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America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy

January 27 - January 27, 2023 | 8:00 am - 3:30 pm | LBJ Presidential Library

The Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Clements Center for National Security, the Intelligence Studies Project, the LBJ Presidential Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) hosted…

Caught in the Crossfire or Frenemies? The Economic and Political Relationship of China and Australia

January 18, 2023 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | RLP 1.302E, Patton Hall

On Wednesday, January 18, the Asia Policy Program and the Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies cohosted ā€œCaught in the Crossfire or Frenemies? The Economic and Political Relationship between China and Australia,ā€ with…

Living in a Changing Climate: Dynamics of Forced Migration & Displacement

January 17, 2023 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | SRH 3.122, LBJ School

On Tuesday, January 17, the Strauss Center hosted Amali Tower, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Refugees, for a talk on “Living in a Changing Climate: Dynamics of Forced Migration & Displacement.” This talk was…

Creative Climate Communications: Food Security, Climate Science, Policy, & Society

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

On Tuesday, January 10, the Strauss Center hosted Dr. Max Boykoff, Chair of the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder, for a talk on “Creative Climate Communications: Food Security, Climate Science, Policy…

Climate Changing Arctic Security: A Primer

December 1, 2022 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | SRH 3.122, LBJ School

On Thursday, December 1, the Strauss Center welcomed Marisol Maddox, Senior Arctic Analyst at the Polar Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, for a talk on “Climate Changing Arctic Security: A Primer.”…

Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back

November 30, 2022 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Zoom Webinar

On Wednesday, November 30, the Asia Policy Program is hosting Nathan Law, Hong Kong democratic activist and former Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, to discuss his latest release, Freedom: How We Lose It…

Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons that Nearly Destroyed NATO

November 29, 2022 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | SRH 3.122, LBJ School

On Tuesday, November 29, the Strauss Center and Clements Center for National Security hosted Susan Colbourn, Associate Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, the Sanford School of Public Policy, at Duke University, for…

Does It Matter How Much Energy Cryptocurrency Mining Consumes?

November 17, 2022 | 12:50 pm - 1:50 pm | WCP 2.302 Legislative Assembly Room, Student Activity Center

On Thursday, November 17, the Strauss Center hosted a panel of experts in energy and cryptocurrency as part of its inaugural Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Policy Week. Dr. Carey King, Assistant Director at UT Austin’s Energy…

Crypto-Careers: Legal Careers in Blockchain and Crypto

November 17, 2022 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Patman Plaza, School of Law

On Thursday, November 17, the Strauss Center hosted Strauss Technology, Security, and Global Affairs Fellow Sina Kian as he discussed legal careers in the realm of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. Are cryptocurrencies the next frontier…

Shirk Talk 11/16/22

Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise

November 16, 2022 | 12:15 - 1:30 pm | SRH 3.122, LBJ School

On Wednesday, November 16, the Asia Policy Program hosted Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of theĀ 21st Century China CenterĀ at the University of California San Diego and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the…

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