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ISP Tearline Team Reports on Russian Air Base Infrastructure Development in Libya
June 5, 2026
ISP’s Tearline student research team recently published an open-source report examining improvements at six existing Libyan air bases since the arrival of Africa Corps, a Russian state-controlled military group, in April 2024. The team assessed that expanding infrastructure development at Libyan air bases where Africa Corps has an established presence likely advances Russia’s military foothold…
ISP Tearline Team Reports on Russia’s Construction of Defense Towers near Yelabuga Drone Facility
May 28, 2026
ISP’s Tearline student research team recently published an open-source report analyzing key takeaways regarding the Russian Federation’s construction of two defense towers near its Yelabuga drone facility following Ukrainian airstrikes in Tatarstan throughout 2025. Although the effectiveness of these defense towers in countering drones remains unclear, the team assessed that Moscow’s rapid construction of these towers near…
ISP Senior Fellow and Students Participate, Compete in International Security Experience 2026 at University of South Florida
May 1, 2026
On April 14-17, 2026, Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) Senior Fellow Paul Pope and ISP students served as panelists and competed in the University of South Florida’s (USF) International Security Experience 2026. USF’s Global and National Security Institute, in conjunction with the university’s student-led Future Strategist Program, convened this four-day conference featuring in-depth…
Call for Papers: The University of Texas at Austin Announces the 2026 Bobby R. Inman Award for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
April 30, 2026
The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) at The University of Texas at Austin announces the 12th annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The winner of the Inman Award will receive a cash prize of $5,000, with two semifinalists each receiving a cash prize…
ISP Faculty in the Field: ISP Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov Set to Publish Second Book, Receives Eyes of Texas Excellence Award 2026
April 10, 2026
Next month, 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, will publish his second book of the past year entitled, “Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of the State-Sponsored Targeted Killings,” with…
ISP Tearline Student Teams Brief Texas Army National Guard
April 7, 2026
On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, students from two Tearline research teams briefed the General Officer Board meeting at the Texas Army National Guard. Brigadier General Monie Ulis, Deputy Adjutant General – Army at Camp Mabry, and his staff praised the students for their high-quality analysis and professional briefing abilities. In recent years,…
ISP Faculty in the Field: ISP Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov Publishes New Book — Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
March 3, 2026
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 Politics (Lynne Reiner Publishers) with Dr. Luca Trenta. At its…
ISP Faculty in the Field: International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Publishes Senior Fellow J. Paul Pope’s Book Review
February 26, 2026
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 of Public Affairs, entitled “Thwarting Future Threats: Intelligence–Policy Nexus.” Pope’s…
ISP Tearline Team Reports on Russia’s Planned Naval Base Near Port Sudan
January 13, 2026
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 that Russia is unlikely to realize their plans for a naval base…
Alexandra Sukalo Named Director of the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project
December 15, 2025
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). ISP was established in 2013 as a joint venture of…