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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Slick and Inboden: U.S. must streamline intelligence processes

July 1, 2016

Steve Slick and Will Inboden’s recent op-ed for The Dallas Morning News based on their PRP class “Intelligence in American Society”.

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Intelligence Planks for a Sturdy National Security Platform

June 28, 2016

In his recent post for Lawfare, Director Slick proposes specific intelligence policy planks for the 2016 party platforms.

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“Intelligence in American Society” Report Published

June 27, 2016

Click here for the full text of the report drafted by LBJ School students who participated in the ISP-sponsored Policy Research Project during the 2015-16 academic year on the oversight of U.S. Intelligence. The PRP was led by ISP Director…

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Gala in Honor of Admiral Bobby R. Inman Chair in Intelligence Studies

May 24, 2016

On April 29, UT Austin President Gregory L. Fenves, along with the Robert Strauss Center and the Clements Center, hosted a gala dinner honoring Admiral Bobby R. Inman. It was a special evening, and all proceeds from the event are…

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Slick quoted on U.S.-Israel Cyber Collaboration

May 20, 2016

ISP Director Steve Slick was quoted this week in the article “How Israel is turning part of the Negev Desert into a cyber-city” (The Washington Post).

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LBJ School Students Brief Intelligence Community Leaders

May 19, 2016

Nine LBJ School students from the Policy Research Project on Intelligence in American Society recently returned from Washington, D.C. where they briefed senior U.S. Intelligence Community officials on policy recommendations that emerged from their year-long study of intelligence oversight.

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