Melanie Brand
@melaniebrand.bsky.social
Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Book Review Editor, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.
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🚨 Competition!
There is still time to win 1 of 3 copies of The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Luca Trenta.
You can enter here:
There is still time to win 1 of 3 copies of The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Luca Trenta.
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Win 1 of 3 copies of The President’s Kill List
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨 Competition!
There is still time to win 1 of 3 copies of The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Luca Trenta.
You can enter here:
There is still time to win 1 of 3 copies of The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Luca Trenta.
You can enter here:
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🎉 Next up in our 20th bday book 📖, we have another enormously popular 🚨 OPEN ACCESS 🚨 article by @tonyingesson.bsky.social and Magnus Andersson, who examined numbers stations and radio 📻 in the 21st century in "Clandestine communications in cyber-denied environments" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🎉 Next up in our 20th bday book 📖, we have another enormously popular 🚨 OPEN ACCESS 🚨 article by @tonyingesson.bsky.social and Magnus Andersson, who examined numbers stations and radio 📻 in the 21st century in "Clandestine communications in cyber-denied environments" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
SLV is a beautiful, useful and very busy research space, and I use it regularly. I hope that they rethink these cuts & recognise that the library is so much more than a tourist destination.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
SLV is a beautiful, useful and very busy research space, and I use it regularly. I hope that they rethink these cuts & recognise that the library is so much more than a tourist destination.
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Charles Darwin University is looking for a Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges and Heritage, which will suit an anthropologist or archaeologist with a focus on Australia.
Continuing Full Time, Teaching Focused, Level A/B
A$76,604 – A$137,659 pa
Details here:
www.cdu.edu.au/careers-cdu
Continuing Full Time, Teaching Focused, Level A/B
A$76,604 – A$137,659 pa
Details here:
www.cdu.edu.au/careers-cdu
Careers at CDU | Charles Darwin University
Discover career opportunities and find useful information about working at CDU.
www.cdu.edu.au
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Charles Darwin University is looking for a Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges and Heritage, which will suit an anthropologist or archaeologist with a focus on Australia.
Continuing Full Time, Teaching Focused, Level A/B
A$76,604 – A$137,659 pa
Details here:
www.cdu.edu.au/careers-cdu
Continuing Full Time, Teaching Focused, Level A/B
A$76,604 – A$137,659 pa
Details here:
www.cdu.edu.au/careers-cdu
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💡Moving on to some of our most popular intel articles, first up we have James Ramsey and Andrew Macpherson, who asked "Is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence
professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
💡Moving on to some of our most popular intel articles, first up we have James Ramsey and Andrew Macpherson, who asked "Is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence
professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
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'The current Labour government does make considerable use of the NSC, but has made some structural changes which have created more distance between policymakers and the intelligence agencies' writes @drceliap-v.bsky.social in latest RUSI Commentary.
Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
Without adopting Canberra's policies wholesale, the UK's intelligence-policymaker network would benefit from making some of the changes Australia has implemented, particularly the designation of a principal adviser to the Prime Minister on intelligence ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The current Labour government does make considerable use of the NSC, but has made some structural changes which have created more distance between policymakers and the intelligence agencies' writes @drceliap-v.bsky.social in latest RUSI Commentary.
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We are hiring! @mqsois.bsky.social is currently recruiting a full time, ongoing Lecturer Level B in Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence. This is a Teaching & Leadership position and could be a great opportunity for an early career academic. More info here: www.seek.com.au/job/88616507
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We are hiring! @mqsois.bsky.social is currently recruiting a full time, ongoing Lecturer Level B in Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence. This is a Teaching & Leadership position and could be a great opportunity for an early career academic. More info here: www.seek.com.au/job/88616507
I’m really excited to be speaking as part of a panel on the Politics of Intelligence at APSA 2025 with the very talented @andrewzammit.bsky.social and David Schaefer. I’ll be presenting my research with Brian Cuddy on the politics of the Hope RCIS on Wednesday afternoon - come past if you can!
✨ APSA Conference 2025 is almost here! ✨
From 24–27 November, we’ll gather at the University of Melbourne for four days of ideas, debate and connection — an energising week.
See full program: auspsa.org.au/2025-apsa-co...
We look forward to seeing you there!
#APSA2025
From 24–27 November, we’ll gather at the University of Melbourne for four days of ideas, debate and connection — an energising week.
See full program: auspsa.org.au/2025-apsa-co...
We look forward to seeing you there!
#APSA2025
APSA Conference 2025: 1 week away! - Australian Political Studies Association
Join colleagues from across Australia and beyond for three days of presentations, panels, and networking at the APSA Conference 2025. 📅 Conference Dates Register NowWe are pleased to announce that reg...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I’m really excited to be speaking as part of a panel on the Politics of Intelligence at APSA 2025 with the very talented @andrewzammit.bsky.social and David Schaefer. I’ll be presenting my research with Brian Cuddy on the politics of the Hope RCIS on Wednesday afternoon - come past if you can!
We are hiring! @mqsois.bsky.social is currently recruiting a full time, ongoing Lecturer Level B in Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence. This is a Teaching & Leadership position and could be a great opportunity for an early career academic. More info here: www.seek.com.au/job/88616507
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We are hiring! @mqsois.bsky.social is currently recruiting a full time, ongoing Lecturer Level B in Cyber Security and Cyber Intelligence. This is a Teaching & Leadership position and could be a great opportunity for an early career academic. More info here: www.seek.com.au/job/88616507
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Happy to share my new book 'Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War', which will be published by UNSW Press on 1 April 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Happy to share my new book 'Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War', which will be published by UNSW Press on 1 April 2026.
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Research Assistant (War Studies)
King's College London - School of Security Studies School Office #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK464/r...
King's College London - School of Security Studies School Office #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK464/r...
Research Assistant (War Studies) at King's College London
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Assistant (War Studies) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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November 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Research Assistant (War Studies)
King's College London - School of Security Studies School Office #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK464/r...
King's College London - School of Security Studies School Office #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK464/r...
I’d be keen to hear others thoughts on this, it’s harder to find interesting research lately… I’m also wondering if others would like an email if cited in a recently published paper, or if it’d be inbox spam & email workload? Would it depend on career stage?
Once upon a time, it was quite common for academics to do a group email to other people when a new publication came out. This was largely superseded by posting on social media.
But got wondering, in an age of fragmenting social media, do people still do the mass email out?
But got wondering, in an age of fragmenting social media, do people still do the mass email out?
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I’d be keen to hear others thoughts on this, it’s harder to find interesting research lately… I’m also wondering if others would like an email if cited in a recently published paper, or if it’d be inbox spam & email workload? Would it depend on career stage?
One of the things I’ve loved most about my time at @mqsois.bsky.social has been teaching, so I’m really pleased and happy to share that I received a Faculty of Arts Early Career Teaching Award today (!!)
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
One of the things I’ve loved most about my time at @mqsois.bsky.social has been teaching, so I’m really pleased and happy to share that I received a Faculty of Arts Early Career Teaching Award today (!!)
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Can't wait for our Wednesday, Nov 19, discussion with @tim-weiner.bsky.social about his super new book, "The Mission." This is going to be good! @lucatrenta.bsky.social @chekistmonitor.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social .
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Can't wait for our Wednesday, Nov 19, discussion with @tim-weiner.bsky.social about his super new book, "The Mission." This is going to be good! @lucatrenta.bsky.social @chekistmonitor.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social .
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New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...
Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment
Recently, three agency heads within Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) had made public statements on Australia’s threat environment, all highlighting the interplay betwee…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...
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It's been a big week of news for the Australian intelligence community! 🕵
Full links below, but we've seen addresses from three agency heads in the space of one week - ASIO's Mike Burgess, ACIC's Heather Cook, and AGO's Kathryn McMullan.
Get your eyes and ears around it 🧵
Full links below, but we've seen addresses from three agency heads in the space of one week - ASIO's Mike Burgess, ACIC's Heather Cook, and AGO's Kathryn McMullan.
Get your eyes and ears around it 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It's been a big week of news for the Australian intelligence community! 🕵
Full links below, but we've seen addresses from three agency heads in the space of one week - ASIO's Mike Burgess, ACIC's Heather Cook, and AGO's Kathryn McMullan.
Get your eyes and ears around it 🧵
Full links below, but we've seen addresses from three agency heads in the space of one week - ASIO's Mike Burgess, ACIC's Heather Cook, and AGO's Kathryn McMullan.
Get your eyes and ears around it 🧵
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Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
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🚨MISRG is excited to announce that renowned intel scholar John Blaxland has agreed to be our 2025 MQ Intelligence Studies Research Group Speaker! John will be "Revealing Secrets" about the 5👁️ intel sharing relationship at 4pm Sydney time Mon 3 Nov on campus @mqsois.bsky.social & via Zoom Details ⬇️
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨MISRG is excited to announce that renowned intel scholar John Blaxland has agreed to be our 2025 MQ Intelligence Studies Research Group Speaker! John will be "Revealing Secrets" about the 5👁️ intel sharing relationship at 4pm Sydney time Mon 3 Nov on campus @mqsois.bsky.social & via Zoom Details ⬇️
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If you have a recently published book or would like to review a new release that looks at policing/criminology, intelligence studies, or CT/CVE, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!
October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If you have a recently published book or would like to review a new release that looks at policing/criminology, intelligence studies, or CT/CVE, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!
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We are very pleased to be able to share some of our recently published book reviews with you all! First up, Niha Pandey reviews Amanda Chisholm's "powerful and nuanced" book 'The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security' from @edinburghup.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We are very pleased to be able to share some of our recently published book reviews with you all! First up, Niha Pandey reviews Amanda Chisholm's "powerful and nuanced" book 'The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security' from @edinburghup.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
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📖 Learn more about the Polly Corrigan Book Prize here: kcsi.uk/polly-corrig...
👉🏼 Submit a nomination for the prize here: tinyurl.com/corriganbook...
👉🏼 Submit a nomination for the prize here: tinyurl.com/corriganbook...
Polly Corrigan Book Prize
About The Polly Corrigan Book Prize is sponsored by The King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI), Intelligence and National Security (INS,…
kcsi.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📖 Learn more about the Polly Corrigan Book Prize here: kcsi.uk/polly-corrig...
👉🏼 Submit a nomination for the prize here: tinyurl.com/corriganbook...
👉🏼 Submit a nomination for the prize here: tinyurl.com/corriganbook...
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📚 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.
🚨MISRG is excited to announce that renowned intel scholar John Blaxland has agreed to be our 2025 MQ Intelligence Studies Research Group Speaker! John will be "Revealing Secrets" about the 5👁️ intel sharing relationship at 4pm Sydney time Mon 3 Nov on campus @mqsois.bsky.social & via Zoom Details ⬇️
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨MISRG is excited to announce that renowned intel scholar John Blaxland has agreed to be our 2025 MQ Intelligence Studies Research Group Speaker! John will be "Revealing Secrets" about the 5👁️ intel sharing relationship at 4pm Sydney time Mon 3 Nov on campus @mqsois.bsky.social & via Zoom Details ⬇️
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School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Postdoctoral Fellow in History
Undertake independent research and contribute to UNSW’s vibrant History program as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in any area of historical study.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
I’m excited and delighted to share that I have signed a contract with @georgetownup.bsky.social for my first book - “Blind trust: secrecy and intelligence accountability in Cold War Australia.” More info to come - watch this space!
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I’m excited and delighted to share that I have signed a contract with @georgetownup.bsky.social for my first book - “Blind trust: secrecy and intelligence accountability in Cold War Australia.” More info to come - watch this space!