Discover this 2026 article on Russia’s hostage diplomacy via @jpict.bsky.social and @tandfresearch.bsky.social.

Coordinating responses to state-led arbitrary detention: Law and coercion in Russia’s hostage diplomacy

Some governments detain foreign citizens to gain a political advantage. This practice, now known as hostage diplomacy, persists despite clear legal prohibitions. Existing rules under the1979 Conven...

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🎉We're super excited to share some new articles recently published online 🎉 First up we have Antony Field with "Complex Terrorist Operations: Analytical Frameworks and Key Drivers" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🔊 📖 We've also published some brilliant new book reviews over the past few months! 📖 First we have Kyle Bester with a review of Durán and Loza's "Justice Required," 'a thorough and morally urgent analysis of police shootings'. Read the review here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Justice required: Police shootings as legalized violence

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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🎉We're super excited to share some new articles recently published online 🎉 First up we have Antony Field with "Complex Terrorist Operations: Analytical Frameworks and Key Drivers" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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

We also have review copies of some excellent new terrorism/CVE titles available to share with interested reviewers. Just reach out to @melaniebrand.bsky.social or email melanie dot brand at mq dot edu dot au for more information.

We also have review copies of some excellent new terrorism/CVE titles available to share with interested reviewers. Just reach out to @melaniebrand.bsky.social or email melanie dot brand at mq dot edu dot au for more information.

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

We were delighted to publish this fantastic review of @petercgrace.bsky.social's "The Intelligence Intellectuals" by Monica Robbins. You can find the full review at the link below - we think it's well worth a read! doi.org/10.1080/1833...

The intelligence intellectuals: Social scientists and the making of the CIA

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petercgrace.bsky.social@petercgrace.bsky.social · 5mo ago

REVIEW: Monica Robbins compares the kind of research academics do in the university with "strategic intelligence analysis [which is] is inherently messy, high-stakes, and subject to rapidly changing circumstances and incomplete information."

🔊 Issue 1 2026 is now online! This jam packed issue has 7 articles, 1 forum piece and 8 book reviews, presenting new research from diverse perspectives. As always, our focus is in on the intersection of practitioner and academic knowledge. You can read it here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpic20/c...

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

Volume 21, Issue 1 of Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

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🔊 Issue 1 2026 is now online! This jam packed issue has 7 articles, 1 forum piece and 8 book reviews, presenting new research from diverse perspectives. As always, our focus is in on the intersection of practitioner and academic knowledge. You can read it here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpic20/c...

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

Volume 21, Issue 1 of Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

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Our editorial team has been on a short break here at JPICT, but a lot has been happening while the office was closed! We have our first submissions to the "Rethinking Hostage Diplomacy" Special Issue to share as well as new articles & reviews. Stay tuned for a mega thread of new publications! 👇

This ⬇️ Please do get in touch with the book review editor of a journal in your field if you have a new book for review or if you’d like to review a particular book. I’m always happy to hear about new releases and will get you a review copy if you want to review something for @jpict.bsky.social

Evan@evansmithhist.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As a book reviews editor, publishers sending copies to journals doesn’t really happen nowadays and editors usually get copies sent directly to a reviewer. This means a reviewer needs to be locked in, but it can be hard to find a reviewer. Better luck when a reviewer pitched a book to review to me.

We have one last review to share before the holiday break 🎄🎁@ibburckhardt.bsky.social reviews Kevin P. Riehle's Counter Intelligence at it's Core, finding it offers a "penetrating insight into the deadly serious games of the competitive playground of division and conquest" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

We are also looking for a reviewer for this really interesting book for @jpict.bsky.social if anyone is interested!

Mark Stout@markstout.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is the book. It's available for purchase right now from your favorite bookstore. Christmas is coming up soon. It is traditional to give gifts on Christmas. ... ... ...

🚨📖 Next up in our 20th birthday series we have Vidgen, Yasseri and Margetts with a fascinating study on the use of Twitter by the far-right. You can get a sneak peek of "Islamophobes are not all the same!" here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🔊 Our next CVE article is the popular Dean, Bell and Vakhitova paper exploring 'Right-wing extremism in Australia: the rise of the new radical right'. Remember you can read this online and in our upcoming 🎉 🎂20th Birthday 🎁 edited volume 📖 ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🚨 Moving into the CVE space now, the next article in our 🎉 20th birthday 🎉 book 📖 looks at the academic-practitioner divide. Here's Michele Grossman and Natalie Davis with "A Bridge Too Far?" 🌉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🎉 Next up in our 20th bday book 📖, we have another enormously popular 🚨 OPEN ACCESS 🚨 article by @tonyingesson.bsky.social and Magnus Andersson, who examined numbers stations and radio 📻 in the 21st century in "Clandestine communications in cyber-denied environments" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

📖 🎉Next up for our popular intel articles, we have Nunan, Stanier, Milne, Shawyer and Walsh discussing source handler perceptions of the interviewing processes employed with informants. This one is 🚨 OPEN ACCESS 🚨 & you can find it at this link ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

💡Moving on to some of our most popular intel articles, first up we have James Ramsey and Andrew Macpherson, who asked "Is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🎉As part of our 20th birthday celebrations, JPICT are publishing an edited volume of our most popular and noteworthy articles. We're going to give all our followers a sneak peak over the coming days of what's included 📖 First up we have Colin Atkinson with "Mind the Grass!" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🎉As part of our 20th birthday celebrations, JPICT are publishing an edited volume of our most popular and noteworthy articles. We're going to give all our followers a sneak peak over the coming days of what's included 📖 First up we have Colin Atkinson with "Mind the Grass!" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

CTE RESEARCH | Call for Papers, a series of forum publications under the theme "Upheaval: Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism in a Changing World."

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JPICT are very excited to announce our latest Call for Papers, a series of forum publications under the theme "Upheaval: Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism in a Changing World." We welcome short papers designed to foster a dynamic conversation ➡️ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

🚨The first article in our special issue on Hostage Diplomacy, guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social, is now published online and free to read! Follow the the link to read @carlaferstman.bsky.social on "Reparations for the survivors of state hostage-taking" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🚨The first article in our special issue on Hostage Diplomacy, guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social, is now published online and free to read! Follow the the link to read @carlaferstman.bsky.social on "Reparations for the survivors of state hostage-taking" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🚨 JUST PUBLISHED ➡️ "Collaboration type, intelligence sources, and the dynamics of terrorist detection: a study of jihadi terrorism in the US post 9/11" by Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan & Tommy Blanchard. Read it here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🚨 JUST PUBLISHED ➡️ "Collaboration type, intelligence sources, and the dynamics of terrorist detection: a study of jihadi terrorism in the US post 9/11" by Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan & Tommy Blanchard. Read it here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...