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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

☀️🎓 Thrilled to be celebrating the MA Intelligence & International Security graduation on such a glorious day. 🎉 Huge congratulations to the Class of 2026! What a brilliant cohort and genuinely fun to teach. 🙌🏻 We cannot wait to see where you all go next and the impact you will make along the way.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

📢 #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

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The 2025 #KCSI Holiday Book Guide is here! ✨ Old favourites, 2025 releases and what’s coming next from the 🕵️‍♀️📚 shelves. 📍 Available now via @kcsi.uk.

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 23/12/2025

📖 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).

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

📕 🕵‍♀️ Very happily stunned that Chris Costa, Executive Director of International Spy Museum has put #WatchingTheJackals at the top of his 2025 "must read" list & called it "gripping". 👉 Check out the International Spy Museum's socials for Chris' reflections on his top 5 reads.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🎧 Grateful to contribute to the 📻 prgm "CURRENTLY: Playing Spies", drawing on what I’ve learned while observing recent UK trials linked to RU sabotage & espionage. Thanks 🙏 @gordoncorera.bsky.social & #BBC Radio 4 production team for putting this excellent programme together! 👉 shorturl.at/icEjs

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Currently - Playing Spies - BBC Sounds

Gordon Corera investigates Russia's new front line of amateur espionage.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

📕 🎄 📘 I am grateful to Walter Landgraf for including #WatchingTheJackals on this year’s @warontherocks.bsky.social Holiday Reading List. It means a great deal to have the story recognised alongside such an impressive list of titles 👉 shorturl.at/fc6l1 🙏 to the GUP team & editors for their support

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The 2025 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List

It wouldn’t be the holidays without our annual War on the Rocks book roundup. Check off your gift list or pick a book to enjoy by the fire. Happy reading.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🔍 Spotlight on “Strategic Vandalism” See our new piece with @paulineblistene.bsky.social on the recent “Red Hands” trial in Paris, which showed how Moscow instrumentalises vandalism as a calculated instrument of influence. 📝 See full article & more about "strategic vandalism" at #KCSIInsights.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

📢 Check out the latest publications by Team @kcsi.uk 👇

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 28/10/2025

📄 'From Prague With a Shove' 🗣️ Michael Young in an interview with @drichterova.bsky.social on lessons from her latest book, "Watching the Jackals" 📌 Diwan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Middle East Program @carnegieendowment.org 🔗 Link: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

📢 📚 Very much looking forward to this! Danke schön @recetvienna.bsky.social for the invite.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

📙 #WatchingTheJackals spotted in the wild 🌴 in exquisite company by Ted Reinert @jfbooks in DC. 🙏

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

1/4 🎓🕵️‍♀️ Exciting times for #KCLMAIIS - the MA in Intelligence & International Security, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, co-run with @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, @paulineblistene.bsky.social, David Easter, Huw Dylan & Celia Parker-Vincent.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Do you have an older 💻 or 📱 you no longer use? Back in 2021, Sarah G.Solecki, Ilke D.Hustings & I organised several small-scale initiatives to help Afghan families settle in the UK. We also donated 2 older laptops to Screen Share UK – an org dedicated to empowering refugees through access to tech.

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Screen Share UK

The leading digital inclusion charity for refugees in the UK.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🙌 Delighted to have taken part in the @camsecurity.bsky.social ISI Summer School of '25. 🚨 Enjoyed lecturing & discussing the history & contemporary relevance of #sabotage. More coming soon! 🎓 Wishing the cohort all the best in their pursuit of understanding or shaping #internationalsecurity.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Many 🙏 to Dr Rosie Johnston & @recetvienna.bsky.social in Vienna for hosting me on the #TransformativePodcast: shorturl.at/X6Do9. Do check out Rosie's fantastic research on the #ColdWar politics of #audiojournalism & her team's project on global politics of #Czechoslovak #weapons: shorturl.at/NStm2

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🚨 What happens to a generation of journalists raised under Putin? 🎧 Join us for the latest @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast episode, where veteran journalists @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & I. Borogan discuss Our Dear Friends in Moscow - part memoir in exile, part anatomy of Putin’s secret state 👇

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Still #Commandos, wild Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. #SpyGems

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Many 🙌 @nytimes.com for including #WatchingTheJackals in your Father’s Day roundup — in my favourite category, no less: "For the dad who’s still talking about The Americans finale." If you're shopping for the espionage aficionado in your life (or just yourself), see full list: shorturl.at/nov9V

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Our Favorite Books for a Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift

Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

📺 A new #BBCFour #Storyville documentary on #CarlosTheJackal now streaming on iPlayer. A sharp recap for those interested in the history & mythology of Cold War-era international terrorism. Many 🙏 to the creators for bringing insights from 📚 #WatchingTheJackals to life on screen. shorturl.at/JFUFh

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BBC Four - Storyville, The Jackal Speaks

A rare portrait of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as the infamous Carlos the Jackal.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Who were the #ColdWarJackals? Why were they #watched? What can today’s professionals learn from these uneasy covert alliances? 🎙️ Tune in as Thea Gioe, former USG intel practitioner & #KCSI Visiting Fellow, and I explore these questions in the latest #WarStudiesPODCAST episode. 👉 shorturl.at/ipOUl

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Watching the Jackals: Cold War Terror, Espionage, and Prague’s Secret Role

Podcast Episode · War Studies · 21/05/2025 · 48m

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

💼 Had a fantastic time teaching @charlesuni.cuni.cz in Prague on CEE's ties w/ #ColdWarJackals. The students excelled in the final simulation exercise on intel liaison — sharp analysis & fantastic visuals that brought their presentations to life. Big 🙏 to Irena Kalhousova for making this happen!

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

1/ A warm thanks to @historians.org for hosting tonight’s Washington History Seminar on 📚 #WatchingTheJackals. It was a privilege to discuss this with @lucatrenta.bsky.social & Igor Lukes @bostonu.bsky.social.

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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 07/04/2025

🚨Publication alert🚨A new Insights piece by Thea Gioe is online now, focusing on intelligence in the corporate world: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight.... It's a great insight into the increasing importance of intelligence for business leaders.

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Strategic Intelligence: Empowering Business Executives

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Cambridge Security Initiative @camsecurity.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Capping off week 1 of our ISI-Pro course, delegates heard from @kcsi.uk members Professor Sir David Omand on managing slow burning crises & @drichterova.bsky.social on #Russian #sabotage. Concluding the day was a candlelit formal hall dinner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

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Dr Matthew Hefler @matthefler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Had a great 🇬🇧 book launch for Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict @kclcgs.bsky.social @kcsi.uk 💥 A big thanks to @drichterova.bsky.social @stevenbwagner.bsky.social and Philip Davies for discussing the collection and their contributions 🔥 If you missed it you can get a copy amzn.eu/d/2upuLlZ

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

✍️ "Of several recent books on covert operations, the most enlightening is Watching the Jackals." — The New York Times. What a lovely surprise — and an exceptionally generous review in @nytimes.com. Huge thanks to Thomas E. Ricks for the generous words about #WatchingTheJackals. 👉 shorturl.at/3EsFD

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Military Histories About Spies and Intelligence Services

As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📚 Thrilled to see #WatchingTheJackals featured in @prospectmagazine.co.uk! 📚 Immensely grateful that #WTJ was included in the "Books in Brief: What to Read This March" section! A huge thanks to Pippa Crawford for highlighting some of the book's key findings. See full review ➡️ shorturl.at/dyetP

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Books in brief: what to read this March

From Keir Starmer’s political ascent to wind turbines on the Shetland Islands, here are this month’s short reviews from the magazine

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Ronan Mainprize @ronanmainprize.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

All attendees will receive a copy of ‘Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict’, with insightful essays from @msg77.bsky.social, @calderwalton.bsky.social, @drichterova.bsky.social, @warmatters.bsky.social, @stevenbwagner.bsky.social, @sarabcastro.bsky.social, @tonyingesson.bsky.social, and more.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Huge 🙏 to @lucatrenta.bsky.social for this thorough review of #WatchingTheJackals. My fav part: "...[CIA Director Bill] Casey who – reportedly – was a voracious reader would have benefited from Daniela Richterova’s excellent Watching the Jackals." @kcsi.uk / @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

📢 I am sure it wasn't an easy one to write, but I cannot wait to read this new book by veteran journalists and @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Visiting Fellows @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan, out in June. Many congratulations! 👏

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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Russia says it's kicking out two British accredited diplomats from Moscow, after the FSB "identified signs of intelligence and subversive work by said diplomats, threatening the security of the Russian Federation." Embassy official hauled into the Foreign Ministry for a tongue-lashing.

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🎙️ Thrilled to be on the #TrueSpies POD with #SPYSCAPE discussing 📖 #WatchingTheJackals! We explore: 📂 the joys & traps of conducting research in Cold War archives 🕵️‍♀️ How Prague used it spies to interact with Cold War 'jackals' ⛓️ Why it never arrested any of them. Take a listen 👉 shorturl.at/NHwia

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True Spies Debriefs: Dr. Daniela Richterova on the Jackals in Prague

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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

🚨 Blog Post Alert: Communists, Spies, and their Covert Ties with Cold War Terrorists & Revolutionaries 🚨 🙌 to #KCSIInsights for publishing highlights from my 📚 #WatchingTheJackals - focused on #AbuNidal, the deadliest of Cold War “jackals” & why it matters today. 👉 Full article: shorturl.at/IfogC

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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Russian sabotage using gig economy approach @drichterova.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social Patrick Bury

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War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Dr Daniela Richterová’s new book uncovers Czechoslovak archives, revealing Carlos the Jackal’s escape and the complex ties between communist regimes and radical groups. “It’s always a complicated business and a difficult dance,” says @drichterova.bsky.social. Read: bit.ly/40Bpubi

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Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal

New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold war

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