🚨New publication in KCSI Insights — “‘Not your father’s Afghanistan’: Is the West taking its eye off the al-Qaeda ball?” by Graham Aikin 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight... #KCSI

🚨New publication in KCSI Insights — “When Resis­tance Went Glob­al: MLK’s Assas­si­na­tion, Japan’s Beheiren and America’s Viet­nam Deserters" by Satoshi Yoda 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨New publication — “Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security” by @drceliap-v.bsky.social for @rusi.bsky.social 🔗 Link: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

🚨New article in our KCSI Insights blog by our core team member Dr @paulineblistene.bsky.social and KCSI Co-Director Dr @drichterova.bsky.social on “Strategic Vandalism: Decoding the French ‘Red Hands’ Trial.” 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🕯️ Remembering Paul Ritchie CMG OBE A dedication by Dr Huw Dylan from @kcsi.uk: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

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

🎉 Exciting news for the KCSI team 📖 Viking (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) has acquired “Our Man in Prague” by our Co-Director @drichterova.bsky.social More details: www.thebookseller.com/rights/vikin...

📄 From the impact of growing digitalisation on intelligence to Czechoslovakia’s complex relationship with Middle Eastern revolutionaries, our KCSI members have been busy with sharing their expert insights in several publications this month. 🔗 All publications can be found here: kcsi.uk/publications

🚨 Publication alert! “Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age” by KCSI member Dr David V. Gioe, co-authored with Dr Tony Manganello of Indiana Wesleyan University. Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 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.

🚨 New article in our KCSI Insights blog by KCSI Co-Director Prof. Michael Goodman (@msg77.bsky.social) reflecting on 'The Changing Face of the Academic Study of Intelligence in the UK'. kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

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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.”

🔎 Times are changing — and so are we. The King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence is now on Instagram. Follow for insights on intelligence, security, and global affairs, plus highlights from our research, events, and teaching. 👉 instagram.com/kcsi.uk

🚨Publication alert!🚨We start the autumn with a post from @bjorngronning.bsky.social and @stigstenslie.bsky.social from the Norwegian Intelligence School on intelligence failures and successes: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨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...

Thks to TheWire.in for noting some of my recent work on UK & US covert Cold War interventions in Kerala m.thewire.in/article/hist... With elections due in Kerala next year its timely to revisit the issue of electoral interference @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk @universitypress.cambridge.org

It is finally here! It is publication day of my new book about ‘Operation Wrath of God’ - My research reveals for the first time how Western intelligence agencies helped Mossad to hunt and kill Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in Europe @universitypress.cambridge.org

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

🚨Publication alert🚨 Our latest Insights piece by Satoshi Yoda - about Cold War operations in Japan - is out now: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨Latest Insights piece now live!🚨Faisal Ajmal considers whether China has learnt from the interventions of other states in Afghanistan: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

Read the latest piece from our member, David Gioe, co-authored with Michael Hayden: ‘Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence’. A stark warning on politicized intel and national security risk. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

🚨Publication alert🚨Next up on our Insights blog is an examination of the threat of sabotage from Russia in space by @kloosha.bsky.social: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨Publication alert🚨The second part of Dr Kevin O'Brien's Insights piece on Canadian intelligence is out now! With a focus on the concept of Canada's 'foreign intelligence' intelligence function, it's a must-read for anyone interested in intelligence in the Anglosphere: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

Check the latest piece by our member, Gill Bennett (@gillhistory.bsky.social) on how KGB defector Mitrokhin fought tyranny, one archive at a time. His revelations still reverberate 35 years on. 'How Mitrokhin waged war from the archives' engelsbergideas.com/reviews/how-...

🚨Publication alert🚨Our latest Insights piece from Dr Kevin O'Brien 'Canadian Intelligence at a Crossroads 2023-2025 (Part I)' is out now: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

Delighted that Spying in South Asia www.cambridge.org/9781108843676 has been named @iajournal.bsky.social book of the week. Thanks to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social for a generous review. @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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

New report from our member Elena Grossfeld (@kloosha.bsky.social) 'Quantity Has a Quality All of Its Own' — how Russian intelligence shifted to mass, low-cost tactics post-Ukraine invasion. Sabotage, spying & disruption at scale. What does it mean for NATO? www.cna.org/reports/2025...

Thanks to Prateek Joshi for a fantastic discussion on Spying in South Asia www.cambridge.org/9781108843676 on the Jan Man Gan podcast. Give the podcast a listen 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNEa... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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

🚨Publication alert!🚨For a fascinating insight into the CIA's work in India, uncovered as part of the release of the Kennedy assassination files, take a look at our latest Insights piece by @paulmcgarr.bsky.social: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨Our latest Insights piece has just been published, a review of former British diplomat Tim Willasey-Wilsey's book The Spy and the Devil: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

📢 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

The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy @warstudieskcl.bsky.social visiting professor David Gioe writes that Trump's return to the Oval Office may force U.S. allies to keep more of their secrets to themselves.

🎧 #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

🚨 New article by our member David Gioe. 'The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy' theins.ru/en/opinion/d...

Great to be on @lucatrenta.bsky.social's new national security podcast for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Talked intelligence history, covert action in the Global South, & state-sponsored assassinations. Have a listen👇 newbooksnetwork.com/spying-in-so... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Had a 👍 time @soasuni.bsky.social talking to the Inspire Us Podcast on intelligence beyond the anglosphere. We covered 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 and 🇬🇧 🇺🇸covert interventions in the global South. Give us a👂 in youtu.be/XeG5T2fmGps @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social

🚨Publication alert🚨Our latest Insights piece - analysis of Signal-gate - by David Gioe and Tony Manganello is out now: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

📰 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

There is still time to register! Join the Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executive course delivered by the KCSI members in collaboration with Emergent Risk International. 📅13 May 2025 📍King's College London, London, UK For more information and application, see ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course...

Great to see India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, talk today on the economic opportunities & threats facing Delhi as the centenary of independence nears in 2047. Hope 🇬🇧 govt 👂🇮🇳 emphasis on ⬆️ student mobility in any FTA. @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcsi.uk

📑 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

Great article just published by @kcsi.uk Insights from Thea Gioe on the pressing importance of effectively utilising strategic intelligence in the corporate world kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🚨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.

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

🚨Publication alert 🚨Our latest Insights contribution by Dr Huw Dylan - an obituary of Oleg Gordievsky - is now live! kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...