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…

The President’s Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to the First Customer

September 22, 2015

At a public event held at the LBJ Presidential Library, the CIA released previously classified daily briefings it gave to Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy in the 1960s.

CIA Director Speaks About Diversity Recruitment

September 22, 2015

ISP co-sponsored with the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence in the Division of Diversity and Campus Engagement an event focused on diversity recruitment at the CIA featuring Director John Brennan.

Inside NSA, Part V–Fran Fleisch

September 1, 2015

Since the Snowden leaks began, managing the agency’s external relations has kept both General Keith Alexander and Inglis fully occupied, and Fleisch has basically functioned as the agency’s front-line manager. Listen to the podcast HERE.

Inside NSA, Part III–Lonny Anderson

September 1, 2015

A frank conversation about how Edward Snowden managed to steal the documents he took and what steps NSA is taking to make it harder for others who might try it in the future. Listen to the podcast HERE.

Inside NSA, Part II–John DeLong

September 1, 2015

A particularly interesting discussion about the development of NSA’s compliance program, its history, and also why it does not seem to reassure more people that the agency is acting within the law. Listen to the podcast HERE.

Inside NSA, Part IV–Anne Neuberger

September 1, 2015

Anne Neuberger, has the unenviable task of running NSA’s liaison with the U.S. private sector. She talks about NSA’s sense of responsibility for the predicament it has created for industry and the need for some clear legal process for industry…

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