The Strauss Center was deeply saddened to lose one of our most treasured family members, Elspeth Davies Rostow, on Sunday, December 9th, 2007.

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. Busby also participated in a podcast discussion on this week’s United Nation’s conference on climate change in Bali, Indonesia.

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.

In an op-ed published by the Austin American-Statesman, Strauss Center Governing Board member Jim Langdon discusses the significance of the Strauss Center’s partnership with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. The partnership aims to deepen cooperation, innovation and exchange of ideas in higher education and advanced research on global affairs.