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TikTok Talk: Is Social Media Really a National Security Threat?

April 11, 2023 | 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School

On Tuesday, April 11, the Strauss Center in partnership with the SlavX Podcast is hosting Glenn Gerstell, Senior Advisor for the International Security Program of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, as he discusses…

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CANCELLED – Reflections on COVID-19 Origins:  Outtakes from a 20-Month Senate Investigation

April 10, 2023 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | SRH 3.122, LBJ School

CANCELLED – On Monday, April 10, the Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project, Strauss Center, and Clements Center for National Security, in partnership with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, will host Dr. Robert P. Kadlec. Kadlec is the former Assistant…

#Connexions Conference: Global Media in Diplomacy & Foreign Policy

April 10 - April 12, 2023 | 8:00 am - 5:30 pm | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School

From Monday, April 10, to Wednesday, April 12, the Strauss Center is joining the SlavX Podcast in hosting the 2023 #Connexions Conference, Global Media in Diplomacy & Foreign Policy. #Connexions will create an international space for…

Follow the Money: Tracking the Shell Games in Financial Services Cybersecurity

April 6, 2023 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | TNH 2.124, Law School

On Thursday, April 6th, the Strauss Center hosted Allison Miller, cybersecurity expert and former Reddit Chief Information Security Officer, as she discussed cybersecurity in the realm of financial services. This talk was part of Strauss’…

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Countering Terrorism in an Era of Great Power Competition with Christine Abizaid, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

April 4, 2023 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Prothro Theater, Harry Ransom Center

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, the University of Texas at Austin’s Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project, Strauss Center, and Clements Center for National Security, in partnership with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, hosted Christy Abizaid, Director of the National…

Revolution or Reform: the Future of Autocratic Regimes

April 3, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | WCP Auditorium

On Monday, April 3rd, the Strauss Center is joining the International Affairs Society and the Clements Center in hosting the 2023-UT International Affairs Society Roundtable, which tackles the topic of autocratic regimes with a particular…

A Pandemic of Populists

April 1, 2023 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Zoom

On Saturday, April 1, the Polish Club at the University of Texas Austin in conjunction with the Strauss Center, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the Center for European Studies, the Liberal…

Stalin, World War, and Today’s World

March 30, 2023 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School

On Thursday, March 30, the Strauss Center, the Clements Center for National Security and Law, the UT-Austin History Department, the Center for European Studies, and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies hosted…

Office Hours: Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic 

March 27, 2023 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | RSVP Only

On Monday, March 27th, Professor Francesca Lockhart of the Strauss Center is hosting office hours on the Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic and its associated two-course undergrad sequence. The UT Austin Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic and…

Information Session: Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic 

March 20, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Zoom

On Monday, March 20th, the Strauss Center hosted a virtual information session on the Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic and its associated two-course undergrad sequence with Professor Francesca Lockhart of the Strauss Center. The UT Austin…

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