how the United States and the world should respond to the global challenges of the 21st century.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – In an op-ed published today by the Austin American-Statesman, Strauss Center Governing Board member James C. Langdon, Jr., discusses the significance of the Strauss Center’s partnership with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. 

AUSTIN, TEXAS –A $1 million gift from Jon and Rebecca Brumley to the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin will create a chair dedicated to developing peaceful ways to ensure that technological and scientific advances do not endanger global security.

On October 22, 2007, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin announced a groundbreaking partnership with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), a world-renowned university dedicated to the study of international politics and diplomacy.

AUSTIN, Texas – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin announced today it is forming a groundbreaking partnership with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), a world-renowned university dedicated to the study of international politics and diplomacy.

On September 24, 2007, renowned lawyer and public servant Ambassador Robert S. Strauss and the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced a contribution of $7.5 million to The University of Texas at Austin to establish a new research center on global affairs. The Center, named after Ambassador Strauss as the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, was founded to provide the imagination, leadership and intellectual innovation required to help meet the challenges of the 21st century.

AUSTIN, Texas – Renowned lawyer and public servant Ambassador Robert S. Strauss and the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP have contributed $7.5 million to The University of Texas at Austin to establish a new research center on global affairs.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced today the members of its leadership team. The Center named James M. Lindsay as Director; Francis J. Gavin as Director of Studies; Kenneth Flamm as Director of the Technology, Innovation and International Security Program; and Jill Angelo as Associate Director.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced today the Helen and Robert Strauss Fellows for 2007-2008.

A multidisciplinary group of students from The University of Texas at Austin spent their recent spring break in Colombia investigating the effectiveness of legislative measures meant to protect Afro-Colombian property rights.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Texas International Law Journal (TILJ) at The University of Texas School of Law will co-sponsor a symposium on April 10-11 that addresses the legal and political consequences of the recently enacted Military Commissions Act. The event—free and open to the public—will be held in the Law School’s Eidman Courtroom.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will welcome guests from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) to The University of Texas at Austin campus on Thursday, March 22. The purpose of the visit is to discuss a potential partnership between MGIMO, the Strauss Center and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas that could include collaborative research, faculty and student exchanges, internships and conferences and symposia.

RSC Director of Studies, Francis J. Gavin, is leading a multi-day assembly “Next Generation Project: U.S. Global Policy and the Future of International Institutions” at the University of California, San Diego on February 22-24, 2007. The Next Generation Project’s goal is to generate new ideas about U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions; influence policy discussions about the future of America’s role in the world; and cultivate new policy networks. In order to accomplish this, The Assembly identifies young emerging leaders from diverse geographic, professional, and demographic sectors and facilitates discussions with experienced mentors.