Daniela Richterova
@drichterova.bsky.social
Associate Prof/SL in Intelligence Studies @warstudies @kcl.ac.uk www.KCSI.uk
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
Author of 📙 #WatchingTheJackals
👉 https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
Author of 📙 #WatchingTheJackals
👉 https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals
Pinned
The first copies of #WatchingtheJackals are in hand. Many 🙏 to @Georgetown_UP for their trust & support.
Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing sneak peeks & tidbits from the book—stay tuned! 🐺📚
Official release: 2 Jan '25; available for pre-order now.
@kcsi.uk @kcl.ac.uk
Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing sneak peeks & tidbits from the book—stay tuned! 🐺📚
Official release: 2 Jan '25; available for pre-order now.
@kcsi.uk @kcl.ac.uk
📢 Check out the latest publications by Team @kcsi.uk 👇
📄 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
🔗 All publications can be found here: kcsi.uk/publications
Our Publications
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October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📢 Check out the latest publications by Team @kcsi.uk 👇
Reposted by Daniela Richterova
📄 'From Prague With a Shove'
🗣️ Michael Young in an interview with @drichterova.bsky.social on lessons from her latest book, "Watching the Jackals"
📌 Diwan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Middle East Program @carnegieendowment.org
🔗 Link: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
🗣️ Michael Young in an interview with @drichterova.bsky.social on lessons from her latest book, "Watching the Jackals"
📌 Diwan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Middle East Program @carnegieendowment.org
🔗 Link: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'From Prague With a Shove'
🗣️ Michael Young in an interview with @drichterova.bsky.social on lessons from her latest book, "Watching the Jackals"
📌 Diwan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Middle East Program @carnegieendowment.org
🔗 Link: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
🗣️ Michael Young in an interview with @drichterova.bsky.social on lessons from her latest book, "Watching the Jackals"
📌 Diwan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Middle East Program @carnegieendowment.org
🔗 Link: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
🐧 Grateful and excited about what lies ahead.
🙌 Thankful to everyone involved!
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🙌 Thankful to everyone involved!
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Viking acquires Daniela Richterova’s ‘extraordinary’ untold story of a spy
Viking has acquired Our Man in Prague by Daniela Richterova, “the story of one of MI6’s greatest, and least known, triumphs behind the Iron Curtain”.
www.thebookseller.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🐧 Grateful and excited about what lies ahead.
🙌 Thankful to everyone involved!
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🙌 Thankful to everyone involved!
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📢 📚 Very much looking forward to this! Danke schön @recetvienna.bsky.social for the invite.
October 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📢 📚 Very much looking forward to this! Danke schön @recetvienna.bsky.social for the invite.
📙 #WatchingTheJackals spotted in the wild 🌴 in exquisite company by Ted Reinert @jfbooks in DC. 🙏
October 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📙 #WatchingTheJackals spotted in the wild 🌴 in exquisite company by Ted Reinert @jfbooks in DC. 🙏
Fantastic speaking to Michael Young of Malcolm H. Kerr @carnegiemec.bsky.social about #WatchingTheJackals & lessons from Cold War CT.
👉 shorturl.at/v1tr1
👉 shorturl.at/v1tr1
From Prague With a Shove
In an interview, Daniela Richterova speaks about her book on Czechoslovakia’s Cold War ties to Palestinian groups and others.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fantastic speaking to Michael Young of Malcolm H. Kerr @carnegiemec.bsky.social about #WatchingTheJackals & lessons from Cold War CT.
👉 shorturl.at/v1tr1
👉 shorturl.at/v1tr1
1/4 🎓🕵️♀️ Exciting times for #KCLMAIIS - the MA in Intelligence & International Security, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, co-run with @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, @paulineblistene.bsky.social, David Easter, Huw Dylan & Celia Parker-Vincent.
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
1/4 🎓🕵️♀️ Exciting times for #KCLMAIIS - the MA in Intelligence & International Security, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, co-run with @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, @paulineblistene.bsky.social, David Easter, Huw Dylan & Celia Parker-Vincent.
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.”
I am delighted to have co-authored the chapter “Czechoslovakia: Covert Measures in Peace and War.”
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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.”
I am delighted to have co-authored the chapter “Czechoslovakia: Covert Measures in Peace and War.”
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.
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.
Screen Share UK
The leading digital inclusion charity for refugees in the UK.
www.screen-share.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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.
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.
🚨 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.
August 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🙌 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.
🚨 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
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
July 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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 👇
🎧 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 👇
🎙️New Podcast!
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
July 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🚨 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 👇
🎧 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 👇
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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
"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
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June 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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
"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
Many 🙏 to the creators for bringing insights from 📚 #WatchingTheJackals to life on screen.
shorturl.at/JFUFh
BBC Four - Storyville, The Jackal Speaks
A rare portrait of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as the infamous Carlos the Jackal.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
📺 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
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
🎙️ 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
Watching the Jackals: Cold War Terror, Espionage, and Prague’s Secret Role
Podcast Episode · War Studies · 21/05/2025 · 48m
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May 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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
🎙️ 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
@kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
@kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
💼 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!
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!
May 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
💼 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!
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
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
May 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
📢 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
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.
Join me today for a panel of the @historians.org to discuss @drichterova.bsky.social's book Watching the Jackals. You can still register here: www.historians.org/events/aha-o...
Starts at 4pm ET (9pm UK).
You can also read my review in @jpict.bsky.social here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Starts at 4pm ET (9pm UK).
You can also read my review in @jpict.bsky.social here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Washington History Seminar - AHA
The Washington History Seminar series is held weekly on Mondays (unless otherwise noted) during the Fall and Spring academic semesters.
www.historians.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
Many thanks to @rbmediaco.bsky.social & #GUP for bringing this to life!
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social / @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🎧 #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
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
shorturl.at/x3LoO
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📰 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
shorturl.at/x3LoO
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social / @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social / @kcsi.uk / @camsecurity.bsky.social