Do you have an older 💻 or 📱 you no longer use? Back in 2021, Sarah G.Solecki, Ilke D.Hustings & I organised several small-scale initiatives to help Afghan families settle in the UK. We also donated 2 older laptops to Screen Share UK – an org dedicated to empowering refugees through access to tech.

🙌 Delighted to have taken part in the @camsecurity.bsky.social ISI Summer School of '25. 🚨 Enjoyed lecturing & discussing the history & contemporary relevance of #sabotage. More coming soon! 🎓 Wishing the cohort all the best in their pursuit of understanding or shaping #internationalsecurity.

Many 🙏 to Dr Rosie Johnston & @recetvienna.bsky.social in Vienna for hosting me on the #TransformativePodcast: shorturl.at/X6Do9. Do check out Rosie's fantastic research on the #ColdWar politics of #audiojournalism & her team's project on global politics of #Czechoslovak #weapons: shorturl.at/NStm2

🚨 What happens to a generation of journalists raised under Putin? 🎧 Join us for the latest @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast episode, where veteran journalists @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & I. Borogan discuss Our Dear Friends in Moscow - part memoir in exile, part anatomy of Putin’s secret state 👇

Still #Commandos, wild Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. #SpyGems

Many 🙌 @nytimes.com for including #WatchingTheJackals in your Father’s Day roundup — in my favourite category, no less: "For the dad who’s still talking about The Americans finale." If you're shopping for the espionage aficionado in your life (or just yourself), see full list: shorturl.at/nov9V

📺 A new #BBCFour #Storyville documentary on #CarlosTheJackal now streaming on iPlayer. A sharp recap for those interested in the history & mythology of Cold War-era international terrorism. Many 🙏 to the creators for bringing insights from 📚 #WatchingTheJackals to life on screen. shorturl.at/JFUFh

Who were the #ColdWarJackals? Why were they #watched? What can today’s professionals learn from these uneasy covert alliances? 🎙️ Tune in as Thea Gioe, former USG intel practitioner & #KCSI Visiting Fellow, and I explore these questions in the latest #WarStudiesPODCAST episode. 👉 shorturl.at/ipOUl

Many thanks to @shaunwalker7.bsky.social & @christogrozev.bsky.social for a fantastic evening at @theguardian.com Live. 🙌 @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

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💼 Had a fantastic time teaching @charlesuni.cuni.cz in Prague on CEE's ties w/ #ColdWarJackals. The students excelled in the final simulation exercise on intel liaison — sharp analysis & fantastic visuals that brought their presentations to life. Big 🙏 to Irena Kalhousova for making this happen!

📢 Join in person/online for @theguardian.com Live Events where I'll be speaking alongside christogrozev.bsky.social & @shaunwalker7.bsky.social about the UK's largest #spytrial and what it tells us about contemporary #espionage & #activemeasures. 22nd May / 19:30-21:00 / Register: shorturl.at/yY8cf

1/ A warm thanks to @historians.org for hosting tonight’s Washington History Seminar on 📚 #WatchingTheJackals. It was a privilege to discuss this with @lucatrenta.bsky.social & Igor Lukes @bostonu.bsky.social.

🎧 #WatchingTheJackals is now on #Audible & in other audiobook stores near you. Many thanks to @rbmediaco.bsky.social & #GUP for bringing this to life! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social / @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social

📰 Very many thanks to @forbes.com Slovenskia & Milan Čupka for taking the time to discuss #WatchingTheJackals and #intelligencestudies. shorturl.at/x3LoO @warstudieskcl.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social

🚨Publication alert🚨A new Insights piece by Thea Gioe is online now, focusing on intelligence in the corporate world: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight.... It's a great insight into the increasing importance of intelligence for business leaders.

📑 My latest for @warontherocks.bsky.social: #BulgarianSpies #JanMarsalek #OldBailey #WarInUkraine #FSB #GRU The largest spy trial in UK history revealed an unusual espionage network & how Moscow's covert ops escalated shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 👉 shorturl.at/ymu4U

Capping off week 1 of our ISI-Pro course, delegates heard from @kcsi.uk members Professor Sir David Omand on managing slow burning crises & @drichterova.bsky.social on #Russian #sabotage. Concluding the day was a candlelit formal hall dinner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Had a great 🇬🇧 book launch for Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict @kclcgs.bsky.social @kcsi.uk 💥 A big thanks to @drichterova.bsky.social @stevenbwagner.bsky.social and Philip Davies for discussing the collection and their contributions 🔥 If you missed it you can get a copy amzn.eu/d/2upuLlZ

✍️ "Of several recent books on covert operations, the most enlightening is Watching the Jackals." — The New York Times. What a lovely surprise — and an exceptionally generous review in @nytimes.com. Huge thanks to Thomas E. Ricks for the generous words about #WatchingTheJackals. 👉 shorturl.at/3EsFD

📚 Thrilled to see #WatchingTheJackals featured in @prospectmagazine.co.uk! 📚 Immensely grateful that #WTJ was included in the "Books in Brief: What to Read This March" section! A huge thanks to Pippa Crawford for highlighting some of the book's key findings. See full review ➡️ shorturl.at/dyetP

All attendees will receive a copy of ‘Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict’, with insightful essays from @msg77.bsky.social, @calderwalton.bsky.social, @drichterova.bsky.social, @warmatters.bsky.social, @stevenbwagner.bsky.social, @sarabcastro.bsky.social, @tonyingesson.bsky.social, and more.

Huge 🙏 to @lucatrenta.bsky.social for this thorough review of #WatchingTheJackals. My fav part: "...[CIA Director Bill] Casey who – reportedly – was a voracious reader would have benefited from Daniela Richterova’s excellent Watching the Jackals." @kcsi.uk / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

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📣 Former #SIS Chief Sir Richard Dearlove on 📚 #WatchingTheJackals for @thespectator1828.bsky.social "Richterova has immersed herself in the Kafkaesque Stb archives for a decade...For former professionals and historians alike, it is a fascinating exposé." Full review 👉 shorturl.at/LSJ4E

📢 I am sure it wasn't an easy one to write, but I cannot wait to read this new book by veteran journalists and @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Visiting Fellows @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan, out in June. Many congratulations! 👏

Russia says it's kicking out two British accredited diplomats from Moscow, after the FSB "identified signs of intelligence and subversive work by said diplomats, threatening the security of the Russian Federation." Embassy official hauled into the Foreign Ministry for a tongue-lashing.

🎙️ Thrilled to be on the #TrueSpies POD with #SPYSCAPE discussing 📖 #WatchingTheJackals! We explore: 📂 the joys & traps of conducting research in Cold War archives 🕵️‍♀️ How Prague used it spies to interact with Cold War 'jackals' ⛓️ Why it never arrested any of them. Take a listen 👉 shorturl.at/NHwia

🚨 Blog Post Alert: Communists, Spies, and their Covert Ties with Cold War Terrorists & Revolutionaries 🚨 🙌 to #KCSIInsights for publishing highlights from my 📚 #WatchingTheJackals - focused on #AbuNidal, the deadliest of Cold War “jackals” & why it matters today. 👉 Full article: shorturl.at/IfogC

✍ Huge thank you to Vladimír Ševela for his in-depth piece for Czech daily #Hospodárskenoviny, exploring the findings of 📚 #WatchingTheJackals & how Prague choreographed its dance with #ColdWar terrorists & revolutionaries. Grateful for the brilliant analysis—do check it out! 👀📖 shorturl.at/qnbeY

Russian sabotage using gig economy approach @drichterova.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social Patrick Bury

Dr Daniela Richterová’s new book uncovers Czechoslovak archives, revealing Carlos the Jackal’s escape and the complex ties between communist regimes and radical groups. “It’s always a complicated business and a difficult dance,” says @drichterova.bsky.social. Read: bit.ly/40Bpubi

🙌 to veteran journalist Viveca Novak for her insightful review of #WTJ for @spytalker.bsky.social "Richterova has given us a groundbreaking view of Prague’s knotty relationships with terrorists...and of one Warsaw Pact nation’s concerns during the last decades of the Cold War." shorturl.at/F7gqc

🚨 Event Announcement! 🚨 On Friday, 31 Jan, I’ll be in conversation with Sir Richard Dearlove, former SIS Chief, discussing my new 📚 #WatchingTheJackals. 📅 31 Jan '25 🕔 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM UK time 📍 Hybrid: University of Cambridge & online 🔗 Register & see further details 👇 shorturl.at/JFiQB

🚨 New Must-Read: "The Russian Way in Transnational Repression" by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan for #KCSIInsights explores Russia’s long-standing tradition of transnational repression, from Tsarist secret police to Kremlin’s current pursuit of opponents abroad. 🚨 Full article 👇

We were thrilled to host former Deputy Director & Acting Director of #CIA, Michael Morell, at a KCSI special event! 🎉 Michael shared his insights into life at the CIA—offering a fascinating glimpse into some of the most wicked analytical problems and operational challenges. 🕵️🔍

Thank you, @tonyingesson.bsky.social, for your kind words—really appreciate it! (Also, send me your bank details, and I’ll get that payment sorted… 💸😉)

🎓 Huge congratulations to the MA #Intelligence & #InternationalSecurity class of 2023/24 at @warstudieskcl.bsky.social on your graduation today! Your dedication & hard work have been incredible. Proud of you all and excited to see where your next steps take you! 🙌 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Many 🙏 @lucatrenta.bsky.social for highlighting 📚 #WatchingTheJackals, which talks about how #Prague used the #StB as the regime's Swiss Army Knife - at times, to strike an alliance with the jackals; at others, to counter or oust them. Controlling the #jackals proved challenging in both scenarios.

🎙️ Thrilled to discuss #WatchingTheJackals on the incredible #Spycraft101: 📌 What support did Prague provide to #PLO? ♟️ How did its spies push out #CarlosTheJackal & #AbuNidal? 🕵 Did #StB recruit #BassamAbuSharif — key Palestinian figure who survived an Israeli book-bomb attack? 👉 shorturl.at/0l9eV

🎙️ Great talking to M. Wlachovsky, veteran diplomat & frmr Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs, about: 📚 #intelligencestudies 🕵️‍♀️ #accountable & #effective intel communities 📕 #WatchingTheJackals Brush up your Slovak & tune in 👇 shorturl.at/cwIuO @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @camsecurity.bsky.social

🚨 Grateful for the opportunity to speak with @keatingetom.bsky.social on a new episode of 🎧#STRPodcast, @rusi.bsky.social, alongside the fantastic @holgerroonemaa.bsky.social & @ingaspringe.bsky.social about Russian #sabotage. For other recent work on #sabotage 👇

🎧 "I don't think you can emphasise this enough with this book, because it really gives insight into aspects of intelligence, counterintelligence and counterterrorism that you wouldn't normally have visibility of.", @coldwarpod.bsky.social 🙏 for this opportunity & kind words re #WatchintlgTheJackals

1) My first post for 2025 will be a podcast/book recommendation. I really enjoyed the discussions with Daniela Richterová on Prague’s clandestine role during the Cold War as a haven for Middle Eastern and international terrorists. Find a link to Cold War Conversations here: coldwarconversations.com

🏅 Thrilled to share that #WatchingTheJackals has received a glowing 4/4 trench coats from @thecipherbrief.bsky.social Book Review! Check out the full review at #TheCipherBrief: www.thecipherbrief.com/book-review/... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

📚 #WatchingTheJackals is out today! 🎉 Many 🙏 to Tim Willasey-Wilsey, former UK counterterrorism advisor, for this fantastic inaugural review, which highlights the devastating effect of #ColdWar #terrorism & #Czechoslovakia's "innate conservatism" in its dealings with the #jackals See link 👇

Standby for our episode with @drichterova.bsky.social on 4th Jan about her new book "Watching the Jackals: #Prague's Covert Liaisons with #ColdWar #Terrorists and #Revolutionaries". Follow via your podcast app here 🎧🎧https://coldwarconversations.com/

📅 In a surprising move following his 22 Dec visit to #Moscow, 🇸🇰 PM #Fico indicated Svkia's readiness to host 🇷🇺-🇺🇦 peace talks, w/#Putin's consent. This raises concerns re 🇸🇰 increasingly controversial image, reminiscent of the political landscape of #1990s #backtothefuture dennikn.sk/minuta/43797...