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…

ISP Director Slick Reviews “Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States”

August 9, 2018

The Intelligence Studies Director Steve Slick recently reviewed Loch Johnson’s “Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States” in an article published by Lawfare. 

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow’s Recommended Readings for Graduate Students

August 9, 2018

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov has assembled a reading list for graduate students interested in the topics of Propaganda and Influence and Disinformation and Information Warfare. 

Dr. Kiril Avramov, ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Interviewed by Canadian Global News

August 7, 2018

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Kiril Avramov, was recently interviewed by Canadian Global News for their article Expendables: How shadowy mercenaries cash in on Russia’s wars. 

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Recently Quoted in Polygraph

August 2, 2018

The Intelligence Studies Project’s Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov was recently featured in Polygraph’s article Russian Journalists Murdered in Africa – What Russia Does Not Say. 

ISP Announces New Fall 2018 Graduate Course: “Strategic Communications for National Security”

July 31, 2018

During the 2018 fall semester, the Intelligence Studies Project and the LBJ School of Public Affairs will offer graduate students the opportunity to learn about the history and modern practice of strategic communications with a focus on how governments use information…

Texas Intelligence Academy: Class of 2018

May 21, 2018

The 2018 Texas Intelligence Academy welcomed its inaugural class this Sunday, May 20 in Washington D.C. 

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