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New Director Reflects on Strauss Center’s Beginnings
In a piece for April’s newsletter, the Strauss Center’s new director, Francis J. Gavin, reflects on the creation of the Center and the great efforts made by many people to get it where it is today.
Francis J. Gavin Appointed Director of the Strauss Center
Francis J. Gavin, Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs, The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named Director of The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
Strauss Center Accepting Student Grant Applications
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is making grants to support LBJ School students working in the developing world this summer for non-profit development organizations. The grants, which will be awarded in amounts up to $4,000, are made possible by the William H. Crook Chair in International Affairs.
Strauss Center Governing Board Member to Join Obama Administration
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of key members of their national security team, including James B. Steinberg for Deputy Secretary of State, and Jacob Lew for Deputy Secretary of State, and the appointment of Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor and Antony “Tony” Blinken as National Security…
From Munich to Mumbai – New York Times Op-Ed
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Ami Pedahzur wrote an op-ed for the New York Times on terrorism in India.
Strauss Center Fellow Awarded Grant to Study HIV/AIDS Policy
Strauss Center Senior Fellow Joshua Busby and Prof. Ethan Kapstein have been awarded a $200,000 grant by the Merck Company Foundation to conduct a project on “The Grand Bargain: How the International Community Responded to HIV/AIDS.” Busby and Kapstein will explore why drug treatment based on differential pricing of retroviral drugs emerged as the policy…
Presidential Citation Award Recipients for 2008 Named by University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin has selected Dr. William W. Cooper, Dr. Stephen A. Monti, Robert S. Strauss and Sara Martinez Tucker to receive the prestigious Presidential Citation for 2008.
Questions of Security
Strauss Center Senior Fellow Philip Bobbitt poses twelve complex national security questions to the presidential candidates in a New York Times article. Without understanding how each candidate approaches and analyzes problems, and without understanding how those approaches differ, Bobbitt cautions that, whoever wins the election, the mandate for leading the country will be fragile at…
Strauss Center Selected as Host of European Union Center of Excellence
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin has been selected by the European Commission as the host of a new European Union Center of Excellence. The Strauss Center will receive nearly $300,000 over three years to pursue research and studies on how the European Union…
All The Oil We Need
In a New York Times op-ed, Strauss Senior Fellow Eugene Gholz cautions against excessive concern over disruptions to world oil flows. Despite the volatility of the market and unrest in oil-producing countries, world oil reserves are not as vulnerable as they might seem.
