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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/
Join @socintelhist.bsky.social, @kcsi.uk, GCHQ and Bletchley Park for a "Week of Intelligence History" next October in the UK!

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✍🏼 We welcome proposals on all aspects of intelligence history across all geographies and periods, including the craft of intelligence history, archival research and declassification, and the teaching of intelligence history.

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📄 Call for papers

🙌🏼 King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) is delighted to partner with the Society for Intelligence History (SIH) to host the SIH Annual Conference at King's College London on October 11-13, 2026.

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📢 #WatchingTheJackals is 1 year old.

The reception has gone far beyond what I had expected (and Central Europeans aren't known for low expectations). Here’s a snapshot of highlights from the past 12 months.

A collective 🙏 to all who quietly made this happen. You know who you are.

1/4 ENDORSEMENTS
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year!

See you in 2026 ⭐

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December 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Thank you to @kcsi.uk including Our Dear Friends in Moscow in your holiday book recommendations —much appreciated.
Jessi Gilchrist recommends "Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation" by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan (2025).
December 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Glad you found it interesting!
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Well this is very generous and kind. Thanks @drichterova.bsky.social. So on trend it’s not even out yet! Thanks again for the advance read; I’m really looking forward to sharing it with everyone in the spring 😀
📖 Dr Daniela Richterova (@drichterova.bsky.social) recommends "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" by @rorycormac.bsky.social (2026).
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Wonderful to see #AgentZo on the @kcsi.uk (King’s College Centre for the Study of Intelligence) recommended book list!- thank you!
📖 Dr Celia Parker-Vincent (@drceliap-v.bsky.social) recommends "Agent Zo" by @claremulley.bsky.social (2024).
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📖 Read them all? Check out more of the KCSI titles!
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Jessi Gilchrist recommends "Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation" by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan (2025).
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📖 Dr Huw Dylan recommends "The Spy and The Devil" by Tim Willasey-Wilsey (2025).
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📖 Dr Pauline Blistène (@paulineblistene.bsky.social) recommends "The Predicament" by William Boyd (2025).
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📖 Dr David Easter recommends "Agent Link: The Spy Erased from History" by Raymond J. Batvinis (2024).
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📖 Dr Paul McGarr (@paulmcgarr.bsky.social) recommends "Our Man in Havana" by Graham Greene (1958).
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📖 Dr Celia Parker-Vincent (@drceliap-v.bsky.social) recommends "Agent Zo" by @claremulley.bsky.social (2024).
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📖 Dr Daniela Richterova (@drichterova.bsky.social) recommends "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" by @rorycormac.bsky.social (2026).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 Prof Michael Goodman @msg77.bsky.social recommends "The CIA's Russians" by John Limond Hart (2003).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎄 It’s that time of the year when the buzz of work quiets down and we get the time to rest before ringing in the new year — and pick up a book or two.

🥳 If you find yourself in need of last-minute holiday gift ideas, look no further than our KCSI-approved book guide!
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Honoured Spying in South Asia makes the list of the best non-fiction books read by The Prints columnists in 2025. Humbled to feature alongside accomplished authors & amazing work. That's some bookshelf!

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The best non-fiction books read by ThePrint columnists in 2025
From artificial intelligence and India’s development journey to debates on Hinduism, majoritarianism, and the Intelligence Bureau, these books captured the attention of ThePrint’s columnists in 2025.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM