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Strauss’ Cybersecurity Clinic Students Attend Google Fund Launch

July 20, 2023 |

In June, Strauss Center’s Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic students Khael Kugler and Satchel Williams were invited to attend Google’s launch of its Cybersecurity Clinic Fund, a fund designed to support the learning and career opportunities of students studying cybersecurity through providing them with real-world cyber defense experience. The Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic is a proud…

Strauss Director and LBJ Library Director Publish Lawfare Article on New FBI Headquarters

Strauss Center Director Adam Klein and LBJ Library Director Mark Lawrence recently published an article for Lawfare on “The FBI is Getting a New Headquarters. Will Americans Get a New FBI?” that discusses the unique opportunity the FBI will be getting by changing its headquarters in the near future. “The new headquarters building offers a…

Dr. Rana Inboden Releases Report on Defending Human Rights from Authoritarian Regimes

July 11, 2023 |

Strauss Center Senior Fellow Dr. Rana Inboden released a report for the International Forum for Democratic Studies on “Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies Can Retake the Initiative .” In it, Dr. Inboden argues authoritarian powers exploit multilateral institutions to further their repressive agendas. “If authoritarian influence is allowed to proliferate…

Leutert Quoted in Mexico Asylum Appointments Article

June 29, 2023 |

Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, was recently quoted in a Reuters in the article “Exclusive: U.S. restarts asylum appointments at Mexico border town despite extortion threat.” Leutert spoke further about the likelihood of an extortion scheme beginning again. “In essence, (it is) returning exactly to the very same dynamics…

Sheena Greitens Discusses the Concentrated Impact of Blinken’s Visit to China

June 24, 2023 |

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Director of the Asia Policy Program, recently co-authored an article in ChinaFile, “The Stakes of Antony Blinken’s Visit to Beijing.” In November 2022, President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Bali and agreed to progress talks to mend the relationship between the two countries. U.S. Secretary of State Antony…

CAMPI May 2023 Asylum Processing Report Cited in Reuters

June 21, 2023 |

The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative’s May 2023 report on Asylum Processing at the US-Mexico Border was recently cited in a Reuters article on “U.S. suspends asylum appointments in Texas border city after extortion reports.” To learn more, read the article here.

ISP Concludes Texas Intelligence Academy 2023

The University of Texas at Austin’s Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) hosted the fourth running of the Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) from May 16 to 25, 2023 in the National Capital Area. The TIA 2023 cohort comprised 15 undergraduate students from UT-Austin, UT-El Paso, and UT-San Antonio. The TIA students participated in classroom lectures and…

CAMPI Fellow Discusses Migrant and Asylum Seekers in the Darién Gap

June 16, 2023 |

Caitlyn Yates, Fellow at the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, recently interviewed with The New Humanitarian to discuss the influx in the number of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the treacherous Darién Gap that separates Colombia and Panama. Despite the introduction and expiration of U.S. policies—the United States-Panama-Colombia…

Ambassador Robert Strauss Honored at Texas State Cemetery

June 15, 2023 |

Right down Interstate 35 from the Strauss Center for International Security and Law’s home on the University of Texas at Austin campus, Ambassador Robert Strauss and his wife Helen were recently honored with a cenotaph in Texas State Cemetery. Strauss Center Director Adam Klein attended the unveiling on behalf of the Strauss Center. “The Strauss…

Strauss’ Cybersecurity Clinic Featured in Wired Magazine

June 14, 2023 |

Strauss’ inaugural Cybersecurity Clinic was featured in a recent Wired article titled “The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines: UT-Austin will join a growing movement to launch cybersecurity clinics for cities and small businesses that often fall through the cracks.” Cybersecurity Program Lead Bobby Chesney and Cybersecurity Clinic Program Lead Francesca Lockhart both discussed the Clinic’s creation…

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