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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

4/4 SHOUT-OUTS @nytimes.com @prospectmagazine.co.uk @warontherocks.bsky.social And a special thanks to the team & series editors at @georgetownup.bsky.social for their trust, patience and support. 🙏

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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

📜 It was a great opportunity to highlight research we published at @rusi.bsky.social in '24 on #gigeconomysabotage, w/ @kloosha.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social. 👥 It was excellent to appear alongside the expert voices of #SO15 Dom Murphy, @matthewrr.bsky.social & others.

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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

4/4 To stay on top of it all, follow @kcsi.uk here, on LinkedIn and on our new Insta account - where you’ll find out more about KCSI activities, the people behind them, the research that drives us & the stories we uncover. 📸🔍🧠 👉 Follow us on IG: lnkd.in/dbvD2shA

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

3/4 📅✨ This is also a big season for King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)! We’ll be hosting a number of events and launching new initiatives...

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

2/4 We just welcomed a cohort of 100+ 🧑‍🎓 from across the globe and are looking forward to getting to diving into seminars, pracademic masterclasses, and building a strong community throughout the year. 🤝

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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

👏 Congratulations to all contributing authors, and especially volume editors - rorycormac.bsky.social, magslong.bsky.social, markstout.bsky.social, G. Lester & dvanp.bsky.social - for their tireless work on this project.

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

2/3 👏 Congratulations to all contributing authors, and especially to the volume editors - @rorycormac.bsky.social, @magslong.bsky.social, @markstout.bsky.social, G. Lester & @dvanp.bsky.social - for their tireless work on this project.

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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 · 30/09/2025

Thank you for finding the time to write this fantastic review of #WatchingTheJackals, @thomasriegler.bsky.social!

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

One 💻 went to an Afghan refugee who has since used it to complete her teacher training & is now preparing to work in education. Getting the tech to Screen Share UK was super easy & the team kept us regularly updated. 👏 You can help too by donating your older tech devices at www.screen-share.co.uk

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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 · 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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