On Thursday, November 13th, 2025, the SMU Tower Center hosted its annual National Security Symposium, bringing together leading scholars to assess the state of U.S. military alliances and the strategic […]
Category: Security and Strategy
The war in Ukraine has upended Europe’s security landscape, forcing policymakers to confront difficult questions about military preparedness, strategic autonomy, and the future of transatlantic relations. At a recent Annette […]
The United States’ relationship with its allies is a recurring topic in politics. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military intergovernmental alliance between European and North American countries. […]
The Tower Center hosted a virtual presentation from Dr. Jordan Tama of American University on April 20. Despite the current polarization that exists within American politics, Dr. Tama argues that […]
The idea of a special relationship with the United States has been central to British foreign policy since Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940. It has been an asymmetric relationship […]
The SMU Tower Center’s National Security Chair, Stefano Recchia, recently published an article titled Overcoming Opposition at the UNSC: Regional Multilateralism as a Form of Collective Pressure in the Journal […]
For our Annual National Security Symposium, we invited some of the world’s leading experts in the field of national security to discuss nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. Speaking on the […]
The second panel at our Annual National Security Conference discussed the different hot spots around the world and areas for concern when it comes to arms control and nonproliferation. The […]
This year’s National Security Symposium coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs. As we celebrate the legacy of Senator Tower […]
Written by: Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Tim Smith, ’19 Laura Rosenberger and Jamie Fly, the panelists of the joint Tower Center and Bush Center event “Securing Democracy against Authoritarian […]