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…

CNAS is Accepting 2019 Internship Applications

January 3, 2019

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is accepting applications for its Joseph S. Nye Internship program. Candidates may apply for research, external relations or development internships.

ISP Director on Restoring US Intelligence after the Trump Presidency

December 18, 2018

Steve Slick recently posted an essay in the Intelligence Studies series on the Lawfare national security website.  The ISP Director argued that “it is not too early to begin planning a turnaround for U.S. intelligence under a new chief executive who appreciates the…

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Article Appears in the Globe Post

December 10, 2018

Dr. Kiril Avramov, ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, recently published an article titled Under the Radar: Iran’s ‘Stealth’ Presence on the Balkans in The Globe Post.

Inman Chair in Intelligence Studies Established at UT

December 10, 2018

Before delivering keynote remarks at the 2018 Texas National Security Forum on November 30, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) announced the new Bobby R. Inman Chair in Intelligence Studies.  Proceeds from the endowed Inman Chair will support intelligence studies at the…

LBJ Resident Intelligence Officer Dr. Alan Kessler visits UTEP

November 8, 2018

On November 6, 2018, Dr. Alan Kessler, the resident intelligence officer (RIO) assigned to the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, traveled to UT-El Paso to present an Agency information session to UTEP students…

New Horns of a Dilemma Podcast: The Threat Assessment at the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival

October 31, 2018

Will Inboden, the Director of the Clements Center for National Security and the Editor-in-Chief of TNSR, moderates a discussion at the Texas Tribune Festival in the latest podcast from War on the Rocks. 

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