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🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘Beyond the battlefield: the legal questions shaping Ukraine’s Resistance' by Damian J. Terrill, Kate Molan, and Prof Michael Goodman @msg77.bsky.social 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Beyond the battlefield: the legal questions shaping Ukraine's…
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🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘You Attacked the Home of a Very High-Ranking Individual’: What the Starmer Fires Reveal About Russia’s International Sabotage Campaign' by Dr Daniela Richterova 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
‘You Attacked the Home of a Very High-Ranking Individual’: What the…
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🚨 New publication: 'The Loyalty Trap: Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power' by Dr Huw Dylan and Dr Elena Grossfeld www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
The Loyalty Trap: Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power
The Trump administration’s approach to intelligence shoots the messenger, undermining the community’s role of telling the President things he does not want to hear.
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👉🏼 Decisions are out — if you have submitted a proposal for the annual Society for Intelligence History conference, please check your email to find out the outcome of your application. 📌 See you at King's College London on 11-13 October 2026!
The Society for Intelligence History@socintelhist.bsky.social · 3mo agoThank you to everyone who submitted to SIH 2026 at King’s College London (London, UK), 11–13 Oct 2026. @kcsi.uk Decision emails have been sent. Accepted participants will receive registration + accommodation info by email within the next week. #SIHConference
💡Event: “The Transatlantic Intelligence and Defence Alliance Under Strain” with David V. Gioe 🕰️ 18:00-19:00 🗓️ 13 May 2026 📍 Location confirmed upon registration 🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transa...
The Transatlantic Intelligence and Defence Alliance Under Strain
Join us for an evening discussion with David Gioe possible futures for the transatlantic intelligence and defence alliance.
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📚 On Monday, we were delighted to host a full house for an insightful panel discussion and presentation of Damien Van Puyvelde’s “The DGSE and the Impact of Intelligence on Public Policy”. 🤗 Many thanks to the attendees for joining us and to Damien for his time! @georgetownup.bsky.social
✍🏼 The 2025 Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize Shortlist is here!
A great end to the “UK tour” at @kcsi.uk last night. My thanks to Celia Parker-Vincent for moderating and Jessi Gilchrist and Mike Goodman for organising. Also caught up with the wonderful @joemaiolo.bsky.social Nice to be back, spent a lot of time at the the Maughan Library writing this book.
✍🏼 The 2025 Polly Corrigan Book Prize Shortlist is here!
✍🏼 Commentary by KCSI Visiting Fellow @andreisoldatov.bsky.social featured in an article by @theguardian.com on concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote. 👉🏼 Full article and Andrei’s comments: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote
Daria Boyarskaya coordinating OSCE mission overseeing vote in which pro-Moscow Viktor Orbán could lose power
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Still some time left!
The Society for Intelligence History@socintelhist.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis just in: We've just received some intel — we can now offer an excellent opportunity for a Canadian student, which means we are extending the submission deadline! Check back here for more info soon. Submit proposals to SIH2026Conf@gmail.com by March 23 @kcsi.uk #SIHConference2026
In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence. To be considered, note this in your submission. If already applied, email to confirm candidacy. Submit to SIH2026Conf@gmail.com by March 23 @kcsi.uk
🚨 The submissions deadline for the Annual Society for Intelligence History Conference has been extended until 23 March 2026.
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)@kcsi.uk · 7mo ago📄 Call for papers 🙌🏼 King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) is delighted to partner with the Society for Intelligence History (SIH) to host the SIH Annual Conference at King's College London on October 11-13, 2026. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social (1/8)
🚨 New publication — “Beyond intelligence failure: Identifying the principles of intelligence success in government and private sector risk intelligence” by KCSI Member Dr @drceliap-v.bsky.social and Visiting Fellow Dorothea Gioe 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond intelligence failure: Identifying the principles of intelligence success in government and private sector risk intelligence
The functions of government intelligence assessment and private sector risk intelligence have many similarities. The work in both sectors involves providing ‘customers’ of intelligence reports with...
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🚨AHRC Curiosity Project Launch and Roundtable: ‘The Afterlives of Cambridge Spies’ 🗓Wednesday, March 18, 2026 🕔17:00-18:30 GMT 📍Durham University (online option available) 🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/TxVEvgjvcn 👉🏼More about the project: kcsi.uk/the-afterliv...
The UK Parliament’s Joint Human Rights Committee has published its report on transnational repression, an increasingly urgent issue in Europe. Our article, “The Russian way in transnational repression” (via @kcsi.uk), is included in the “read more” section. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/transnationa...
Transnational repression in the UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights report
In the UK, the term transnational repression is widely accepted to refer to instances of intimidation, violence and harassment by a state against people in another state. Evidence has suggested that v...
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🚨 Congratulations to KCSI Co-Director Dr @drichterova.bsky.social as “Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries” (Georgetown University Press, 2025) wins the 50th Annual PROSE Award for Best European History Book awarded by the APP!
Thanks to Frontline, part of @thehindu.com, for carrying a piece I wrote on India in the Trump 2 era. Not easy to write given the pace at which events in India are evolving, viz. the US and EU. See👇 frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair... @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
Trump’s Second Term and the Unravelling of India–US Ties
Trump’s second term exposes the fragility of India–US ties and forces New Delhi to rethink strategic autonomy and alignment.
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🚨 New in KCSI Insights – "The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy: Worshiping Trump and Setting Clear Priorities" by Dr @dpoakley.bsky.social 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy: Worshiping Trump and Setting…
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🚨 New publication – KCSI member Dr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social for @warontherocks.bsky.social on "How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend" warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-...
How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend
It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the
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Thanks to @warontherocks.bsky.social for publishing my piece on a recent @nytimes.com article about a CIA/Indian intelligence operation that ended in the loss of a nuclear-powered surveillance device 👇 warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-... @kcsi.uk @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend
It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the
warontherocks.com
📚 Final stretch! 🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026. 👇🏼 Further details below.
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)@kcsi.uk · 10mo ago📚 Call for submissions: 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes The King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence is pleased to open nominations for two distinguished awards celebrating excellence in intelligence and security studies.
📄 Call for papers 🙌🏼 King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) is delighted to partner with the Society for Intelligence History (SIH) to host the SIH Annual Conference at King's College London on October 11-13, 2026. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social (1/8)
📢 #WatchingTheJackals is 1 year old. The reception has gone far beyond what I had expected (and Central Europeans aren't known for low expectations). Here’s a snapshot of highlights from the past 12 months. A collective 🙏 to all who quietly made this happen. You know who you are. 1/4 ENDORSEMENTS
🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year! See you in 2026 ⭐ #KCSI
Thank you to @kcsi.uk including Our Dear Friends in Moscow in your holiday book recommendations —much appreciated.
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)@kcsi.uk · 8mo agoJessi Gilchrist recommends "Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation" by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan (2025).
Well this is very generous and kind. Thanks @drichterova.bsky.social. So on trend it’s not even out yet! Thanks again for the advance read; I’m really looking forward to sharing it with everyone in the spring 😀
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)@kcsi.uk · 8mo ago📖 Dr Daniela Richterova (@drichterova.bsky.social) recommends "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" by @rorycormac.bsky.social (2026).
Wonderful to see #AgentZo on the @kcsi.uk (King’s College Centre for the Study of Intelligence) recommended book list!- thank you!
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)@kcsi.uk · 8mo ago📖 Dr Celia Parker-Vincent (@drceliap-v.bsky.social) recommends "Agent Zo" by @claremulley.bsky.social (2024).
🎄 It’s that time of the year when the buzz of work quiets down and we get the time to rest before ringing in the new year — and pick up a book or two. 🥳 If you find yourself in need of last-minute holiday gift ideas, look no further than our KCSI-approved book guide!
