ISP Tearline Team Provides Update on Chinese Infrastructure Projects in Papua New Guinea

July 16, 2026

ISP’s Tearline student research team recently published an open-source report examining the status of four critical People’s Republic of China (PRC) infrastructure projects in Papua New Guinea (PNG): The team assesses that PRC contractors are likely experiencing project setbacks and stagnation at ISEZ and Hoskins and Gurney Airports, extending their presence at strategic PNG locations amid…

ISP Faculty in the Field: Dr. Kiril Avramov to Publish Co-Edited Volume on Foreign Intelligence Services; Provides Expert Analysis to Chilean Newspaper  

July 15, 2026

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 a co-edited volume, Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services: Framing Policy and Threat Perception, with Routledge this fall. His co-editor, Dr. Bianca Adair, is a former CIA Operations Officer and former…

Texas Intelligence Academy – A New May-Term Offering

July 15, 2026

In May 2026, the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project offered the 7th Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) in the nation’s capital as an official university May Term—an intensive, for-credit course. Students participated in lectures, simulations, briefing exercises, and discussions with current and former professionals on intelligence and national security—to include collection, analysis, covert action, intelligence oversight, cybersecurity, and intelligence support…

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…

Slick Identifies Need for New Security Policies in Wake of Paris Attacks

November 21, 2015

During an interview with Fox 7 Austin, ISP Director Steve Slick outlined several ways in which the U.S. and the world need to reconsider their intelligence and security policies in responding to the threat of ISIS.

Chancellor McRaven Announces UT Network for National Security

November 9, 2015

In a landmark address on November 5, UT System Chancellor William McRaven provided a bold vision for the future growth of the system, including a set of “quantum leap” strategic initiatives.

Slick on Open Source Information as Tool of Intelligence

October 19, 2015

“The information benefits from increased open source reporting […] will outweigh the costs to the security of our own operational activities,” said Slick to FP. Read the full article HERE.

ISP Director Quoted on Open Source Intelligence in Foreign Policy

October 19, 2015

In his October 19 article for Foreign Policy, Elias Groll, sought the insight of ISP Director Steve Slick on the topic of open source intelligence. Troll’s article, titled When Selfies Are a Tool of Intelligence, tackles the value of open intelligence…

ISP Director on CIA’s New Digital Directorate

October 7, 2015

CIA, NSA and other agencies will continue to labor into a headwind on digital technology until a new, more cooperative, more rational relationship develops between the government and the private sector. Read the full article HERE.

Slick, Inboden on President’s Daily Brief Documents

October 1, 2015

ISP Director Steve Slick and Clements Center Executive Director Will Inboden were quoted by the Washington Times on the declassified President’s Daily Brief documents. Read the full article HERE.

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