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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.

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social

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🎉 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
📖 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).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 Dr Huw Dylan recommends "The Spy and The Devil" by Tim Willasey-Wilsey (2025).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 Dr Pauline Blistène (@paulineblistene.bsky.social) recommends "The Predicament" by William Boyd (2025).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 Dr David Easter recommends "Agent Link: The Spy Erased from History" by Raymond J. Batvinis (2024).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 Dr Paul McGarr (@paulmcgarr.bsky.social) recommends "Our Man in Havana" by Graham Greene (1958).
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📖 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
📖 Nominations for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes remain open until 31 January 2026.

More information on the Polly Corrigan Book Prize: kcsi.uk/polly-corrig...

More information on the Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prize: kcsi.uk/kjetil-hatle...
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎉 And, finally, a few words of advice from one winner to - perhaps - another!
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🖊 @sophieduroy.bsky.social on her professional path after receiving the prize!
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
📚 @sophieduroy.bsky.social on receiving the 2024 Polly Corrigan Book Prize.
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⚖️ @sophieduroy.bsky.social on the inspiration behind her book "The Regulation of Intelligence Activities under International Law" (2023).
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎉 As nomination deadlines for the 2025 Polly Corrigan and Kjetil Hatlebrekke Book Prizes approach, 2024 Polly Corrigan Book Prize winner Dr @sophieduroy.bsky.social spoke with KCSI on receiving the prize, the inspiration behind her book, and gave some advice to this year's applicants.
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