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🎉 A new chapter at KCSI
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
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We are pleased to announce a keynote panel bringing together three former leaders of Britain’s intelligence community:
• A former Director General of MI5
• A former Chief of SIS
• A former Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Learn more + purchase tickets: www.intelligencehistory.org
@kcsi.uk
• A former Director General of MI5
• A former Chief of SIS
• A former Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Learn more + purchase tickets: www.intelligencehistory.org
@kcsi.uk
September 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
We are pleased to announce a keynote panel bringing together three former leaders of Britain’s intelligence community:
• A former Director General of MI5
• A former Chief of SIS
• A former Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Learn more + purchase tickets: www.intelligencehistory.org
@kcsi.uk
• A former Director General of MI5
• A former Chief of SIS
• A former Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Learn more + purchase tickets: www.intelligencehistory.org
@kcsi.uk
🎉 A new chapter at KCSI
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
September 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
🎉 A new chapter at KCSI
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
@drceliap-v.bsky.social is taking over as Executive Director of the King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence, succeeding @drichterova.bsky.social and @msg77.bsky.social after 5+ years at the helm of KCSI and, before that, the King's Intelligence Study Group. (1/6)
🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘Beyond the battlefield: the legal questions shaping Ukraine’s Resistance' by Damian J. Terrill, Kate Molan, and Prof Michael Goodman @msg77.bsky.social
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Beyond the battlefield: the legal questions shaping Ukraine's…
kcsi.uk
July 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘Beyond the battlefield: the legal questions shaping Ukraine’s Resistance' by Damian J. Terrill, Kate Molan, and Prof Michael Goodman @msg77.bsky.social
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘You Attacked the Home of a Very High-Ranking Individual’: What the Starmer Fires Reveal About Russia’s International Sabotage Campaign' by Dr Daniela Richterova
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
‘You Attacked the Home of a Very High-Ranking Individual’: What the…
kcsi.uk
June 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
🚨 New in KCSI Insights: ‘You Attacked the Home of a Very High-Ranking Individual’: What the Starmer Fires Reveal About Russia’s International Sabotage Campaign' by Dr Daniela Richterova
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🚨 New publication: 'The Loyalty Trap: Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power' by Dr Huw Dylan and Dr Elena Grossfeld
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
The Loyalty Trap: Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power
The Trump administration’s approach to intelligence shoots the messenger, undermining the community’s role of telling the President things he does not want to hear.
www.rusi.org
June 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
🚨 New publication: 'The Loyalty Trap: Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power' by Dr Huw Dylan and Dr Elena Grossfeld
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
👉🏼 Decisions are out — if you have submitted a proposal for the annual Society for Intelligence History conference, please check your email to find out the outcome of your application.
📌 See you at King's College London on 11-13 October 2026!
📌 See you at King's College London on 11-13 October 2026!
Thank you to everyone who submitted to SIH 2026 at King’s College London (London, UK), 11–13 Oct 2026. @kcsi.uk
Decision emails have been sent.
Accepted participants will receive registration + accommodation info by email within the next week.
#SIHConference
Decision emails have been sent.
Accepted participants will receive registration + accommodation info by email within the next week.
#SIHConference
May 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
👉🏼 Decisions are out — if you have submitted a proposal for the annual Society for Intelligence History conference, please check your email to find out the outcome of your application.
📌 See you at King's College London on 11-13 October 2026!
📌 See you at King's College London on 11-13 October 2026!
💡Event: “The Transatlantic Intelligence and Defence Alliance Under Strain” with David V. Gioe
🕰️ 18:00-19:00
🗓️ 13 May 2026
📍 Location confirmed upon registration
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transa...
🕰️ 18:00-19:00
🗓️ 13 May 2026
📍 Location confirmed upon registration
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transa...
The Transatlantic Intelligence and Defence Alliance Under Strain
Join us for an evening discussion with David Gioe possible futures for the transatlantic intelligence and defence alliance.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 30, 2026 at 10:07 AM
💡Event: “The Transatlantic Intelligence and Defence Alliance Under Strain” with David V. Gioe
🕰️ 18:00-19:00
🗓️ 13 May 2026
📍 Location confirmed upon registration
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transa...
🕰️ 18:00-19:00
🗓️ 13 May 2026
📍 Location confirmed upon registration
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transa...
📚 On Monday, we were delighted to host a full house for an insightful panel discussion and presentation of Damien Van Puyvelde’s “The DGSE and the Impact of Intelligence on Public Policy”.
🤗 Many thanks to the attendees for joining us and to Damien for his time!
@georgetownup.bsky.social
🤗 Many thanks to the attendees for joining us and to Damien for his time!
@georgetownup.bsky.social
April 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
📚 On Monday, we were delighted to host a full house for an insightful panel discussion and presentation of Damien Van Puyvelde’s “The DGSE and the Impact of Intelligence on Public Policy”.
🤗 Many thanks to the attendees for joining us and to Damien for his time!
@georgetownup.bsky.social
🤗 Many thanks to the attendees for joining us and to Damien for his time!
@georgetownup.bsky.social
✍🏼 The 2025 Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize Shortlist is here!
March 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
✍🏼 The 2025 Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize Shortlist is here!
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A great end to the “UK tour” at @kcsi.uk last night. My thanks to Celia Parker-Vincent for moderating and Jessi Gilchrist and Mike Goodman for organising. Also caught up with the wonderful @joemaiolo.bsky.social Nice to be back, spent a lot of time at the the Maughan Library writing this book.
March 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
A great end to the “UK tour” at @kcsi.uk last night. My thanks to Celia Parker-Vincent for moderating and Jessi Gilchrist and Mike Goodman for organising. Also caught up with the wonderful @joemaiolo.bsky.social Nice to be back, spent a lot of time at the the Maughan Library writing this book.
✍🏼 The 2025 Polly Corrigan Book Prize Shortlist is here!
March 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
✍🏼 The 2025 Polly Corrigan Book Prize Shortlist is here!
✍🏼 Commentary by KCSI Visiting Fellow @andreisoldatov.bsky.social featured in an article by @theguardian.com on concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote.
👉🏼 Full article and Andrei’s comments: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
👉🏼 Full article and Andrei’s comments: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote
Daria Boyarskaya coordinating OSCE mission overseeing vote in which pro-Moscow Viktor Orbán could lose power
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
✍🏼 Commentary by KCSI Visiting Fellow @andreisoldatov.bsky.social featured in an article by @theguardian.com on concerns raised over ex-Putin interpreter’s key role in monitoring Hungary vote.
👉🏼 Full article and Andrei’s comments: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
👉🏼 Full article and Andrei’s comments: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Still some time left!
This just in:
We've just received some intel — we can now offer an excellent opportunity for a Canadian student, which means we are extending the submission deadline! Check back here for more info soon.
Submit proposals to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
#SIHConference2026
We've just received some intel — we can now offer an excellent opportunity for a Canadian student, which means we are extending the submission deadline! Check back here for more info soon.
Submit proposals to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
#SIHConference2026
March 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Still some time left!
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In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence. To be considered, note this in your submission. If already applied, email to confirm candidacy.
Submit to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
Submit to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
March 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence. To be considered, note this in your submission. If already applied, email to confirm candidacy.
Submit to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
Submit to [email protected] by March 23
@kcsi.uk
🚨 The submissions deadline for the Annual Society for Intelligence History Conference has been extended until 23 March 2026.
📄 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
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🙌🏼 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
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March 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🚨 The submissions deadline for the Annual Society for Intelligence History Conference has been extended until 23 March 2026.
🚨 New publication — “Beyond intelligence failure: Identifying the principles of intelligence success in government and private sector risk intelligence” by KCSI Member Dr @drceliap-v.bsky.social and Visiting Fellow Dorothea Gioe
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond intelligence failure: Identifying the principles of intelligence success in government and private sector risk intelligence
The functions of government intelligence assessment and private sector risk intelligence have many similarities. The work in both sectors involves providing ‘customers’ of intelligence reports with...
www.tandfonline.com
March 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM
🚨 New publication — “Beyond intelligence failure: Identifying the principles of intelligence success in government and private sector risk intelligence” by KCSI Member Dr @drceliap-v.bsky.social and Visiting Fellow Dorothea Gioe
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨AHRC Curiosity Project Launch and Roundtable: ‘The Afterlives of Cambridge Spies’
🗓Wednesday, March 18, 2026
🕔17:00-18:30 GMT
📍Durham University (online option available)
🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/TxVEvgjvcn
👉🏼More about the project: kcsi.uk/the-afterliv...
🗓Wednesday, March 18, 2026
🕔17:00-18:30 GMT
📍Durham University (online option available)
🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/TxVEvgjvcn
👉🏼More about the project: kcsi.uk/the-afterliv...
March 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
🚨AHRC Curiosity Project Launch and Roundtable: ‘The Afterlives of Cambridge Spies’
🗓Wednesday, March 18, 2026
🕔17:00-18:30 GMT
📍Durham University (online option available)
🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/TxVEvgjvcn
👉🏼More about the project: kcsi.uk/the-afterliv...
🗓Wednesday, March 18, 2026
🕔17:00-18:30 GMT
📍Durham University (online option available)
🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/TxVEvgjvcn
👉🏼More about the project: kcsi.uk/the-afterliv...
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The UK Parliament’s Joint Human Rights Committee has published its report on transnational repression, an increasingly urgent issue in Europe.
Our article, “The Russian way in transnational repression” (via @kcsi.uk), is included in the “read more” section.
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/transnationa...
Our article, “The Russian way in transnational repression” (via @kcsi.uk), is included in the “read more” section.
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/transnationa...
Transnational repression in the UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights report
In the UK, the term transnational repression is widely accepted to refer to instances of intimidation, violence and harassment by a state against people in another state. Evidence has suggested that v...
lordslibrary.parliament.uk
February 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The UK Parliament’s Joint Human Rights Committee has published its report on transnational repression, an increasingly urgent issue in Europe.
Our article, “The Russian way in transnational repression” (via @kcsi.uk), is included in the “read more” section.
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/transnationa...
Our article, “The Russian way in transnational repression” (via @kcsi.uk), is included in the “read more” section.
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/transnationa...
🚨 Congratulations to KCSI Co-Director Dr @drichterova.bsky.social as “Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries” (Georgetown University Press, 2025) wins the 50th Annual PROSE Award for Best European History Book awarded by the APP!
March 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🚨 Congratulations to KCSI Co-Director Dr @drichterova.bsky.social as “Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries” (Georgetown University Press, 2025) wins the 50th Annual PROSE Award for Best European History Book awarded by the APP!
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Thanks to Frontline, part of @thehindu.com, for carrying a piece I wrote on India in the Trump 2 era. Not easy to write given the pace at which events in India are evolving, viz. the US and EU.
See👇
frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
See👇
frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
Trump’s Second Term and the Unravelling of India–US Ties
Trump’s second term exposes the fragility of India–US ties and forces New Delhi to rethink strategic autonomy and alignment.
frontline.thehindu.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Thanks to Frontline, part of @thehindu.com, for carrying a piece I wrote on India in the Trump 2 era. Not easy to write given the pace at which events in India are evolving, viz. the US and EU.
See👇
frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
See👇
frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
🚨 New in KCSI Insights – "The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy: Worshiping Trump and Setting Clear Priorities" by Dr @dpoakley.bsky.social
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy: Worshiping Trump and Setting…
kcsi.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
🚨 New in KCSI Insights – "The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy: Worshiping Trump and Setting Clear Priorities" by Dr @dpoakley.bsky.social
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
🚨 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-...
warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-...
How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend
It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the
warontherocks.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
🚨 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-...
warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-...
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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
warontherocks.com/2026/02/how-...
@kcsi.uk @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend
It started at a Washington cocktail party, when an Air Force general listened to a mountaineer describe the view from Mount Everest — and decided the
warontherocks.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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
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.
🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026.
👇🏼 Further details below.
📚 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.
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.
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
📚 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.
🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026.
👇🏼 Further details below.
📚 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.
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.
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
📚 Final stretch!
🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026.
👇🏼 Further details below.
🗓️ The deadline to nominate books for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes is 31 January 2026.
👇🏼 Further details below.