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The Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project is now accepting applications to participate in the 2024 Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA). TIA is a competitive, all-expenses paid, intensive academic program for UT undergraduate students focused on intelligence and national security in Washington, D.C. The 2024 program will run from May 12 to 21, 2024. INFO SESSION: October 24,…

Distinguished National Security Fellow Gen. Vince Brooks participated as a panelist in the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) panel discussion about the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance.

In this new article, graduate fellow Sam Rosenberg and Dr. Alexandra Chinchilla delve into why the U.S. should consider sending military advisers to Ukraine: “Advisers will, in other words, help bring about the war’s endgame: a free Ukraine integrated into the institutions at the foundation of Europe.”

Take a look at the Clements Center’s summer programming and what we have in store for the fall!

ISP-Sponsored Surveys During the Biden Presidency Affirm Continued Strong Public Support for the Intelligence Community But Also Signal Growing Partisanship The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently published the results of two annual polls sponsored by UT-Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project. The surveys conducted in 2021 and 2022 confirm that most Americans believe US intelligence…

Applications are open now through Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00 pm Central for the “London Maymester: The U.S., U.K., and World Order.” London Maymester: The U.S., U.K., and World Order In partnership with the world-renowned War Studies Department at King’s College London, the Maymester in London provides exemplary students the opportunity to learn firsthand about…

The highly selective program brought twenty-two advanced doctoral students from premier universities in the U.S. and abroad, including Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Georgetown, King’s College London, Cambridge, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Boston and Chicago, for a week of learning, discussion and networking. Seminar participants discussed the relationship between history and policy with distinguished policymakers and academics, including…

As part of Tablet’s ongoing series on the U.S.-Israel ‘special relationship’, Daniel J. Samet and Raphael Benlevi explain “The Pro-America Case for Ending Aid”. “Rather than being a zero-sum equation, it is in the best interests of both the U.S. and Israel to phase out aid gradually.”

The Intelligence Studies Project of the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the winner and two semifinalists in the ninth-annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security.   The recipient of the “Inman Award” is A.J. Dilts, a 2023 graduate of Harvard University in History and Government. His…

“Since he came to power in 2012, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been laser-focused on ensuring the security of his regime.”