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 near Port Sudan in the…

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 the Clements and Strauss Centers…

2023-2024 Public Attitudes on US Intelligence

November 21, 2025

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 attitudes sponsored by UT-Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project. The surveys conducted in 2023 and 2024…

UT Austin Students Brief the NSA Director

April 16, 2025

UT Austin students with the Strauss Center-Applied Research Laboratories Joint Studies Program briefed NSA Director (DIRNSA) General Timothy Haugh on their research during a visit by the DIRNSA to the University in March 2025. The Joint Studies Program is a multidisciplinary program that applies research in law, political science, engineering, and the natural sciences to…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

CSIS Brief on Intelligence and Emerging Technology

April 27, 2020

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published The Intelligence Edge: Opportunities and Challenges from Emerging Technologies for U.S. Intelligence to frame the work of its Technology and Intelligence Task Force. Brian Katz, a Fellow in the International…

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