Melanie Brand
@melaniebrand.bsky.social
Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Associate Editor, Intelligence & National Security; JPICT. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.
I am delighted to share the final program for our upcoming MQ & @socintelhist.bsky.social Workshop, Intelligence in the Southern Hemisphere: Past and Present. We so pleased to have been able to gather together such a fantastic group of ANZ intelligence studies scholars!
See link below for call for papers for a special issue of the journal Intelligence and National Security on the topic of Psychology and Intelligence. For details, please contact Nicole Drumhiller at nicole.drumhiller@gmail.com Thanks! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Sydney talk. Looking forward to talking at Macquarie University’s Intelligence Studies Research Group on Wednesday 12 August. Thanks to @melaniebrand.bsky.social and Brian Cuddy for the invitation! All welcome. And you can find a copy in the wild at Sydney’s Abbey’s bookshop!
A new open access article. doi.org/10.1080/0268...
Was Justice Hope wrong? Defence, diplomacy, and assessment in Australian intelligence reform
More than 50 years after commencing his first Royal Commission, Justice Robert Marsden Hope’s contribution to Australia’s intelligence community remains a point of almost universal acclaim in schol...
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Delighted to share that I have joined @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social as an Associate Editor. I'm honoured to be a part of such a fantastic editorial team and I'm looking forward to contributing to the journal's future success!
Today, in light of news that the US DOD is again blocking promotions for women and people of colour, we are resharing a recent piece by ADF vet and researcher Natalie Merryman on misogynistic responses from ADF members to Australia's first-ever woman Chief of Army aph.org.au/2026/05/sand...
Sandwich jokes and service records: what the Coyle backlash tells us about Australian defence culture | Australian Policy and History
On 13 April 2026, Lieutenant General Susan Coyle was announced as the forty-second Chief of Army, the first woman to lead a branch of the Australian Defence Force in its 125-year history. By the time most Australians had finished their morning coffee, the online threads were already flooding with vitriol. She should be making sandwiches. […]
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A new open access article. doi.org/10.1080/0268...
How routines shape reform: the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s mandate to counter foreign interference
This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that r...
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New addition Journal article: How routines shape reform: the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s mandate to counter foreign interference by Andrew Zammit (published 02-07-2026) https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2690389
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New article about how the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)’s mandate to counter foreign interference has changed over the decades, and what that tells us about the factors that shape intelligence reform: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How routines shape reform: the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s mandate to counter foreign interference
This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that r...
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Just advertised, a job as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies and International Security. jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Exciting job, in a great team, but with a short turnaround. Applications close 7 July.
Job Opportunity at the University of Staffordshire: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies
About the RoleAn exciting opportunity is available for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies who can also teach International Security.The successful candidate will work alongside our exp...
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Are you in Melbourne on 30 July? @petercgrace.bsky.social will be speaking about his new book, The Intelligence Intellectuals, strategic warning and the ongoing relevance of intelligence analysis at the University of Melbourne at 4pm. Looks fantastic! 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intell...
The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA
Two talks by Dr Peter C. Grace relating to his recent book. Imposter Syndrome and Intel Analysis and Lessons Learned.
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🚨On Monday July 27 at 2pm AEST, every phone in Australia will get very loud. 🚨 If you are vulnerable, with a phone as part of your escape plan, please make sure that you take steps to protect yourself. If you aren't vulnerable, please help get the word out to protect those who are.
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To help those interested in Second World War UK cryptology who wonder about the difference between an indicator and a discriminant, what forty-weepy might be, or what bonking and blogging meant at that time, I have compiled from original sources a glossary. (1/3)
Sydney friends, on Sat 27th I’ll be speaking about ‘Challenging Anzac: Stories that don’t fit the legend’ at the Maritime Museum, along with one of our authors @atomicmax.bsky.social! All are welcome, and it’s free! Info below Author Talk: Challenging ANZAC www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-tal...
Author Talk: Challenging ANZAC
The ANZAC legend has shaped Australia’s national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit within it.
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Delighted to see our paper published open access in the @eui-law.bsky.social Working Papers series: hdl.handle.net/1814/95303 @martinscheinin.bsky.social and I critically examine the ECtHR's approach to mass surveillance and the future of Article 8 privacy protections.
National security as exception : the European Court of Human Rights and the proceduralisation of privacy in the age of mass surveillance
This paper critically analyses European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence on bulk data collection, situating it within the Court’s broader turn to proceduralism. We argue that, in cases concerning m...
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This will be a great talk, so if you’re in Melbourne please do come along
petercgrace.bsky.social@petercgrace.bsky.social · 2mo agoMELBOURNE BOOK TALK: In 1950 professors were brought into CIA to address the urgent need to understand Soviet intentions and capability for war. Talking with @davidschaeferch.bsky.social on July 29 at 5.30pm, 356 Collins St. @aiianational.bsky.social Register here: aiiavic.glueup.com/event/the-in...
New article with Katie M. Whipkey out today in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social! "Dangerously Provocative: Co-optation to Undermining of Women's Groups by U.S. Intelligence Agencies" Free eprint: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TCQZN...
Dangerously provocative: co-optation to undermining of women’s groups by U.S. intelligence agencies
This article examines how U.S. intelligence agencies, particularly the FBI and CIA, monitored and targeted women’s groups from the early 1900s to the 1970s as part of broader campaigns against Comm...
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boydellandbrewer.com/history-of-b... 📢 Happy to say that I've recently taken over as editor of the History of British Intelligence series with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social If you've got an idea for a book on the history of British intelligence - from any era -send me an email ⬇️ #history #spy 🗃 📚
History of British Intelligence
Published research on the vital role that intelligence has played in forming and executing policy in modern history
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Why I love declassified government docs, reason #51
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
12‑month fixed‑term fellowship for early‑career historians in Australian history at the University of Sydney starting 2027. Historians of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and scholars working in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander history, are especially encouraged to apply.
Colonel George Johnson Fellowship in Australian History
A 12‑month fixed‑term opportunity at 0.8 FTE, starting 2027 with scope for variation Applications are invited for the 2027 Colonel George Johnston Fellowship in Australian History for early‑career his...
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New essay, forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the Armenian Journal of International Law and already available on SSRN: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... Comments welcome!
I’m excited to share that my forthcoming book now has a website and a publication date! You can find out more and even pre-order here: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Blind-T...
Blind Trust
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Congratulations to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social whose book Operation Wrath of God has been shortlisted for the Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize, awarded for research in global intelligence studies by King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence kcsi.uk/kjetil-hatle...
Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize - 2025
The Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize The Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize is a biennial award recognising scholarship within the realm of…
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A great permanent job at the University of Glasgow: Lecturer in the History of Intelligence and International Relations, post-1850
Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T) at University of Glasgow
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore othe...
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✍🏼 The 2025 Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize Shortlist is here!
🔊 📖 We are delighted to share @ronanmainprize.bsky.social's review of @jrogg.bsky.social's 'The Spy and the State.' Mainprize argues that 'Rogg's book will likely become a key reference for the spy, the state, and the scholar.' 📖 Read the review here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
Two more days left to get your submissions in for the SIH Annual Conference! Submit proposals by March 23. @kcsi.uk
Lecturer in Medieval & Early Modern History The School of History at the ANU seeks to appoint a Lecturer in History. Applicants working at the forefront of gender history between the 12th & 18th centuries, and on regions beyond Europe & Australia, are encouraged to apply. Applications due 19 April.
ANZAMEMS@anzamems.bsky.social · 5mo agoLecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History, ANU #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/lecture...
🚨 New publication Very happy to share that my article in @globcon.bsky.social has now been published open access. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S204...
This. It takes so much more effort and time to mark students’ work and assess journal submissions that have been written/heavily edited by AI
Robert Suits@robertsuits.bsky.social · 5mo agoReading someone else's text is sometimes hard. But reading LLM-text is actively adversarial. It is imposing cognitive work on me. I have to impute meaning where it either never existed, or where it has been obscured by numerous layers of matrix multiplication.