Excellent week of commemorations marking #EntenteCordiale 120 . At The National Archives, following remarks by French Ambassador Duchene and Minister Lord Parkinson, we viewed the original documents signed in 1904 and other archives tracing Franco-British cooperation. #EntenteCordiale

Iskander Rehman Neville Morley Beatrice de Graaf Suzanne Raine Maeve Ryan Lawrence Freedman Our final panel sees Dr Ryan introduce the editors of the ‘Classics of Applied History’ - Andrew Ehrhardt, Prof John Bew and Mattias Hessérus.

Starting now!

‘An Afternoon of Applied History’ with The Ax:son Johnson Institute (AJI)

New event: Five hundred years of English and British violence in Europe

Speakers:
Brendan Simms
David Trim Andrews University
Karine Varley University of Strathclyde
Chair: Sönke Neitzel, Universität Potsdam

Wed 24 Apr, 6-7.15pm, TEAMS
Reg: bit.ly/4d4RF8b

The exhibition at the The The National Archives entitled 'Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captives' is both enlightening and enjoyable. The exhibition runs until 21st July and I would highly recommend a visit. nationalarchives.gov.uk/great-escapes/. #Twitterstorians #PrisonersOfWar #WW2

Big thanks to all who attended our StratCom Lunch with Magnus Hjort! It was a pleasure hosting such engaging discussions on safeguarding Sweden against foreign misinformation. Special thanks to Magnus Hjort for his invaluable insights.

New CfP from our friends at the Society for Intelligence History for a February 2024 conference The International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Proposals due 31 May 2024. More: intelligencehistory.org/joinnasih

We’re pleased to announce that the London Defence Conference 2024 will be held 21-23 May at King's College London

This year's theme is “Deterrence: Building Capacity to Counter Global Threats”

Find out more ⬇️
londondefenceconference.com

Canada releases today its much-delayed Defence Policy Update

Key point for me: Canada will release a new national security strategy every four years from now. There will also be defence policy reviews every 4 years, as part of an integrated process.

canada.ca/en/department-…

There are still some seats available for our StratCom Lunch with Magnus Hjort! Join us for a lunch seminar on April 10th and learn more about Sweden's defense against foreign malign information.

Register here: forms.office.com/e/z57XSUx9U8

Society for Intelligence History members take San Francisco and #ISA2024 by storm. Magda Long 🌻 Mark Stout 🌻 Maria Robson Morrow Ronan Mainprize Filip Kovacevic Kevin Riehle Diana Bolsinger Yuval Peleg

Yesterday the ISA Intelligence Studies Section honoured our US Editor Stephen Marrin with the Distinguished Scholar Award for his outstanding work in the field and his service to the section. The award was presented by our UK Editor, Mark Phythian.

Congratulations, Stephen!

Join SIH members Frederic Baron, Stephen Marrin, Michael Warner, Diana Bolsinger, and more on Friday, 4/5 at 10:30a for a round-table discussion, FB47: Theories of National Security Intelligence for the Future Intelligence Enterprise.
Union Square 25, Hilton. ISA #ISA2024

👀 Excellent way to end the week.

🥳 Article accepted for The International History Review Journal on Foreign Office/FCO security, and responses to espionage and terrorism.

Keep your eyes peeled for the published version.

Yesterday Richard Aldrich--during the Distinguished Scholar roundtable--highlighted one article of mine as a 'best of'...this one: 'Why strategic intelligence analysis has limited influence on American foreign policy.' Cool!
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

And incredible finish to this Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication Applied History visit to the 🇬🇧

Professor Brendan Simms Centre for Geopolitics Politics and International Studies Cambridge delivers a fascinating lecture on history and geopolitics in Hitler's worldview and decision-making.

The Applied History sessions have brought Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication Stockholm School of Economics students to Centre for Geopolitics Cambridge University

Here Dr Anahita Arian from The Ax:son Johnson Institute (AJI) leads an examination of non-Western world orders and international systems in history 🌍

Took in the Imperial War Museums #ChurchillWarRooms only yesterday on a behind-the-glass tour… simply marvelous!

My nerdy favourite? Seeing documents like those at Kew virtually “in action” in the map room 👀

Thoroughly enjoying SIH member/doctoral student Yuval Peleg's superb presentation, 'Clandestine Diplomacy: Exploring the Use of Intelligence Agencies as Diplomats to Promote National Interests - A Case Study of Israel.' ISA #isa2024

Really enjoyed chatting all things terrorism with Suzanne on the latest episode of EI Talks... (Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts)