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The Intelligence Studies Essay is curated by the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas. It focuses on questions on a variety of topics related to intelligence, from cyber threats to the details of government infrastructure for assessing intelligence information.

 
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Intelligence Studies Essay

The Intelligence Studies Essay: "After you, Alphonse," or Why Two Different Intelligence Agencies Now Attend National Security Council Meetings, Whether It Matters, and How to Mitigate the Potential Hazards

Steve Slick   Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 10:37 AM

What impact will we see from President Trump's revised executive order requiring both the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA to participate in National Security Council deliberations?

Intelligence Studies Essay

Congress and Counterintelligence: The Unique Vulnerabilities of the U.S. Congress to Malign Foreign Influence

Darren E. Tromblay   Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 11:30 AM

The United States needs more than the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) to ensure that our legislators and their staffers are transparent about their contacts with foreign actors who may be seeking to exert influence.

Intelligence Studies Essay

The Intelligence Studies Essay: "Hybrid Warfare" at Home: Asymmetric Tactics Are Not Just Used in Ukraine, They Are Employed against the United States, and Have Been for Quite Some Time

Darren E. Tromblay   Mon, Aug 29, 2016, 10:10 AM

The United States has long been a target of hybrid warfare by states seeking to disrupt or influence U.S. decision-making. 

Intelligence Studies Essay

The Intelligence Studies Essay: Nichols on Leadership Decapitation vs Mid-Tier Degradation

Steve Slick, Robert Chesney   Sun, Jan 31, 2016, 7:47 PM

This Intelligence Studies Essay assesses open source research to determine the relative effectiveness of two alternative strategies for directing lethal attacks against terrorist groups: leadership decapitation, or degradation of mid-level management. 

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The Intelligence Studies Essay: CTIIC---Learning from the Choices and Challenges that Shaped the National Counterterrorism Center

Steve Slick   Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 10:30 AM

Update:  After this essay was written, but before it was posted, the White House issued a memo and accompanying Fact Sheet further elaborating on its plans for CTIIC.  For commentary on how those documents relate to the original essay, see this post.

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