China and Russia discussed jointly countering Starlink satellites and developing a new-generation integrated air and missile defense system, according to a new investigation. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia and China discussed plans to destroy Starlink satellites and develop a joint air defense system, The Insider reports — Meduza

China and Russia discussed jointly countering Starlink satellites and developing a new-generation integrated air and missile defense system, according to a joint investigation by The Insider, Der…

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The relationship between Israel’s political leadership and its intelligence community is entering a new phase. What does that mean? warontherocks.com/2026/07/from...

From Shin Bet to Mossad, Netanyahu Reshapes Israeli Intelligence

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The relationship between Israel’s political leadership and its intelligence community is entering a new phase. What does that mean? warontherocks.com/2026/07/from...

From Shin Bet to Mossad, Netanyahu Reshapes Israeli Intelligence

Editor's Note: Rewind and Reconnoiter is one of our weekly members-only newsletters. To access the full archive of Rewind and Reconnoiter as well as our

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How did #KGB detect spies? My new article based on the secret internal correspondence between the Higher School of #KGB in Moscow and the Lithuanian #KGB HQ in Vilnius. The link: tinyurl.com/yc63sp8b

How KGB Detected Spies

Secret internal correspondence reveals what indicators KGB used to detect foreign spies

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Since the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, two Russian satellites have been secretly stalking European spacecraft: www.rand.org/pubs/comment...

How Russia Is Intercepting Communications from European Satellites

Russia has been secretly stalking European spacecraft since its invasion of Ukraine in 2014. What can Europe do about it?

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Much of the conversation about Ukraine begins with a simple premise about what Putin can and cannot afford politically.

Putin Is Not Trapped: Why Regime Survival Does Not Depend on Victory

For four years, analysts and policymakers have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot afford to lose” in Ukraine. Increasingly, some argue

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📄 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)

Modern battlefield comms

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Russians’ latest development: Starlink on a horse. There are no analogues to such a "UGV," and there never will be.

The Russians’ latest development: Starlink on a horse. There are no analogues to such a "UGV," and there never will be.

My new article! "NKVD Plan to Undermine the Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1941" Based on my ongoing research of #NKVD/#MGB/#KGB files at Hoover Library & Archives! @socintelhist.bsky.social @hooverinstitution.bsky.social The link: tinyurl.com/2ah69ze6

NKVD Plan to Undermine the Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1941

Top secret plan devised by Beria and Merkulov discovered in the archives

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A first-of-its-kind defence agreement that will let the two 🇬🇧 🇳🇴 navies operating side-by-side in the North Atlantic.

UK and Norway team up to hunt Russian submarines and undersea sabotage

New frigates, joint P-8 maritime aircraft patrols and more frequent anti-sabotage elite training were on the table when Norway and the UK on Thursday signed a first-of-its-kind defence agreement that ...

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📜 It was a great opportunity to highlight research we published at @rusi.bsky.social in '24 on #gigeconomysabotage, w/ @kloosha.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social. 👥 It was excellent to appear alongside the expert voices of #SO15 Dom Murphy, @matthewrr.bsky.social & others.

🎧 Grateful to contribute to the 📻 prgm "CURRENTLY: Playing Spies", drawing on what I’ve learned while observing recent UK trials linked to RU sabotage & espionage. Thanks 🙏 @gordoncorera.bsky.social & #BBC Radio 4 production team for putting this excellent programme together! 👉 shorturl.at/icEjs

Currently - Playing Spies - BBC Sounds

Gordon Corera investigates Russia's new front line of amateur espionage.

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Today is the 5th time we've captured Pokrovsk. A major defeat for the american empire.....

Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.

Special issue of Intelligence and National Security Published! Topic is "Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation" See details here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/4...

Intelligence and National Security

Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation. Volume 40, Issue 5 of Intelligence and National Security

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Russian intelligence uses GenAI for the same reason companies do - productivity. The difference? Their output is disinformation and cyber attacks. And they use YOUR AI tools because they can't build their own. My latest for KCSI Insights: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

If You Can't Beat Them, Steal: Russia's AI Strategy

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New publication with Dr. Huw Dylan: how Russian disinformation exploits large language models to advance “the politics of eternity.” Tainted datasets embed lasting distortions in digital memory — a new frontier in info warfare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk

1/3 📕 #CovertAction: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention is now out! I am delighted to have co-authored the chapter “Czechoslovakia: Covert Measures in Peace and War.”

New addition Journal article: Revisionist future: Russia's assault on large language models, the distortion of collective memory, and the politics of eternity by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 29-09-2025) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251377941

New addition Journal article: The War on Open-Source Intelligence by Thomas Colley, Huw Dylan (published 29-09-2025) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0163660X.2025.2554477

🚨Publication alert: Our KCSI members, Huw Dylan and Elena Grossfeld (@kloosha.bsky.social) have published an #openaccess article. 'Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective' @warstudieskcl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0268...

Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...

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New addition Journal article: Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 22-08-2025) https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2544460

Our article w/Huw Dylan Unveiling Russian Intelligence Failures in the Ukraine Conflict: A Strategic Culture Perspective is out, demonstrating how Russian intelligence’s strategic culture shaped its key failures in 2022. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Another super article from Huw Dylan and @kloosha.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...

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IISS: 'The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure' www.iiss.org/research-pap...

Tomorrow's the day. Please join us!

Diana Bolsinger@dianabolsinger.bsky.social · last yr.

I can't wait until August 13th, when I discuss my research and upcoming book with Michael J. Ard on JHU's "Inside Intelligence" podcast. Please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/intelligen...

Friends don’t let friends move to modern day Russia. Conmen await you there. And, possibly, violent death. nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/we-moved-t...

"We moved to Russia for traditional values"

How Americans Derek and DeAnna Huffman were conned

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Ouch! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack

The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according...

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Powerful statement from our boss Gen Michael Hayden w/ former CIA officer David Gioe in the new Foreign Affairs www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

“Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion o...

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