Ami Pedahzur, Strauss Distinguished Scholar and head of the T.I.G.E.R. Lab (Terrorism, Insurgencies, & Guerillas in Education & Research) shares his thoughts on counterterrorism since 9/11 and why there is reason for Americans to feel confident and optimistic in an opinion piece for the University of Texas website.

The Strauss Center’s Jeremi Suri is releasing his new book, Liberty’s Surest Guardian this month. Published by Simon and Schuster, this book explores America’s long history of nation-building and the lessons to be drawn from this experience.

The Strauss Center is pleased to announce its schedule of events for the Fall 2011 semester.  The events will cover a wide range of topics from counterinsurgency to nuclear weapons to the launch of a new book detailing the life and accomplishments of our namesake and benefactor Robert S. Strauss.  They’ll include academics, intelligence officials, students and authors.

Strauss Center and CCAPS Scholar Josh Busby published his fourth blog post on the current crisis in the Horn of Africa on the popular group blog The Duck of Minerva.  In this post, Busby discusses the famine in Somalia and what the international community should and should not do in order to resolve the conflict.