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2020 “Bobby R. Inman Award” Winners Announced
August 13, 2020
The Intelligence Studies Project of the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the winner and two semifinalists in its sixth-annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The recipient of the 2020 “Inman Award” for student scholarship on intelligence…
Dr. Bianca Adair to Serve As the New Resident Intelligence Officer at UT-Austin
August 4, 2020
Dr. Bianca Adair, an officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency, will serve as the Resident Intelligence Officer at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs from Fall 2020 to Fall 2022. A successor to Dr. Alan Kessler in the Visiting Intelligence Officer Program inaugurated in 2018,…
Strauss Center Fellow Published in “International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence”
July 27, 2020
Caroline Burks, a UT Law School student and Cybersecurity Graduate Fellow with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, recently published a paper “The Psychology of ‘Orwell the Snitch’: Applying Psychological Theories of Agent Recruitment” in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. The paper employs several widely-accepted theories…
Brumley NextGen Graduate Fellow Co-authors Essay on Diversity in U.S. Foreign Affairs Agencies
July 6, 2020
Gabriel Cortez, a candidate for a Master in Global Policy Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, recently co-authored a timely essay on the challenge of promoting and maintaining workplace diversity in America’s principal foreign affairs agencies. Mr. Cortez, a Department of State Charles B. Rangel Fellow, was recently…
U.S. Army War College Fellow Earns Research Awards
June 29, 2020
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Eric Kreitz, a U.S. Army War College Fellow at UT-Austin during the 2019-20 academic year, earned third place in the Secretary of Defense’s National Essay Competition and the U.S. Army War College Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research for his paper “Re-emerging Russian Influence in Latin America…
UT-Austin Student Completes Research on “Espionage in the Digital Age: How Technology is Impacting the Recruitment and Handling of Spies”
June 24, 2020
Katie Dehlinger, a UT-Austin Plan II Honors student, recently completed her research thesis on “Espionage in the Digital Age: How Technology is Impacting the Recruitment and Handling of Spies.” Using the framework of the so-called “agent acquisition cycle,” Ms. Dehlinger analyzed how dramatic advances in digital technology were impacting every…
ISP Fellow Appointed as Assistant Professor in UT’s Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
June 18, 2020
The Intelligence Studies Project congratulates ISP Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov on his appointment as an Assistant Professor in UT’s Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies. In addition to teaching, Dr. Avramov will lead an interdepartmental laboratory focused on “Global Internet, Media and (Dis)Information” (GIMI) that will collect and analyze non-Western…
ISP Partners with College of Natural Sciences on “STEM for National Security” Course
June 5, 2020
In Spring 2020, the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) piloted a national security course for undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at the University of Texas at Austin. The course, sponsored by the CNS Inventors Program, was designed and directed by Alan Kessler, the CIA’s resident intelligence officer at…
ISP Director Discusses Career in Intelligence on the Slavic Connection Podcast
June 4, 2020
ISP Director Steve Slick recently joined Lera Toropin of the Slavic Connection to discuss his nearly three decades in intelligence. The conversation includes personal accounts of the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. efforts to end conflicts in the Balkans, the morning of 9/11 in CIA’s Executive Offices and the…
Call for Papers: The University of Texas at Austin Announces the 2020 “Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
May 5, 2020
The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the sixth 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 of…