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…

Research Opportunity: Russian Information Warfare (Fall Semester 2018)

May 11, 2018

UT-Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project is seeking an energetic and well organized student to assist with ongoing research into aspects of Russian propaganda and information operations.

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow featured in The Defense Post

May 9, 2018

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Kiril Avramov’s article Expanding global footprint: Russia builds on Syria experiments in Central Africa was recently published in The Defense Post.  

Plan II Thesis on CIA’s In-Q-Tel and Government Technology Innovation

May 4, 2018

UT-Austin Plan II and Finance major Macy Huang presented her senior thesis “Bridging the Gap Between Silicon Valley and the Capital Beltway: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Government’s Venture Capital and Startup Engagements in Intelligence and Defense” at the Strauss…

Call for Papers: 2018 “Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship in Intelligence

April 16, 2018

The Intelligence Studies Project announces the fourth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The deadline for submitting papers is June 30, 2018. 

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Provides Remarks on Contemporary Russian Dissemination Campaigns

April 13, 2018

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov visited George Washington University on April 4, 2018 to provide public remarks on “Contemporary Russian Dissemination Campaigns in Eastern Europe: Peculiarities and Key Themes,” for GWU’s Elliot School of International Affairs. 

ISP Announces New Fall 2018 Course: “Information Wars: Contemporary Political Warfare and Propaganda”

April 3, 2018

ISP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov’s  seminar course, “REE 335: Information Wars: Contemporary Political Warfare and Propaganda,” will address political warfare in the contemporary global context, with a focus on Russia and Eastern Europe.

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