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Chesney on Snowden and the NSA, 6 Months Later
Strauss Center Director and UT Law Professor Bobby Chesney published an op-ed, “Beyond Snowden: Breaking the security-privacy stalemate,” in the Austin American Statesman today. The article discusses Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency, and the American public’s shifting relationship to issues of privacy and security. In the six months since the scandal broke, Chesney has…
What to Expect in Energy and Environment News in 2014
At a meeting of the Webber Energy Group this month, UT Professor and Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Michael Webber identified his picks for the top energy and environment stories of 2014. His predictions range from the rise of solar to the risk of shipping oil by rail to the future of natural gas.
ACLED 4.0 Launched
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED) team recently released Version 4 of the ACLED dataset, which covers political violence in Africa from January 1997 – December 2013. Files for all countries are composed of ACLED data indicating the day of the event, actors involved, type of activity, location, fatalities, source, and notes for individual politically…
ACLED Releases January 2014 Conflict Trends Report
The January 2014 issue of Conflict Trends will first provide an overview of 2013 as captured in Version 4 of the ACLED dataset, before profiling dynamics in North Africa, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan.
Strauss Center Welcomes Professor Bobby Chesney as Director
Happy New Year from the Strauss Center! 2014 promises to be an active year for the Center, beginning with Professor Bobby Chesney taking over as Director of the Strauss Center. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Chesney is the Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT and a nationally renowned expert…
Spring 2014 Event Schedule Announced
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is pleased to announce its spring 2014 events schedule. Below you will find more information on upcoming lectures as a part of both the long-standing International Security Speakers Series and the newly established Intelligence Studies Project, along with details for larger conferences and symposia we’re…
Security Studies Pre-doctoral Fellowship 2014-2015
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will offer up to two pre-doctoral fellowships in security studies for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Strauss Center pre-doctoral fellowship program aims to stimulate the development of the next generation of researchers and thought leaders and encourage them to engage in policy-relevant research on issues…
Fall 2013 International Security Speakers Series Recap
The Center’s flagship speaker series continues to host more speakers each year, drawing world-renowned scholars, legal experts, and policy practitioners to the UT campus. This semester we welcomed seven experts to the 40-acres to share their research on topics as diverse as drone strikes, 18th century warfare, the 1970s, and declassification of government documents. Below…
Innovations in Climate Security Research
Known for its innovative research bridging policy and academic spheres, the Robert Strauss Center this year won the esteemed Special Achievements in GIS (SAG) Award for its work mapping security risks related to climate change. The Strauss Center uses Esri’s geographic information systems (GIS) technology as part of its Climate Change and African Political Stability…
