The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law announced today the members of its leadership team. The Center named James M. Lindsay as Director; Francis J. Gavin as Director of Studies; Kenneth Flamm as Director of the Technology, Innovation and International Security Program; and Jill Angelo as Associate Director.

Dr. James Lindsay, Director, holds the Tom Slick Chair for International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy and the American policymaking process. Before joining the Strauss Center, Lindsay was Vice President and Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Earlier in his career he served as Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs for the National Security Council.

Dr. Francis Gavin, Director of Studies, is the first Tom Slick Professor for International Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is also the director of the “Next Generation Project,” a multi-year national initiative focusing on the U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. A historian by training, his teaching and research interests focus on U.S. foreign policy, national security affairs, nuclear strategy and arms control, presidential policymaking, and the history of international monetary relations.

Dr. Kenneth Flamm will direct the Technology, Innovation and International Security Program at the Strauss Center and holds the Dean Rusk Chair in International Affairs at the LBJ School. Flamm also serves as the vice-chair of the National Research Council’s Panel on Comparative Innovation Policy, as well as a member of the NRC’s Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board, the Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile and assessment panel on the Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Jill Angelo, the Center’s Associate Director, will primarily focus on the Center’s strategic communications and external outreach efforts. Prior to joining the Strauss Center, she worked at the White House for President George W. Bush and in the private sector, giving strategic advice and counsel to clients on public policy and communications issues.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin promotes research and discussion on the pressing challenges created by our increasingly globalized world. The Center combines strong academic research with practical experience; sponsors multidisciplinary research that draws on expertise across the UT campus; promotes broad and respectful debate; and prepares faculty and students to become leaders in a complex global environment.

For more information, go to www.RobertStraussCenter.org.