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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/
🕵️‍♂️ “Our Man in Prague” tells the story of one of MI6’s greatest, and least known, triumphs behind the Iron Curtain with Miloslav Kroča as its central figure.

🗓️ To be published in 2027

More details: www.thebookseller.com/rights/vikin...

@drichterova.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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...
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📄 'International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy’
🗣️ Huw Dylan and Thomas Colley
📌 European Journal of International Security
DOI: 10.1017/eis.2025.10028

🔗 Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'The making of an intelligence failure'
🗣️ Sir David Omand
📌 Engelsberg Ideas

🔗 Link: l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age'
🗣️ David V. Gioe and Tony Manganello
📌 Intelligence and National Security
DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2025.2565946

🔗 Link: l.instagram.com?u=https%3A%2...
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/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 ‘The Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Agreement.
The Same But Very Different'
🗣️ Tim Willasey-Wilsey
📌 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) @rusi.bsky.social

🔗 Link: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'The Changing Face of the Academic Study of Intelligence in the UK'
🗣️ @msg77.bsky.social
📌 KCSI Insights

🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'Here's Why the Next Clash Between India and Pakistan Could Be Even More
Dangerous'
🗣️ Tim Willasey-Wilsey
📌 The Cipher Brief

🔗 Link: www.thecipherbrief.com/heres-why-th...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'Spying in the digital era. An interview with David Omand and John Taylor’
🗣️ @msg77.bsky.social
📌 Intelligence and National Security
DOI: 10.1080/ 02684527.2025.2565947

🔗 Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'The War on Open-Source Intelligence'
🗣️ Thomas Colley and Huw Dylan
📌 The Washington Quarterly 48(3)
DOI: 10.1080/ 0163660X.2025.2554477

🔗 Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📄 'Revisionist future: Russia's assault on large language models, the distortion of collective memory, and the politics of eternity’
🗣️ Huw Dylan and Elena Grossfeld
📌 Dialogues on Digital Society
DOI: 10.1177/29768640251377941

🔗 Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📚 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.
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 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.

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October 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🔎 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
September 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We were thrilled to host former Deputy Director & Acting Director of #CIA, Michael Morell, at a KCSI special event! 🎉

Michael shared his insights into life at the CIA—offering a fascinating glimpse into some of the most wicked analytical problems and operational challenges. 🕵️🔍
January 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📚✨ Exciting news! Our #KCSI member, @drichterova.bsky.social's book #WatchingTheJackals is now out! 🎉

This gripping work unveils #Czechoslovakia's complex ties with #MiddleEastern terrorists during the #ColdWar. 🌍🕵️‍♂️ Based on declassified #intelligence files & #interviews, it’s a must-read! 👇
January 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We’re ready for the last #KCSISeminar of this year.

We’re hosting Geraint Hughes tonight for his talk of ‘Sav­ing the Sul­tanate: UK, the Dho­far War & intel­li­gence sup­port for Oman’.

kcsi.uk/events/savin...
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
In a changing threat landscape, adaptable #leadership in #Intelligence and #NationalSecurity is vital.

Fmr #JTAC head @suzanneraine.bsky.social, fmr Afghan #intelchief Ahmad Zia Saraj & Gunnar Karlson, who led Sweden's #MUST shared lessons on building resilient agencies & future leaders.
November 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM