Sign in

Magda Long

@magslong.bsky.social
3.8K followers 443 following 54 posts

Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.

PostsRepliesMedia
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think this is just a lot of bull, Mark. Russia has been attacking NATO territory for years. But, it’s good optics for the administration to claim it’s about NATO. There is more to this visit, me thinketh. I see a UKR/Iran bargain exploration mission here.
010
Reposted by Magda Long
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…
volkskrant.nl
075
Reposted by Magda Long
Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨🗞Over 8,500 global security and anti-financial crime professionals trust Insight Monitor to keep them up to date with news and analysis they can't find anywhere else. You should too! Subscribe here: newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
Insight Monitor | Jessica Davis, PhD | Substack
Global security, terrorism, espionage and illicit financing -- news and analysis you won't find anywhere else! Click to read Insight Monitor, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
021
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👇
010
Reposted by Magda Long
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?...
youtu.be
S3 PODMERGENCY: Montreal Attack
YouTube video by Secure Line
181
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
There is a whole Special Issue on this. I think you’ll enjoy it! Came out today. www.tandfonline.com/journals/rus...
tandfonline.com
010
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...
doi.org
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...
151
Reposted by Magda Long
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?...
youtu.be
Inside JSOC’s Most Secretive Undercover Missions
YouTube video by EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
2297
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.
050
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
0113
Reposted by Magda Long
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.
1154
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
@rorycormac.bsky.social and I really enjoyed talking #CovertAction with you! Thank you very much for having us!
020
Reposted by Magda Long
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...
133
Reposted by Magda Long
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
newbooksnetwork.com
Magda Long et. al., "Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention (Georgetown UP, 2025) - New Books Network
054
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🤣 catchy!
010
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Hear, hear, @markstout.bsky.social !! What a fantastic episode and experience! And a great holiday 🎁 there as well! 🎄 🤶 🎅
020
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thank you so much for having us, Luca! That was great fun. Thoroughly enjoyed it (despite my lapsus linguae, which I hope @rorycormac.bsky.social will adopt as his new pen name 😬)!
100
Reposted by Magda Long
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.
053
Reposted by Magda Long
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.
chathamhouse.org
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.
183
Reposted by Magda Long
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...
newsletter.insightthreatintel.com
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.
067
Reposted by Magda Long
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
3223
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Amazing!!! Thank you, Mindy! #APSA2025 stop by the GUP booth! Some fab holiday 🎁 there - just saying 📚📒
030
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Finally!! Welcome to the club of Covert Action book owners 😬
130
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thank you so much, Diana—this means a lot coming from you. I’m thrilled it’s out in time for your class! Can’t wait to hear how your students engage with it.
010
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Excellent! You already have a copy!
000
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Royal Mail avoiding your neck of the woods :)
020
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!
4336
Reposted by Magda Long
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...
3235
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
😂 love it!
000
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Dunno, there is some interesting “stuff” in Chapter 9 😊
010
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I am still PATIENTLY waiting for my copy!! 😬
210
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Amazing!! You guys you received it before us! Thank you so much for contributing, Steve, and for your patience!!
130
Reposted by Magda Long
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…
doi.org
054
Reposted by Magda Long
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.
8478170
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Thanks, Rory! As you know, I’ve been working on this for a while, so I am very excited about this publication with the @thecipherbrief.bsky.social Thanks for posting @sandbaggerone.bsky.social!!
020
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...
thecipherbrief.com
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...
061
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I hear you! I feel the same, and I am not even British :) - but I am not so surprised you received these glowing endorsements! As I mentioned previously, your writing style is fantastic! I am a big fan. Way to go, Rory!!👏
120
Reposted by Magda Long
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 😀
1101
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
That's amazing, Rory!! Super excited for you!! Congratulations. 🎉👑💥Can’t wait to read it!
100
Reposted by Magda Long
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...
taylorfrancis.com
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,
062
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...
exeter.ac.uk
Applied Security and Strategy MA | Postgraduate Taught | University of Exeter
043
Reposted by Magda Long
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/...
fhs.varbi.com
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
22017
Reposted by Magda Long
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.
theins.press
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 ...
714494
Reposted by Magda Long
Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Try us here coldwarconversations.com #coldwarhistory #oralhistory #vivid #visceral #podcast
0143
Reposted by Magda Long
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/...
fhs.varbi.com
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
311750
Reposted by Magda Long
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...
euronews.com
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
023