In December 2025, Dr. Kiril Avramov, Non-Resident Fellow at the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) and Assistant Professor at the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, co-edited, Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International…
On Saturday, February 21, 2026, the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence published a book review by J. Paul Pope, Senior Fellow at the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) and Lloyd Hackler Chair for Ethical Leadership at the LBJ School…
ISP’s Tearline student research team recently published an open-source report analyzing the impact of the May 2025 drone attack by the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces on infrastructure in the vicinity of Russia’s planned naval base in Sudan. The team assessed…
The Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alexandra Sukalo to lead the University’s Intelligence Studies Project (ISP).…
Public support for the U.S. Intelligence Community remained strong through the end of the Biden presidency, though polls show mounting evidence of entrenched partisanship. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs published the results of two annual national surveys of public…
PROGRAM DATES: May 6 to 27, 2026 INFO SESSION: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 (3:00PM to 4:00PM) in Flawn Academic Center (FAC), Room 430 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, November 7, 2025, 11:59PM (Central) UT-Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project is now accepting applications from UT undergraduate…
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- Bobby R. Inman, former Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
"There has been far too little focus in the academic world on the Intelligence Community and the critical role it plays in our country's national security. The Intelligence Studies Project will position the University of Texas at Austin to be a leading academic center on U.S. intelligence."
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- Robert M. Gates, former Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence
"The Intelligence Studies Project at UT Austin - anchored by the Inman Chair - will allow new generations of young people to learn from and about Admiral Inman, and to learn about intelligence: its many disciplines and dimensions, its structure, how it operates, its strengths and weaknesses, how it is used, and how it can be improved."