Delighted to share my new article in International Politics, as part of a special issue on alliances, guest edited by Josh Shifrinson and Jessica Darden. The article creates a new dataset on China's 109 strategic partnerships and examines the rationale of its partnership strategy

Space services and the disruption of these services have played a critical role in the war in Ukraine. What lessons does this present for future conflicts? New report: bit.ly/3HlkUIi

Over the next two days, we are celebrating the life and work of Owen Coté, former associate director of SSP. Today, colleagues gather to workshop Owen’s unfinished book. Tomorrow, Owen’s legacy will be honored through a day-long memorial including panel discussions on his

New from the National Security Archive nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

Interesting piece on how NGA is creating intel products that are "untouched by human hands" breakingdefense.com/2025/06/no-hum…

50 free copies of my article, "Hunting the Red Bear: Satellite Reconnaissance and the 'Second Offset Strategy' in the Late Cold War" are available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/MG7WPKJ…

UK & Norwegian Intelligence Chiefs at King’s As Russia’s war rages and NATO prepares for its next summit, the heads of MI6 and Norwegian Intelligence reflect on 85 years of allied cooperation—and why intelligence sharing matters now more than ever. 📰Read bit.ly/3HA1SOp

We invite you to read the latest issue of the Bulletin of Linguistic and Intercultural Studies, a special edition that celebrates 10 years of the Faculty of Intelligence Studies: animv.ro/en/the-bulleti…

What is the nature of the North Korean artillery threat to Seoul? Daryl Press and I examine this question using military campaign analysis in the latest issue of Texas National Security Review. [1/3]

Explore PONI's ACKTI Archive to find primary source documents on the design, negotiation and implementation of arms control across US history. The database currently has primary sources for the BWC, CWC, START I, INF, and PNIs. Learn more here: ackti-archive.csis.org

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This is reminiscent of U.K. military space policy deliberations over sovereign space systems after the Falklands War when it became clear just how extensively Britain depended on the US for space capabilities

Greetings from GCHQ Scarborough - the longest continuous serving site for signals intelligence in the world! The intelligence produced here helps to stop those who mean us harm including criminal gangs, hackers and terrorists. ➡️ gchq.gov.uk/section/locati…

Fantastic commentary in Engelsberg Ideas from former GCHQ director Sir David Omand about the espionage revolution engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-esp…

Really interesting history on the MIT Haystack radar, an important tool for space surveillance and astronomy technologyreview.com/2025/06/24/111…

A new post at siginthistorian.blogspot.com looks at what can happen when two opposing sides are using the same cryptosystems.

Declassified CIA graphic from the 1980s showing the Soviet military and intelligence footprint abroad

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British Post Office advert for the Goonhilly satellite earth station in Cornwall (early 1960s) and my picture of the aerial taken earlier this year.