King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)
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KCSI is a diverse group of leading intelligence scholars & practitioners working together to better understand the evolving global security landscape. https://kcsi.uk/
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KCSI offers expert insights, analysis, and research on how intelligence impacts urgent problems that we confront in the global security environment. Our work would not be possible without the support of grants and donations.
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🕯️ Remembering Paul Ritchie CMG OBE
A dedication by Dr Huw Dylan from @kcsi.uk: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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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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November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🕯️ Remembering Paul Ritchie CMG OBE
A dedication by Dr Huw Dylan from @kcsi.uk: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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A dedication by Dr Huw Dylan from @kcsi.uk: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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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
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
If You Can't Beat Them, Steal: Russia's AI Strategy
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November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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
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...
📖 Viking (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) has acquired “Our Man in Prague” by our Co-Director @drichterova.bsky.social
More details: www.thebookseller.com/rights/vikin...
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎉 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...
📖 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
🔗 All publications can be found here: kcsi.uk/publications
Our Publications
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 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
🚨 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” 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
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🚨 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” 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.
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.
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📚 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.
🚨 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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October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨 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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kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
📖 Support the next generation of intelligence scholars
KCSI offers expert insights, analysis, and research on how intelligence impacts urgent problems that we confront in the global security environment. Our work would not be possible without the support of grants and donations.
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KCSI offers expert insights, analysis, and research on how intelligence impacts urgent problems that we confront in the global security environment. Our work would not be possible without the support of grants and donations.
(1/5)
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📖 Support the next generation of intelligence scholars
KCSI offers expert insights, analysis, and research on how intelligence impacts urgent problems that we confront in the global security environment. Our work would not be possible without the support of grants and donations.
(1/5)
KCSI offers expert insights, analysis, and research on how intelligence impacts urgent problems that we confront in the global security environment. Our work would not be possible without the support of grants and donations.
(1/5)
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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....
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@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
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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.”
🔎 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
Follow for insights on intelligence, security, and global affairs, plus highlights from our research, events, and teaching.
👉 instagram.com/kcsi.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🔎 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
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...
Born to Warn: Learning from Intelligence Successes and Failures
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September 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨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...
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...
Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨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...
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...
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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
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@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk @universitypress.cambridge.org
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The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
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August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk @universitypress.cambridge.org
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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
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August 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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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
🚨Publication alert🚨 Our latest Insights piece by Satoshi Yoda - about Cold War operations in Japan - is out now: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
From Langley to Tokyo: The JFK Assassination Files and Communist…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🚨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...
Reimagining Afghanistan: Has China learned from failed Western…
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July 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨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...
‘Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence’. A stark warning on politicized intel and national security risk.
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 o...
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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...
‘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...
kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
When Sabotage Goes Orbital: Rethinking the Russian Space Threat
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June 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚨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...
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...
kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Canadian Intelligence at a Crossroads 2023-2025 (Part II)
kcsi.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚨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...
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'
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'How Mitrokhin waged war from the archives'
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How Mitrokhin waged war from the archives
The KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin's painstaking records of the Soviet Union's espionage activities offer insights that are just as relevant now as when they were first released 35 years ago.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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-...
'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...
kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Canadian Intelligence at a Crossroads 2023-2025 (Part I)
kcsi.uk
June 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🚨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...
kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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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
@kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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
@kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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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
Our Favorite Books for a Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift
Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.
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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