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LBJ student and Clements Center Graduate Fellow Kelsey Ritchie argues the need for security clearance processing reform as a matter of national security.

In War on the Rocks’ podcast series “Horns of a Dilemma,” Clements Center’s Will Inboden and Celeste Ward Gventer, Strauss Center Director Bobby Chesney, and ISP Director Steve Slick discuss Sen. Ben Sasse’s Cyber Solarium.   

LBJ students participated in an ISP-sponsored Policy Research Project during the 2017-2018 academic year led by Clements Center Faculty Fellow and ISP Senior Fellow J. Paul Pope. The report examines the integration and cooperation between the intelligence community and special operations forces in the years leading up to and after the terrorist attacks on September 11,…

Steve Slick publishes “U.S. Intelligence Should Embrace Sasse’s Solarium Commission” in War on the Rocks. “We sorely need new thinking, broader consensus, and greater urgency on cyber policy.” 

In “Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes” published in Lawfare, Steve Slick describes “Spy Watching” as “a valuable history and comprehensive study of America’s ongoing experiment with democratic oversight of its essential, but imperfect, intelligence enterprise.” 

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the winner and two semifinalists in its fourth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.

Executive Director Will Inboden explores the potential ramifications of President Trump’s conduct in Helinski in an op-ed for Foreign Policy.

As part of the 2017-18 Undergraduate Fellows Program, our Fellows wrote op-eds on a national security topic of their choice. This year, we selected three to share on our website for those students who submitted outstanding work. 

On Monday, June 18th, 2018, The Clements Center held a reception for D.C based alumni to connect with old friends and meet new ones who have been affiliated with the Clements Center. Clements alumni in D.C are now serving in different national security and policy roles including the Senate Armed Services Committee, The Department of State, The Atlantic Council and The American Enterprise Institute.

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund provides UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions. 

In “Washington Needs a New Solarium Project To Counter Cyberthreats,” published in Foreign Policy, Inboden and Feaver compare and contrast Senator Ben Sasse’s proposed Cyberspace Solarium Commission to President Dwight Eisenhower’s Project Solarium exercise in 1953.

A polling project launched by the Texas National Security Network last summer sought to determine Americans’ perception of intelligence agencies.  

The Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) welcomed its inaugural class Sunday, May 20 in Washington, D.C. The TIA is a joint venture between UT Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project and the Texas National Security Network.  

Austin, Texas – The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the fourth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.  

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) hosted its Spring Symposium “U.S. Intelligence: Confronting 21st Century Challenges,” on Thursday, March 29 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on campus. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats gave the keynote address, and Senator John Cornyn gave the introduction.

CC Graduate Fellow Diana Bolsinger, who is a doctoral candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, writes a review of Steven Coll’s new book Directorate S for Task & Purpose.

Prof. Steve Slick, who served in the CIA for almost three decades and now leads the Intelligence Studies Project, was quoted in a Washington Times article on the controversy involving the recent election. 

The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project and the Texas National Security Network announce the inaugural Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA), an intensive academic program focused on intelligence and national security from May 20-30, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Graduate Fellow Diana Bolsinger reviewed two new books on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate’s (ISI) activities. 

The Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick recently reviewed Joel Whitney’s publication Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers in an article published by Lawfare. 

We are excited to welcome the UT-Austin alumnus back to the Forty Acres as a Senior Advisor to the Intelligence Studies Project and Distinguished Non-Resident Scholar at UT-Austin. 

Andrew Peek, a CC Predoctoral Fellow, was featured in a recent Politico article about the difficulty of gathering intelligence on North Korea. 

CC Executive Director Will Inboden and ISP Director Steve Slick were recently featured in a Foreign Policy piece with a few of their suggested books for summer reading. 

The Clements Center’s Student Professional Development Fund enables UT undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern at some of the top governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world by providing monetary support for unpaid positions. 

In his article “Moscow’s Assaults on American Democracy Began 80 Years Ago,” Postdoctoral Fellow Ian Johnson explores the history of Soviet interference in American elections. 

Bobby Chesney, a Professor at UT Law and Director of the Strauss Center, answers questions from NPR’s Audie Cornish about legality issues regarding the former FBI Directors released memos. 

The Intelligence Studies Project, a joint venture of the Strauss and Clements Centers, is glad to announce the opening of student internship opportunities with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 

The Post quotes the keynote speech of FBI Director James Comey at the “Intelligence in Defense of the Homeland” Symposium in March. 

The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the third annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. 

Last week, we hosted government officials and experts for a discussion on the challenges our intelligence and law enforcement agencies face in detecting and disrupting attacks inside the U.S. by violent extremists. We were honored that James Comey, the Director of the FBI and Thomas Bossert, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism participated and delivered keynote remarks.