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SSSS Lead Jah Named Member to the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee

On October 21, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration released the new members of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) in a press release. Dr. Moriba Jah, lead of Strauss’ Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program was named as one of the 21 new members. COMSTAC committee members provide information, advice, and recommendations to the FAA…

Dr. Jah Argues for Extended Producer Responsibility in the Space Economy

Strauss’ Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program Lead Moriba Jah recently published an article in Aerospace America. In his essay, “Environmentalism on Earth points the way to responsibility in space,” Dr. Jah argues that the environmental policy of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be applied to the space economy. He notes embracing EPR in space…

Suri’s New Book Mentioned in NYT

October 19, 2022 |

Strauss Distinguished Scholar and LBJ School of Public Affairs Professor Jeremi Suri was recently mentioned in a New York Times, “What to Read” article. The article, by Thomas E. Ricks, discusses Dr. Suri’s new book, “Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.” Read the full article here.

SSSS Lead Moriba Jah Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow

The Strauss Center is proud to announce that Moriba Jah, lead of Strauss’ Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program, has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. MacArthur Fellow awards are awarded annually and “is intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” Commonly referred to as the…

Inboden and Suri Publish CNN Op-ed

October 13, 2022 |

William Inboden, Strauss Distinguished Scholar and Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security, and Jeremi Suri, Strauss Distinguished Scholar and LBJ Professor, co-authored an opinion piece for CNN on “A generation of the world’s best leaders has died. Now we must look forward.” This article goes through pivotal passings of historic leaders and…

SSSS Lead Jah Receives NASA Funding for Space Sustainability Project

Moriba Jah, lead of Strauss’ Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program, was featured in The Daily Texan as he will be receiving funding from NASA for a project he co-created. The project, titled “Adaptive Space Governance and Decision-Support using Source-Sink Evolutionary Environmental Models,” aims to increase space safety and orbital debris. “The proposal was to…

Sharma Quoted in NYT on Uber Security Chief Guilty Verdict

October 7, 2022 |

Chinmayi Sharma, a Scholar in Residence at the Strauss Center, was recently quoted in a New York Times article about the guilty verdict against Joe Sullivan, former chief of security for Uber, who failed to disclose a records breach to government regulators while at Uber. “The way responsibilities are divided up is going to be…

Greitens Discusses Xi Jingping and Security Challenges in Foreign Affairs

October 6, 2022 |

Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, founding director of the Asia Policy Program, was recently published in Foreign Affairs. Dr. Greitens argues the security challenges posed by Xi’s Global Security Initiative (GSI), through which the Chinese Communist Party aim to revise global and regional security governance to more closely align with its regime security interests. Beijing’s “prevention…

ISP Opens Applications for Texas Intelligence Academy 2023

October 4, 2022 |

UT-Austin’s Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) announces the 2023 Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA), an intensive academic program focused on intelligence & national security from May 16 to 25, 2023 in Washington, D.C. All travel, lodging, and program expenses for the TIA are provided by ISP. Applicants must be UT undergraduate students with plans to graduate in Fall…

Space Traffic Management Conference Call for Papers Open

On February 28 – March 2, 2023, the Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) Program at The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Strauss Center for International Security­ and Law and the Cockrell School of Engineering, in partnership with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will hold the ­9th annual Space Traffic Management conference, “Achieving Space Environmentalism and Sustainability by…

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