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 Springer Nature. His co-author, Adam…

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, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project…

Impact of Prior Marijuana Use on IC Job Applications

October 26, 2020

Former IC official Charles Allen argued in the op-ed “Cannabis & Clearances: Unnecessarily Weeding Out Applicants” that IC agencies should either relax or standardize how security clearance applications are adjudicated when an applicant reports a history of drug use. We…

ISP Director’s Essay on “This November, America’s Safety Is on the Ballot” Published in “Foreign Policy”

October 9, 2020

ISP Director Steve Slick recently authored an essay titled “This November, America’s Safety Is on the Ballot” in Foreign Policy. To read the article, click HERE.

Council on Foreign Relations Virtual Meeting on “Trust”

September 17, 2020

ISP Director Steve Slick joined former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management Joan Dempsey and The New Yorker Executive Editor and Author David Rohde on September 16 for a virtual meeting on “Trust and Distrust in the American Political…

ISP Posts Results of Third-Annual Survey of Public Attitudes on US Intelligence

September 10, 2020

Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick and LBJ School Associate Professor Josh Busby recently published with the Chicago Council of World Affairs the results of ISP’s third-annual national poll measuring the public’s views on US intelligence. The 2019 survey confirmed…

ISP Welcomes Brumley Next Generation Fellows Gabriel Cortez and Marigny Kirschke-Schwartz for the 2020-2021 Academic Year

August 26, 2020

Brumley Next Generation Fellows will participate in events and conduct research related to intelligence under the direction of ISP principals. Gabriel Cortez Gabriel Cortez graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration with summa cum laude honors.…

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…

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