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 in North Africa and the…

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 the Yelabuga drone factories likely indicates the significance of…

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 of $2,500. This competition is open…

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 Director Steve Slick Appointed to CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force

March 24, 2020

The Center for Strategic and International Studies announced today the launch of a Task Force to explore the implications and applications of emerging technologies for the U.S. intelligence community. The Task Force will be led by Stephanie O’Sullivan, a former…

Paul Pope Featured in War on the Rocks’ Podcast

February 27, 2020

On February 25, 2020, ISP Senior Fellow Paul Pope joined the War on the Rocks’ WarCast to discuss the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the importance of precision in intelligence briefings, and how consumers of intelligence in the…

Baines Report Interview with ODNI’s Principal Executive Andrew Hallman

February 5, 2020

The LBJ School’s student-run Baines Report recently published an interview with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Principal Executive Andrew Hallman. The Intelligence Studies Project hosted Andrew Hallman for a public talk on “U.S. Intelligence: New Challenges and…

“The American Interest” on DOJ’s Unconventional Investigation of IC Analysis

January 30, 2020

The ISP Director was quoted in a recent comment by Carla Robbins in The American Interest. The article raises concerns over the Justice Department’s unconventional investigation into IC assessments of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The author recommends urgent…

“How I Got Here”: A “Foreign Affairs” Interview with Former CIA Analyst Sue Mi Terry

January 15, 2020

Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA senior analyst who also held positions with the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Intelligence Council (NIC), answered questions from Foreign Affairs about her journey to a career in intelligence. To read the…

“Government Executive” on “Reforming the Intelligence Community’s Hiring Practices”

December 13, 2019

Students interested in applying for U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) internships and full-time positions may be interested in this recent article by Lindy Kyzer of Government Executive. The article describes hiring challenges experienced by the 17 IC agencies, who often have their…

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