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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 21h

It’s been a pleasure to meet you yesterday, and we’re looking forward to learning more about your exciting research project. Enjoy the PGR journey!

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Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social · 22h

Have spent a lovely couple of days in Cardiff! Thanks so much to @ckhillebrand.bsky.social and her colleagues (including the team @cardiffunilib.bsky.social) for pulling together a great PGR event for new Law, Politics and International Relations PhD candidates.

#Skystorians #IR #PhD

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 1d

Cool job opportunity 🕵🕵️‍♂️ PhD in Modern History, Political Science, or International Relations or related field required.

Historian

Job Opportunity: The International Spy Museum is searching for a Historian & Curator to join our Exhibitions and Collections team. Our new museum is located at L’Enfant Plaza.

www.spymuseum.org

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 1d

What a headline…

Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 1d

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 1d

“In order to prove the case under the Official Secrets Act, prosecutors would have had to show the defendants were acting for an “enemy”. Powell reportedly [said] that the government’s evidence would be based on this year’s national security strategy, which does not use that term to describe China”

Jonathan Powell to face MPs over role in collapse of espionage trial

National security adviser to answer questions over abandonment of a major Chinese spying case against two Britons

www.theguardian.com

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Cleo Davies @cleodavies.bsky.social · 2d

Another PM quits in 🇫🇷, less than 24 hours after announcing the ministers in his government. Sébastien Lecornu quit this morning; he was nominated by President Macron immediately after Francois Bayrou quit as PM 9 September after loosing a vote of confidence. This is what could happen next 1/4

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Kai Biermann @kaibiermann.bsky.social · 4d

„Beim BKA reden sie nicht über Palantir, nur so viel ist zu merken, sie halten nicht viel davon. Und dass die Polizei ohne Palantir gar nicht mehr arbeiten könne, glauben sie schon gar nicht.“ #polizei #künstlicheIntelligenz #palantir

www.zeit.de/2025/42/ki-s...

KI in der Strafverfolgung: "Weißt du mehr? Dann sprich jetzt"

Avatare von Opfern, problematische Rasterfahndung, ein interaktiver Schießstand: Wie sehr revolutioniert KI bereits die Polizeiarbeit? Ein Besuch im BKA

www.zeit.de

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 3d

“[Die Taliban] sind überzeugt davon, dass sie jetzt Oberwasser haben, weil Deutschland für die Abschiebungen mit ihnen kooperieren muss. Es läuft gut für die Tyrannen. Russland hat sie schon offiziell als Regierung anerkannt, Staaten wie China oder Pakistan nähern sich der Sache an...”

(S+) Afghanistan: Menschenrechtlerin über den Einfluss der Taliban – »Lippenstift ist Widerstand«

Die Hamburger Strafverteidigerin Jacqueline Ahmadi floh als Jugendliche aus Afghanistan. Sie spricht über das Leid der Frauen dort und erklärt, warum sich Afghaninnen inzwischen auch in Deutschland vo...

www.spiegel.de

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 4d

"A Belgian security service officer was arrested and indicted for espionage, two people with knowledge of the case told @politico.eu"
www.politico.eu/article/belg...

Belgian security service officer indicted for spying

Indictment comes amid mounting pressure on Belgium’s security agencies.

www.politico.eu

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 4d

“The sensitivity of the way we are doing this, the mechanism that keeps the country not seen — that’s the whole point of it,”

Secretive Program That Keeps Ukraine’s Weapons Firing Is Suddenly in Doubt

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 6d

Should be a great event for those interested in researching Cold War intelligence. Speakers are @deselv.bsky.social of the Institute for Historical Scholarship at Humboldt University in Berlin; Gary Keeley former historian at CIA; and Mark Kramer, director of the Cold War Studies Project at Harvard.

Soviet-Bloc and US Intelligence Operations During the Cold War

Join Douglas Selvage, expert on East German State Security files, historian Gary Keeley, and Mark Kramer for a discussion of Cold War archives that offer valuable resources for students and scholars a...

daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 7d

SPIN is hoping to head to #BISA2026 in Brighton in June. If you would like to contribute a paper to a panel on secrecy and/or ignorance in international politics, please send a quick expression of interest thsi week followed by abstracts and titles by 27 Oct. conference.bisa.ac.uk

Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions

The BISA conference is renowned for being inclusive, diverse and friendly. We bring together a worldwide community of specialists to discuss, promote and develop international studies.

conference.bisa.ac.uk

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 5d

“This total russification of the FSB leadership makes it strikingly different from Stalin’s secret services. Despite constant purges, Stalin’s services remained highly capable and brutally efficient — due in no small part to their ethnic diversity.”

Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 5d

#Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies: Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies, @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan write.
cepa.org/article/russ... via @cepa.org

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies

Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.

cepa.org

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 5d

Wer soll für die Drohnenabwehr zuständig sein?

(S+) Meinung: Drohnenabwehr durch die Bundeswehr: Dobrindts Plan stößt an verfassungsrechtliche Grenzen

Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt will der Bundeswehr erlauben, im Inland verdächtige Drohnen abzuschießen. Das wird rechtlich nicht funktionieren. Eine andere Lösung läge wesentlich näher.

www.spiegel.de

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 5d

Come work with us 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.

Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.

Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.

DL 🗓️ November 1

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.

werkenbij.uva.nl

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 5d

“Zweitens denke ich, dass die Verschmelzung von künstlicher Intelligenz, Drohnentechnologie und unbemannten Systemen eine völlig neue Art der Kriegsführung mit sich bringt, die einen ähnlichen Quantensprung bedeutet wie seinerzeit die industrielle Revolution.”

Stoltenberg im Interview zu Nato und Ukraine: „Vielleicht hätten wir damit den ganzen Krieg verhindert“

Der ehemalige Nato-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg über seine zehn Jahre an der Spitze der Nato und über Zaudern als größten Fehler in Bezug auf die Ukraine.

www.sueddeutsche.de

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The Economist @economist.com · 5d

Would you like to write for The Economist? We are hiring for our finance and economics internship. No experience is required. Find out more and apply here

The Economist’s finance and economics internship

We invite applications for our Marjorie Deane scheme

econ.st

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 6d

Ed Miliband was one of the first senior politicians to challenge Rupert Murdoch, so it's no surprise that he's been the most outspoken member of the Cabinet on Elon Musk.

And I can sum up the threat in two words: Elon Musk.
He incites violence on our streets.
He calls for the overthrow of our elected government.
He is an enabler of disinformation through X.
He thinks he can tell us how to run Britain.
Conference, we have a message for Elon Musk:
Get the hell out of our politics.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 7d

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.”

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 6d

“He may then dream of one day being in a position to make all the superior officers who failed to appreciate his leadership qualities…, his sheer fitness stand to attention and hear him lay down the law about what it is to be an officer, and threaten to fire those who do not meet his standards.”

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

For a former National Guard major, the chance to lecture hundreds of generals and admirals summoned for the occasion proved irresistible, writes Eliot A Cohen. His rant is best understood as a grievance session over his being severed due to poor performance reviews.

Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream

A man who retired as a major lectures hundreds of generals about the need to meet his standards.

theatln.tc

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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 6d

Provocation or serious threat … Germany’s recently announced the creation of a drone defence centre to cluster expertise and find effective ways of assessing and addressing the increased use of drones by Russia et. al.

Germany warns of growing drone threat as incidents multiply | Euractiv

"Much of what we see today can be viewed as provocation, and this is also how we assess the incidents we saw last week in Schleswig-Holstein," said German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt

www.euractiv.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 7d

“50% of FE lecturers leave within three years. In HE, 15,000 redundancies are looming.

If Labour are serious, we need commitments: close the pay gap, stop the cuts, and invest in education.

Otherwise today’s speech is hollow.” @drjogrady.bsky.social on
sophyridge.bsky.social tonight.

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