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In a new piece for the Journal of Strategic Studies, Dr. Sankaran and his co-author study how new technologies have continued to impact the nature of nuclear deterrence between great powers. In particular, the article explores the impact of five technologies—small satellites, hypersonic weapons, machine learning, cyber weapons, and quantum…

This fall, Dr. Joshua Busby, Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, co-authored two articles on clean technology. The first, published in War on the Rocks, offers commentary of “China, Clean Technologies, and National Security.” The article highlights clean technology as an importance domestic growth sector, discusses its impact on…

In her first introduction as the new editor in chief of the Texas National Security Review, Sheena Chestnut Greitens considers the importance of getting major questions of national and international security right and highlights the journal’s role in supporting that endeavor. Read the complete article here.

On November 25th, the Brookings Foreign Policy program hosted a discussion on how aerospace weapons influence decision-makers in target states—not just through their physical impact, but by the emotional and strategic responses they provoke, which are key to understanding their coercive effect. Asia Policy faculty affiliate Jaganath Sankaran joined to…

On October 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program co-hosted a two-panel event on Critical & Emerging Technology in the US-Korea Alliance with the Korea Economic Institute of America. During the event, panelists presented findings from their papers on US-Korea technology cooperation. The day began with brief introductions by Dr. Sheena…

On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, co-authored with Steve Tsang. You can listen to the event on Horns of a Dilemma.

Distinguished Fellow Fellow Rana Siu Inboden and Andréa Worden published an insightful article on Unmasking the ‘Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter’ for The Diplomat. “Despite its name, this group, which includes many of the world’s most repressive regimes, is anything but a friend of the…

On September 12-13, the Asia Policy Program hosted its second China & National Security Workshop for early-career national security and foreign policy professionals in Washington, D.C. at the University of Texas System’s Archer Center. The program began with an evening dinner and guest speaker. Friday featured a number of sessions…

In this episode, TNSR publisher Ryan Evans spoke with the journal’s new editor-in-chief, Prof. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, an award-winning scholar and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. They spoke about why she became a scholar, her research, the intellectual challenges of the competition with…

The Texas National Security Review, a joint partnership between War on the Rocks and the University of Texas, is pleased to announce that Sheena Chestnut Greitens, PhD, will become its new editor-in-chief, succeeding Will Inboden, PhD. Greitens, an award-winning scholar and associate professor at UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, brings a wealth of expertise and…