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 Announces 2025 “Bobby R. Inman Award” Winners

August 18, 2025

The Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 11th annual Inman Award competition that recognizes outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.   The recipient of this year’s Inman Award is Dr. Jennifer Smith-Heys (Colonel, USA), who recently earned…

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ISP Welcomes Brumley Next Generation Fellows Liz Wong and David Johnson for the 2022-2023 Academic Year

August 29, 2022

Two Strauss Center for International Security and Law Brumley “Next Generation” Fellows will be conducting research in the coming academic year under the direction of ISP principals. Liz Wong Liz Wong is a second-year Master of Global Policy Studies student…

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ISP-Sponsored Report on Election Security Released

July 11, 2022

Intelligence in Defense of Democracy, the final report of the LBJ School’s 2021-2022 Policy Research Project on foreign election interference, was recently published. Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick led 13 UT master’s degree candidates in an extensive literature review,…

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UT’s Global (Dis)Information Lab Reports on Inflated Russian Refugee Claims

July 7, 2022

The University of Texas at Austin’s Global (Dis)Information Lab, led by ISP Fellow Dr. Kiril Avramov, recently released an assessment that Russian state media significantly inflated the reported number of Ukrainian refugees entering Russia. The report was completed in collaboration…

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ISP Wraps Up Successful Texas Intelligence Academy 2022

June 15, 2022

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project hosted the third running of the Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) from May 22 to June 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The TIA 2022 cohort comprised 14 undergraduate students from UT-Austin, UT-El…

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Call for Papers: 2022 “Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship on Intelligence

May 4, 2022

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the 8th annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash…

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ISP Fellow Co-authors Report on Growing Links Between Combat Sports and Extremist Political Groups in Europe

January 6, 2022

Professor Kiril Avramov, a Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project and Director of UT’s Global (Dis)information Laboratory, published “White Rex, White Nationalism, and Combat Sport” in the Fall 2021 edition of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies. With co-authors Rene Nissen…

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