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The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin sponsored “Intelligence in American Society” with featured speaker CIA Director John O. Brennan, University of Texas Chancellor William McRaven, former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss, and Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick. 

Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick has published a piece on the Lawfare blog regarding the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC). 

On August 4, incoming students in the LBJ School’s masters degree programs completed an analytic simulation led by visiting officials from CIA’s Directorate of Analysis. 

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

From November 19-21, 2015, the Clements Center for National Security and Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will sponsor the second annual National Security Forum at the University of Texas at Austin. This year’s event, “Great Powers, Failed States, and New Frontiers: National Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” will explore the security challenges the U.S. currently faces, and how our national security institutions are positioned to respond.

Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick and Michael Allen have co-authored a piece for Foreign Policy on the 10th anniversary of the DNI.

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

The Clements and Strauss Centers were represented by Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick at a March 3, 2015 symposium on A Decade of IC Integration & The Challenges Ahead hosted in Arlington, Virginia by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.

Faculty Fellow and Strauss Center Director Robert Chesney was interviewed for PRI’s “The World” for a story on Edward Snowden titled “To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone.”

Clements Center Senior Faculty Fellow Robert Chesney is quoted by Fareed Zakaria in The Washington Post opinion piece “Why Edward Snowden should agree to stand trial in the U.S.”

The Clements Center for History, Strategy & Statecraft, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance hosted the much anticipated conference “Intelligence Reform and Counterterrorism after a Decade: Are We Smarter and Safer?” at the University of Texas October 16-18. 

Clements Center Director William Inboden and Strauss Center Director Robert Chesney discussed the upcoming conference “Intelligence Reform and Counterterrorism after a Decade: Are We Smarter and Safer?” on Capital Tonight. 

In his latest Shadow Government blog post, Executive Director William Inboden responds to President Obama’s 60 Minutes interview in which he “singled out Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for the intelligence failures that allegedly missed the Islamic State (IS) threat.”

From April 3-4, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the William P. Clements Jr. Center for History, Strategy & Statecraft hosted a public conference exploring the legal, policy, and technological environments in which the NSA operations.

In Professor Inboden’s latest Shadow Government blog post on fp.com, he discusses his recent trip to Chicago to attend a conference on security and privacy co-sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Notre Dame’s International Security Program.