Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 232 7221, t.chapman@austin.utexas.edu

Terrence Chapman is a Professor of Government. He is a distinguished scholar of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and affiliated faculty member of the Clements Center on History Strategy, and Statecraft. His research interests span the study of international institutions, international security, and international political economy. In 2009-2010 he held a position as a visiting associate research scholar at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. His work has appeared in International Organization, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, International Interactions, the Review of International Organizations, and International Peacekeeping. His book, Securing Approval: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2011 and won the 2011-2012 American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section Book Award. He a former associate and senior editor for International Studies Quarterly. He received his Ph.D. in 2007 from Emory University. He teaches courses on international relations, international organizations, international political economy and game theory.

Media Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer, oppenheimer@utexas.edu, 512-475-9712

Associate Director , Clements Center for National Security
, paul.edgar@austin.utexas.edu

Paul Edgar is the Associate Director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin. He holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Texas and studies the historical origins of diplomacy, war, and strategy in pre-classical antiquity. He is also a philologist of several ancient languages. His public writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Task & Purpose, and Capital Commentary. He is currently finishing his first book, an international diplomatic history of the Late Bronze Age. Before entering academia, Paul served more than 22 years as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army.

Professor , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
+1 512 475 7242, suri@austin.utexas.edu

Jeremi Suri is a professor in the university's Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Suri is the author and editor of nine books on contemporary politics and foreign policy. His most recent book is "The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office." His other books include "Henry Kissinger and the American Century," "Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama," and "Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy" (with Robert Hutchings). Professor Suri writes for major newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Foreign Affairs, Fortune, The American Prospect, and Wired. He also writes for various online sites and blogs. He is a popular public lecturer, and he appears frequently on radio and television programs.  

Media Contact: Paul Corliss, paul.corliss@austin.utexas.edu,

Dean, School of Law , School of Law
+1 512 232 1120, rchesney@law.utexas.edu

Bobby Chesney is the associate dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas School of Law. In addition, he is the director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, a University-wide research unit bridging across disciplines to improve understanding of international security issues.
In 2009, Professor Chesney served in the Justice Department. He also previously served the Intelligence Community as an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board and as a member of the Advanced Technology Board. In addition to his current positions at the University of Texas, he is  a member of the American Law Institute, and a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, and a former non-resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution.

Media Contact: Wendy Schneider, wschneider@law.utexas.edu,

Director, Center for European Studies , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 232 7280, mosserm@austin.utexas.edu

Michael Mosser is assistant professor of instruction with a joint appointment in the Department of Government, the Center for European Studies/European Union Center of Excellence (CES/EUCE), and the International Relations and Global Governance (IRG) program. He is also assistant director of the Center for European Studies (CES) at UT-Austin, as well as a Distinguished Scholar in the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He teaches courses in European and international security, European environmental policy, comparative and European politics, international organizations, and foreign policy analysis. 

Media Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer, oppenheimer@utexas.edu, 512-475-9712

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 232 7221, t.chapman@austin.utexas.edu

Terrence Chapman is a Professor of Government. He is a distinguished scholar of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and affiliated faculty member of the Clements Center on History Strategy, and Statecraft. His research interests span the study of international institutions, international security, and international political economy. In 2009-2010 he held a position as a visiting associate research scholar at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. His work has appeared in International Organization, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, International Interactions, the Review of International Organizations, and International Peacekeeping. His book, Securing Approval: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2011 and won the 2011-2012 American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section Book Award. He a former associate and senior editor for International Studies Quarterly. He received his Ph.D. in 2007 from Emory University. He teaches courses on international relations, international organizations, international political economy and game theory.

Media Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer, oppenheimer@utexas.edu, 512-475-9712

Associate Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 232 7202, rwellhausen@utexas.edu

Rachel Wellhausen's primary field of interest is the political economy of international investment and finance. Her book "The Shield of Nationality: When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms" (2015) examines the conditions under which governments maintain or break the contracts they enter into with foreign investors. Fieldwork included interviews with executives and government officials in Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania, with follow-up work in Russia and Azerbaijan. The dissertation on which the book is based won the Mancur Olson award from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in political economy in 2011-2012. Professor Wellhausen is co-editor of Production in the Innovation Economy (2014), which resulted from MIT's interdisciplinary project on innovation and production. She has published in the American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Business and Politics, and other outlets.

Media Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer, oppenheimer@utexas.edu, 512-475-9712