Inboden and Greitens Quoted in Politico Article about China’s Global Status
Asia Policy Program director and Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Sheena Greitens and Strauss Center’s Senior Fellow Rana Siu Inboden recently shared their expertise in a Politico article discussing China’s global standing going into this month’s U.N.’s General Assembly. “China is trying to use Ukraine to make its case that global security governance is broken [and]…
Klein Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Strauss Center Director Adam Klein testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Protecting Americans’ Personal Data from Hostile Foreign Powers on September 14. “For decades, American policy has sought to preserve the ideal of a borderless, global internet,” his statement began. “That was a noble vision, and it remains…
Strauss Center and ARL Launch Joint Studies Program
The Strauss Center and the Applied Research Labs at UT (ARL:UT) have partnered together to launch the “Joint Studies Program,” a multidisciplinary program that applies research in law, political science, engineering, and the natural sciences to problems in national security, defense, and public service. “We’re excited to partner with UT’s Applied Research Labs, which perform…
SSSS Lead Argues for Space Environmentalism
Moriba Jah, Program Lead of Strauss’ Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program, released an op-ed on CNN titled “Why I’m a space environmentalist — and why you should be, too.” “As an astrodynamicist, who studies the motion of natural and human-made bodies in space, I knew space was a neglected ecosystem that needed to be…
Sharma Quoted in NYT in Article on Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Privacy Breach Trial
Chinmayi Sharma, a Scholar in Residence at the Strauss Center, was quoted in an article regarding Joe Sullivan, former chief of security for Uber, who federal prosecutors say failed to disclose a records breach to government regulators while at Uber. “There is the threat of jail time. You can’t put a company in jail. You…
2022 “Bobby R. Inman Award” Winners Announced
The Intelligence Studies Project of the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the winner and two semifinalists in the eighth-annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The recipient of the “Inman Award” is Christopher Dictus, a PhD candidate in Political Science at the…
CAMPI Releases August 2022 Metering Report
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Fellows Stephanie Leutert and Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly Metering report for August 2022. In a shift from past metering reports, this August 2022 update also includes numbers from Title 42 exception waitlists. In many cities, Title 42 exception waitlists have replaced the asylum waitlists that were closed…
Prof. Jensen and Strauss SSA Steinhauer Publish Article on Renewable Energy Subsidies
Isabella Steinhauer, a Strauss Center summer Senior Student Associate and LBJ School MPAFF candidate, co-authored an article with Dr. Nate Jensen, a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Government, for The Conversation as part of her summer work. In the article, they track down the owners of projects that benefit from renewable energy subsidies…
Call for Nominations: 2022 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law(ONU), in consultation with the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law, have established the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship. The prize honors Professor Mike Lewis of ONU, a much-loved colleague…
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Today, students return to The University of Texas at Austin for the 2022-23 academic year. Our University’s celebrated motto is “What Starts Here Changes the World.” Whether our students are pursuing degrees in law, policy, engineering, business, or government, one thing is certain: the world they will seek to change will look very different from today’s. For…
