King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)
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- 🚨 New publication – KCSI member Dr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social for @warontherocks.bsky.social on "How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend" warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-...
- Thanks to @warontherocks.bsky.social for publishing my piece on a recent @nytimes.com article about a CIA/Indian intelligence operation that ended in the loss of a nuclear-powered surveillance device 👇 warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-... @kcsi.uk @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
- 📚 Last chance!
- 📚 Final stretch! 🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026. 👇🏼 Further details below.
- 📄 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)
- 📢 #WatchingTheJackals is 1 year old. The reception has gone far beyond what I had expected (and Central Europeans aren't known for low expectations). Here’s a snapshot of highlights from the past 12 months. A collective 🙏 to all who quietly made this happen. You know who you are. 1/4 ENDORSEMENTS
- 🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year! See you in 2026 ⭐ #KCSI
- Thank you to @kcsi.uk including Our Dear Friends in Moscow in your holiday book recommendations —much appreciated.
- Jessi Gilchrist recommends "Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation" by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan (2025).
- Well this is very generous and kind. Thanks @drichterova.bsky.social. So on trend it’s not even out yet! Thanks again for the advance read; I’m really looking forward to sharing it with everyone in the spring 😀
- 📖 Dr Daniela Richterova (@drichterova.bsky.social) recommends "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" by @rorycormac.bsky.social (2026).
- Wonderful to see #AgentZo on the @kcsi.uk (King’s College Centre for the Study of Intelligence) recommended book list!- thank you!
- 📖 Dr Celia Parker-Vincent (@drceliap-v.bsky.social) recommends "Agent Zo" by @claremulley.bsky.social (2024).
- 🎄 It’s that time of the year when the buzz of work quiets down and we get the time to rest before ringing in the new year — and pick up a book or two. 🥳 If you find yourself in need of last-minute holiday gift ideas, look no further than our KCSI-approved book guide!
- Honoured Spying in South Asia makes the list of the best non-fiction books read by The Prints columnists in 2025. Humbled to feature alongside accomplished authors & amazing work. That's some bookshelf! theprint.in/feature/the-... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
- 🎉 As nomination deadlines for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes approach, 2024 Polly Corrigan Book Prize winner Dr @sophieduroy.bsky.social spoke with KCSI on receiving the prize, the inspiration behind her book, and gave some advice to this year's applicants.
- 🚨New publication in KCSI Insights — “Document Exploitation in Anglo-American Intelligence” by Dr. Michael A. Innes 🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
- 🚨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...
