Michael S. Goodman

Michael S Goodman

@msg77.bsky.social

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Professor and Director of the King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 2d

🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year!

See you in 2026 ⭐

#KCSI

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 #KCSI Holiday Book Guide is here! ✨

Old favourites, 2025 releases and what’s coming next from the 🕵️‍♀️📚 shelves.

📍 Available now via @kcsi.uk.

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 7d

🎉 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.

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Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social · 13d

Wrote about this last year in Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States and India's Secret Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

www.cambridge.org/9781108843676

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)

A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.

www.nytimes.com

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 21d

🚨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

‘Not your father’s Afghanistan': Is the West taking its eye off the…

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Cambridge Security Initiative @camsecurity.bsky.social · 27d

CSi is happy to announce that the application process for our International Security and Intelligence (ISI) Summer Programme are now open! Click below for more information: shorturl.at/kc88o

International Security and Intelligence (ISI) Programme - The Cambridge Security Initiative

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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 28d

@edinburghup.bsky.social is having a 50% off sale. This means that my The President’s Kill List is only £12.99. Bargain. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pre...

The President’s Kill List

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Cambridge Security Initiative @camsecurity.bsky.social · Nov 14

CSi is pleased to announce that the application process for ISI Professional is now open. For more please follow this link: thecsi.org.uk/isi-pro/

ISI Professional - The Cambridge Security Initiative

International Security and Intelligence Professional Programme (ISI Pro) is a course designed for mid- to senior-level professionals from different spheres of government and military.

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The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social · Nov 12

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Polly Corrigan Book Prize - 2025 Call for Nominations

About: The Polly Corrigan Book Prize is a biennial award sponsored by The King’s Centre for Intelligence Studies (KCSI) and Intelligence and National…

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Nov 7

🕯️ Remembering Paul Ritchie CMG OBE

A dedication by Dr Huw Dylan from @kcsi.uk: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

A dedication to Paul Ritchie CMG OBE from the King's Centre for the…

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Oct 29

🎉 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...

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Oct 28

📄 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

Our Publications

kcsi.uk

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Oct 23

🚨 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....

Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age

This article considers the impact of digital advances on clandestine Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations. Despite the arrival and advancement of disruptive technologies, classical HUMINT tradecr...

www.tandfonline.com

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Oct 17

🤔 Feeling curious after this read?

👉 Check out our IntelArchive, one of the world's most comprehensive publication databases on intelligence studies:

kcsi.uk/intelarchive

IntelArchive

IntelArchive ( https://intelarchive.io/ ) helps you discover publications covering a wide range of topics, from intelligence history to intelligence…

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Oct 17

🚨 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'.

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The Changing Face of the Academic Study of Intelligence in the UK

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Sep 29

🔎 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

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Lars Berger @larsberger.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨
Interested in the impact of tech disruption & geopolitical shifts on intelligence practice and research? Join us at the June 2026 Intelligence College in Europe Academic Conference in Munich.
📌 Submit abstracts by 14 Nov 2025
💡 No fee, catering included
➡️ tinyurl.com/3r9tpk7n

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Gill Bennett @gillhistory.bsky.social · Mar 17

Yes: and it was not as as simple as it looks. Forgive me for reposting this yet again: history.blog.gov.uk/2013/09/30/w...

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Mar 21

Oleg Gordievsky has died. What makes him so interesting is that he illustrates the stabilising role intelligence can play: he helped Reagan & Thatcher understand the USSR was genuinely worried about nuclear war, allowing them to take that into account in their policy www.bbc.com/news/article...

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at Surrey home - BBC News

Counter-terrorism police are assisting the coroner, but his death is not being treated as suspicious.

www.bbc.com

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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · Jul 2

Must read from General Hayden and David Gioe www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

“Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Naryshkin was visibly nervous. Once he had finally stammered out his support for recognizing the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states—the words Putin was waiting for—he was abruptly told to sit down, like an unprepared pupil flubbing an oral exam.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Prof Rob Dover @robdover.bsky.social · Jun 30

A short contribution on the subject of the limitations of intelligence: theconversation.com/row-over-dam...

Row over damage to Iran’s nuclear programme raises questions about intelligence

The truth may be out there, but the public rarely gets to see it.

theconversation.com

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Jun 30

🚨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...

When Sabotage Goes Orbital: Rethinking the Russian Space Threat

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · Jun 3

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...

Quantity Has a Quality All of Its Own

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian intelligence operations have shifted toward a mass-scale approach, focusing on sabotage, intelligence collection, and influence efforts.

www.cna.org

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · May 12

🚨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...

The Kennedy Assassination Files, India, and New Insights into…

kcsi.uk

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · May 8

🚨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...

kcsi.uk

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · May 1

📢 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

Russia’s spies: Uncovering Russia’s secret espionage programmes

Exploding weapons factories, assassination plots and fake news: Vladimir Putin’s hybrid war campaign against the West has stepped up several notches since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

www.theguardian.com

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · Apr 23

🎧 #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

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · Apr 23

New addition

Blog post: The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy by David V. Gioe (published 23-04-2025)

https://theins.ru/en/opinion/david-gioe/280811

The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy

In early April, Donald Trump dismissed the head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Timothy Haugh, along with his deputy, following a meeting with a far-right activist who raised suspicions about the loyalty of several members of the president’s administration. This is not the first intelligence-related scandal so far during Trump’s current term. The most prominent incident involved a high-level discussion conducted via Signal chat — which, by accident, included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. These episodes not only hinder the functioning of the U.S. intelligence community but also undermine its credibility on the global stage. Intelligence sharing among allies is a vital instrument for gaining political and military advantage, but without mutual trust, such cooperation is impossible. Nonetheless, Western intelligence agencies still have an interest in maintaining ties with their U.S. counterparts — even under Trump — writes David Gioe, a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and a former CIA analyst and operations officer.

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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · Apr 21

I feel proud and very honored that my book “World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence” (UPK, 2023) is the subject of the latest H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable. I hope this encourages others to work in the field. 1/3

H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable 16-32 on Stout, World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence

21 April 2025 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-34 | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Sarah-Jane Corke Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre…

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War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social · Apr 16

🎙️Join Dr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social as he dives into the secretive world of espionage.🕵️‍♂️

From Trump’s clashes with the FBI to China’s spy network and the transformation of spying through smartphones—Dr McGarr unravels it all!

🎧Listen now:
bit.ly/4lxDZ9D

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