Kiril Avramov
@avramovok.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Non-Resident Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project @LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Honored and grateful to everyone who attended my LBJ School talk, “Assassination as Statecraft" this past Wednesday. Speaking to a packed Bass Hall was thrilling and humbling. For more on the topic: "Killing in the Name of the State" with Luca Trenta and "Ladders of Escalation" with Adam Hanzel.
I appreciated the opportunity to offer comments to the Chilean daily Diario El Mercurio for José Tomás Tenorio Labra’s article titled “Targeted, High-Profile Assassinations: The ‘Shadow War’ Being Waged by Ukraine and Russia" about assassinations as statecraft. digital.elmercurio.com/2026/07/05/A
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Beyond thrilled to share that the official listing is now live for our forthcoming edited volume, Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services: Framing Policy and Threat Perception, with Bianca L. Adair, published by Routledge in the Studies in Intelligence series! www.routledge.com/Comparative-...
Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services: Framing Policy and Threat Perception
This edited volume develops a comparative theory of post-Cold War intelligence liaison between the US intelligence community and its international counterparts. It presents the US perspective on these...
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Thrilled to announce that I have been awarded The Eyes of Texas Excellence Award for 2026! This honor recognizes outstanding contributions faculty have made to students' lives at UT Austin. This award is a very pleasant surprise and I look forward to continuing to support the Longhorns!
I'm excited to share that our new book with the talented Adam Hanzel, "Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of the State-Sponsored Targeted Killings," is now available for pre-order on Springer Nature's and Amazon's websites! www.amazon.com/Ladders-Esca...
Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of the State-Sponsored Targeted Killings (SpringerBriefs in International Relations)
Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of the State-Sponsored Targeted Killings (SpringerBriefs in International Relations) [Hanzel, Adam, Avramov, Kiril] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of the State-Sponsored Targeted Killings (SpringerBriefs in International Relations)
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We've got some great new intel books available for review here at JPICT, including books by @chekistmonitor.bsky.social, @lucatrenta.bsky.social & @avramovok.bsky.social. Please get in touch with @melaniebrand.bsky.social if you're interested in writing a review for us. 1/3
Interested in the use of chemical and biological weapons in assassination and how to investigate it? May I recommend two excellent chapters (by Glenn Cross and Richard Beedham, and by @dankaszeta.bsky.social) in the volume I co-edited with @avramovok.bsky.social. www.rienner.com/title/Killin....
Lynne Rienner Publishers | Killing in the Name of the State State Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...
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Luca Trenta@lucatrenta.bsky.social · 8mo agoSpoke to @theguardian.com earlier today regaridng the news of Navalny's poisoning. Is the choice of toxin aimed at sending a signal? It is more ambiguous than in recent cases. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
I'm thrilled to share that our paper with Jan Černý (Prague University of Economics and Business) and Liladhar Pendse (University of California, Berkeley) is published. A multi-stage, agentic LLM workflow built for the complexity of the CIA FOIA Reading Room: www.emerald.com/el/article-a...
My copy has finally arrived. I'm told contributors' copies are on the way. Thanks again to @avramovok.bsky.social, all the contributors, and @lynneriennerpub.bsky.social.
Alright, alright, alright! The Christmas presents have arrived early this year!
New! How do governments approach, understand, & even justify assassination? What methods have been used historically, and how do they differ from current practice? Dig into these questions and more with Killing in the Name of the State by @lucatrenta.bsky.social and Kiril Avramov! shorturl.at/Ma0N8
Lynne Rienner Publishers | Killing in the Name of the State State Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...
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The book @avramovok.bsky.social and I co-edited is finally available. For the UK, you can purchase here: www.scriptbooks.co.uk/57544/killin...
It's out! Truly a wonderful book, full of useful new insights. A groundbreaking contribution to the field of Intelligence Studies by so many of our favorite scholars. www.amazon.com/Covert-Actio...
Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention
Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention - Kindle edition by Long, Magda, Cormac, Rory, Lester, Genevieve, Stout, Mark, Van Puyvelde, Damien, Cormac, Rory, Van Puyvelde, Damien, Rogg, Jeffrey P., Long, Magda, Stout, Mark, Munier, Marco, Stoltz, William A., Wegener, Jens, Wagner, Steven, Haas, Melinda, McGarr, Paul M., Nader, Philippe B., Goncalves, Joanisval B., Ozcan, Nihat A., Bezci, Egemen, O'Brien, Kevin A., Aina, Folahanmi, Mathers, Jennifer, Avramov, Kiril, Richterova, Daniela, Rendek, Peter, Schovanek, Radek, Blancke, Stephan, Castro, Sara B.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention.
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How cool - it is also available as an Audible Audiobook! It certainly will be a new experience to listen to my own chapter being read by a professional narrator 🙂 www.amazon.com/Covert-Actio...
Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention
Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention - Kindle edition by Long, Magda, Cormac, Rory, Lester, Genevieve, Stout, Mark, Van Puyvelde, Damien, Cormac, Rory, Van Puyvelde, Damien, Rogg, Jeffrey P., Long, Magda, Stout, Mark, Munier, Marco, Stoltz, William A., Wegener, Jens, Wagner, Steven, Haas, Melinda, McGarr, Paul M., Nader, Philippe B., Goncalves, Joanisval B., Ozcan, Nihat A., Bezci, Egemen, O'Brien, Kevin A., Aina, Folahanmi, Mathers, Jennifer, Avramov, Kiril, Richterova, Daniela, Rendek, Peter, Schovanek, Radek, Blancke, Stephan, Castro, Sara B.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention.
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@lucatrenta.bsky.social and @avramovok.bsky.social's upcoming book, "Killing in the Name of the State," is available for pre-order on Amazon. This looks absolutely fascinating! www.amazon.com/Killing-Name...
Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International Politics [Trenta, Avramov] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
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We are really looking forward to this December 2025 release by our own @avramovok.bsky.social and @lucatrenta.bsky.social . Well done to you both!
Thinking of Christmas shopping already? Let me help you. New edited volume with @avramovok.bsky.social is out in December with Lynne Rienner. www.rienner.com/title/Killin...
‘The UK government should build expertise surrounding assassinations; a process that is emerging in academia, but needs to be better connected to government and society.’ Latest for @rusi.bsky.social with @avramovok.bsky.social and @mattlevitt.bsky.social. www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
For the UK Government, it is Time to Take State-Sponsored Assassinations Seriously
Iran’s employment of assassination demands the UK build expertise and channel it into action.
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'The regime will likely seek to avenge the death of the many senior leaders killed and the damage done to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs' write @avramovok.bsky.social, @mattlevitt.bsky.social sky.social and @lucatrenta.bsky.social in the latest RUSI Commentary.
For the UK Government, it is Time to Take State-Sponsored Assassinations Seriously
Iran’s employment of assassination demands the UK build expertise and channel it into action.
rusi.org
Cool results & insights from our new "forensic reading" method for extracting unclassified intelligence files and spy fiction using a combination of NLP and AI methods are coming soon! Exciting!
What a fantastic, creative buzz within my research group (DH Research Group #1 | AI Safety and Security in Digital Humanities) this summer! I look forward to publishing some of our new research results soon. Kudos to Thorsten Ries, Steph Buongiorno, PhD, Adam Hanzel, and Hiba Farouqi!
I'm excited that the fruit of our joint endeavor with @lucatrenta.bsky.social and a select number of very talented researchers is in its final phase. Pre-order, or ask your library to get a copy here: tinyurl.com/4p9u83ap
Call for Papers: The University of Texas at Austin Announces the 2025 “Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship on Intelligence: tinyurl.com/3c2tfs2e
“Bobby R. Inman Award” for Student Scholarship - Intelligence Studies Project
"Bobby R. Inman Award" for Student Scholarship Overview The Inman Award competition is designed to recognize outstanding research and writing by students at the undergraduate or graduate levels on top...
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Forthcoming volume in December with @lucatrenta.bsky.social www.rienner.com/title/Killin...
Lynne Rienner Publishers | Killing in the Name of the State State Sponsored Assassination in International Politics
Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...
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@rorycormac.bsky.social @dvanp.bsky.social @markstout.bsky.social Gen Lester and I are super grateful to our amazing group of contributors working with us on this project - 20 substantive chapters!! We learned so much about #covertaction outside of the anglosphere! Coming out in December 🎄🎉
Kiril Avramov@avramovok.bsky.social · last yr.I'm excited about the upcoming volume from Georgetown University Press: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Covert-..., and I am honored to have contributed!
