King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)

🎉 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)

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

🚨 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...

🚨 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...

🚨 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-...

👉🏼 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!

💡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...

📚 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

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.

Still some time left!

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 SIH2026Conf@gmail.com by March 23 @kcsi.uk

🚨 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....

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...

🚨 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!

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

🚨 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...

🚨 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-...

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

📚 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.