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Magda Long

@magslong.bsky.social
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Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 09/07/2026
New addition Magazine article: ‘Unique source’ blinded Dutch intelligence agencies to Putin’s invasion: ‘What a fuck-up’ by Ben Meindertsma, Huib Modderkolk (published 08-07-2026) www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2026…
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If crime, statecraft, and geopolitics are your thing, join Cathy Haenlein @hamarquette.bsky.social and me in an episode of @rusi.bsky.social Global Security Briefing podcast! Link👇
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨🎙️In light of the events in Montréal this week, we recorded a special episode of Secure Line, bringing together all our analysis of the attack and the manifesto. A critical listen for anyone trying to make sense of this: Listen here: youtu.be/QTrJqC66wa8?...
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S3 PODMERGENCY: Montreal Attack
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is not a story about criminals getting smarter, richer, or more violent, but about criminality becoming a modality of power for constrained states, sanctioned economies, political elites, professional enablers, & for actors seeking mobility, liquidity, and deniability 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0307...
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Criminality as a Modality of Power in Contemporary Geopolitics
Organised crime is becoming increasingly structurally integrated within contemporary geopolitics. Magda Long argues that treating it as a marginal feature of international security rather than as a...
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New Eyes On episode out with myself, @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @zachsdorfman.bsky.social discussing our recent article about JSOC spies. Also, a nice preview of Zach's upcoming book about CIA NOCs. youtu.be/BrO44uu-WBw?...
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Inside JSOC’s Most Secretive Undercover Missions
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thanks for flagging my latest article From #Kingpins to #Terrorists @brianjphillips.bsky.social Designating cartels as foreign terrorist orgs projects resolve, but risks mistaking political spectacle for strategy. Symbolic toughness≠strategic effectiveness.The difference carries real consequences.
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
@rorycormac.bsky.social and I had a fantastic time with @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social on @theteamhouse.bsky.social - we talked #CovertAction; how and why states use it; and what we might miss if we apply the US approach too narrowly elsewhere. Watch it on #YouTube or listen on your fave #podcast app
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We're wrapped for 2025 on @theteamhouse.bsky.social. Three upcoming episodes before the new year, one with @rorycormac.bsky.social and @magslong.bsky.social about covert action, another with a 5th SFG/75th vet, and another with Anthony Vinci of the DIA and NGA.
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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Delighted *Entangled Alliances* @cornellupress.bsky.social is sharing company with excellent works by Thomas Gidney, Eric H. Cline & @magslong.bsky.social in @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's collection of New Books in Diplomatic History. 📚 open.spotify.com/show/0MIbXiv...
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with @markstout.bsky.social, @magslong.bsky.social, and @rorycormac.bsky.social is now available. Learn more about covert action here: newbooksnetwork.com/covert-action
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Magda Long et. al., "Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention (Georgetown UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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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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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 20/10/2025
The European Political Community could prove to be a useful format of last resort should the EU or other European multilateral institutions become blocked or neglected by a rising far right.
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The European Political Community can be more than an ‘unidentified political object’
The EPC is helping to forge an awareness of shared European strategic interests. It should now set itself the clear task of redesigning Europe’s strategic security architecture.
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Just finished editing the terrorist financing news roundup coming out later this week....and there's a fun little nugget in there that has inspired me to re-share my initial look at the Wagner Group's web of companies: newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/wagner-gro...
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Wagner Group's Web of Companies
This week, Insight Intelligence is taking a look at Wagner Group - a Russian private military corporation that functions as a proxy for the Russian state.
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Mindy Haas @mindyhaas.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Excited to see Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention, in the wild at #APSA2025. My contribution: Israel's Mossad and Covert Action: Immigration, Counter-Proliferation, and Assassination. Edited by @rorycormac.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @markstout.bsky.social
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
@rorycormac.bsky.social @markstout.bsky.social @dvanp.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social @paulmcgarr.bsky.social @dianabolsinger.bsky.social It arrived! Super excited about our edited volume on #covertaction! And extremely grateful to our contributors and reviewers for their hard work and support!
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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
👀 SIS/MI6 are the last of the UK's agencies to join social media in an official capacity, following on from MI5 and GCHQ. Cheeky reference to spy fiction vs reality here ⏬️ www.instagram.com/reel/DOVSo5J...
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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 25/08/2025
New addition Journal article: Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 22-08-2025) doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.25444…
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New batch of emails from Russia's disinformation campaign, which added Chancellor Merz of Germany to its list of targets, which has previously focused on Moldovan president Maia Sandu and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
💥Very excited to report that @thecipherbrief.bsky.social ‬ published my article "When States Go Mob"! #OrganizedCrime networks are force multipliers and a structural scaffolding in the #grayzone reshaping the global security environment. Pse. have a look!👇 www.thecipherbrief.com/gray-zone-cr...
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When States Go Mob: The Criminalization of Modern Statecraft
OPINION — In the fall of 2021, an FBI informant received a chilling offer: $300,000 to assassinate former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. The would-be hitman posed as a drug cartel enforce...
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Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Another writer and broadcaster just offered “Fakers” is “Monty Python meets Le Carré” … exactly what I was going for! Absolutely buzzing 😀
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 05/07/2025
NOW OPEN ACCESS: Briant, Emma L. & Wanlass, A. (2018). "A Ménage à Trois for the Digital Age: Strategic Leaks, Propaganda and Journalism," in Corneliu Bjola & James Pamment. Countering Online Propaganda and Vioent Extremism: The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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A digital ménage à trois | 4 | Strategic leaks, propaganda and journal
This chapter introduces readers to scholarly and popular debates regarding strategic leaking, propaganda and journalistic reporting. It focuses on political,
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Excited to support MA in Applied Security & Strategy (MStrat) @exeter.ac.uk Strategy and Security Institute geared twrds professionals in defence, diplomacy, intelligence & policy to sharpen their strategic thinking & decision-making skills. Sep. 2025 apps open - 🔗 www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Applied Security and Strategy MA | Postgraduate Taught | University of Exeter
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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Come do a PhD at @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social. You could be supervised by some of my fantastic colleagues while working in a vibrant, pluralistic & highly engaged research environment. These positions are fully salaried & come with a research budget of 30k SEK a year fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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PhD students in War Studies
The Department of War Studies conducts research and education in the subject of War Studies. The department consists of about 160 employees and has about 1000 students and participants in commissioned
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The Insider @theins.press · 31/05/2025
‼️ Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia's most notorious kill squad As The Insider discovered, Unit 29155, the Kremlin’s most notorious black ops squad, also fielded a team of hackers that tried to destabilize Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad
Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England, arms depot explosions in Czechia, and an attempted coup d’etat in ...
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Try us here coldwarconversations.com #coldwarhistory #oralhistory #vivid #visceral #podcast
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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31: fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics
Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis
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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sweden probes suspected spy reportedly linked to resignation of security adviser www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Sweden probes suspected spy linked to security adviser resignation
The suspect under investigation has reportedly served as a senior Swedish diplomat and been stationed at several embassies around the world. #EuropeNews
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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We delighted to share that our latest book review has been published! Ashleigh Percival-Borley reviews two recent significant volumes on the history of women in British wartime intelligence: Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence and Claire Hubbard-Hall's Her Secret Service. ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
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Women in intelligence: the hidden history of two world wars; Her secret service: the forgotten women of British intelligence
Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 12/05/2025
🚨Publication alert!🚨For a fascinating insight into the CIA's work in India, uncovered as part of the release of the Kennedy assassination files, take a look at our latest Insights piece by @paulmcgarr.bsky.social: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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The Kennedy Assassination Files, India, and New Insights into…
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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 05/05/2025
Online event Professor Christopher Andrew, ‘MI5 and 10 Downing Street: the first 100 years’ by Cambridge Intelligence Seminar (on 2025-05-07) www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series/int…
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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
"British counterterrorism officers arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, the Metropolitan Police force said Sunday". apnews.com/article/uk-i...
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UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot
British counterterrorism officers have arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London.
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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
📢 Exciting News! My book KGB LITERATI: SPY FICTION & STATE SECURITY IN THE SOVIET UNION is now available for pre-order! 🎉 Grab your copy here 👉 www.amazon.com/KGB-Literati... #spies #writers #KGB #booklaunch #newrelease #preordernow @socintelhist.bsky.social
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Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I’m really proud of this. We’re breaking down the US-centric approach of “covert action” to explore the phenomenon of unacknowledged interference in international relations. The CIA dominates the history books; Russia today’s headlines… but lots of states, past and present, have been up to it
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@rorycormac.bsky.social @dvanp.bsky.social @markstout.bsky.social Gen Lester and I are super grateful to our amazing group of contributors working with us on this project - 20 substantive chapters!! We learned so much about #covertaction outside of the anglosphere! Coming out in December 🎄🎉
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“One of the great allures of military power is that it promises to bring conflicts to a quick and decisive conclusion. In practice, it rarely does.” A superb essay from @ldfreedman.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/age-forever-...
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The Age of Forever Wars
Why military strategy no longer delivers victory.
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
📑 My latest for @warontherocks.bsky.social: #BulgarianSpies #JanMarsalek #OldBailey #WarInUkraine #FSB #GRU The largest spy trial in UK history revealed an unusual espionage network & how Moscow's covert ops escalated shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 👉 shorturl.at/ymu4U
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Putin’s Spies for Hire: What the U.K.’s Biggest Espionage Trial Revealed about Kremlin Tactics in Wartime Europe - War on the Rocks
In early 2023, in the sleepy English seaside town of Great Yarmouth, a covert operation was quietly revving into gear. Second-hand Chryslers and a
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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
“Larry Pfeiffer, a former senior CIA and NSA official, said top administration officials like those involved in the group chat have government-approved communications with them 24 hours a day, even when traveling.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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How should officials discuss military plans? Not over Signal, experts say.
Trump administration officials discussing sensitive military information in a Signal chat with an Atlantic journalist has sparked calls for an investigation.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/03/2025
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Great point by @rorycormac.bsky.social! To paraphrase MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore, intel services of some countries have "gone a bit feral." Russia is not alone. Iran used the Foxtrot Network in Sweden! They may not share the same objectives, but crim netwks r taking advantage of the mayhem!
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The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Celebrating SIH Authors! Check out these excellent reads: Gurkan, Emrah Safa. Spies for the Sultan: Ottoman Intelligence in the. Great Rivalry with Spain. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2024.
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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
👀 Out this month: "Intelligence, Security and the State: Reviewing the British Intelligence Community" with Christopher J. Murphy, published by Edinburgh University Press. 🗓 March 2025 (paperback to follow) #WorldBookDay 📚 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intelli...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/03/2025
"Trump, Vance, et al. are clearly desperate to get Americans not to think about the strategic and national-security implications of their policies, but to view international politics—peace and war—as a soap opera." New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/national-s...
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A National Security Disaster in the Oval Office
The Trump administration seems eager to give Vladimir Putin a big win.
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Early Career Scholar Lounge, sponsored by Oxford University is a drop-in space for early career scholars to prepare, recharge, and meet peers. Open today from 8am - 6pm. #ISA2025
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Monday, 8AM - 6PM
Normandie, Hilton Chicago
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Looking for #Funding opportunities to pursue #AcademicInterests, #Research, or #ProfessionalDevelopment? Join this panel to learn how to navigate the increasingly-competitive world of external funding & discover different #Fellowships and #Awards available to ISA #Scholars and #Students.
Fellowships and Awards for Students and Scholars in International Studies. March 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM to 5:45 PM in Stevens Salon A-1. Fulbright and ISA logo. Background: Students walking up stairs to enter into a school courtyard with the academic building in the background.
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