Author and historian on U.S.-China relations, intelligence history, global security. Personal account. All views my own, reposts don't mean agreement.
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Joined May 2013
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Join us 10 Apr 2026 to discuss Shots in the Dark: Experimentation, Success, and Failure in the #SWW (@FordhamPress) with @VSotvedt @riehle_kevin @EFriot @essbeecastro & others. Pre-register here: shsu.zoom.us/webinar/registe…. More here: fordhampress.com/shots-in-th…
Looking forward to seeing this volume in print soon! It was a privilege and pleasure to work with the contributors.
We are happy to announce that our first SWWRGNA volume, based on 3 research workshops, will be out in September w/ @FordhamPress. Edited by our co-director Jadwiga Biskupska & @essbeecastro, & w/ a preface by Robert M. Citino, it can be pre-ordered here: fordhampress.com/97815315120…
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Please see this call for papers for our latest addition to the journal, “New Voices in Intelligence”:
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While you're at #SIH2025 at the @IntlSpyMuseum, be sure to stop by the 7th Floor to see @StephenMarrin with #IntelligenceAndNationalSecurity and the team from @Georgetown_UP .
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Check out our end of year list for the best nonfiction books about China of 2024! Read the full list: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12…
Out now: the audiobook version of Mission to Mao. Many thanks to @ericjasonmartin for excellent narration. Find this title wherever you get your audiobooks or go to audiobooks.com/audiobook/mis….
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Today is National Author’s Day! A huge shoutout to all my friends whose books are out or will be presently introduced to the world—great job! @Cgzinsou @HayleyHasik @CivicsPod @dr_tgpeterson @essbeecastro @TheSpyTheState @SMH_Historians @aupresses @kansasjoyce
Thanks to @PhelimKine and @politico China Watcher for featuring Mission to Mao. I'm honored to have the book highlighted.
Today's @politico China Watcher: China faces blowback for those Taiwan military "drills" Taiwan former Prez @iingwen on the move! Sen. @MarshaBlackburn Breaking China! The lasting legacy of the U.S. "Dixie Mission" at CCP headquarters in 1944! Subscribe! politico.eu/newsletter/china…
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Please consider submitting to this important special issue on gender in the security in the Indo-Pacific. The journal editors are happy to answer questions you may have. Full details are below 👇
Call for Papers: The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is looking for new research on gender in the security sectors in the Indo-Pacific. Special Issue guest editors are Dina Afrianty and Nuri W Veronika. t.ly/Dvpf4 @SSC_MQ
Excited to see Alex Palmer's interview with me in @thewirechina . Thanks to Alex, Wire editors, and the illustrator who did the cool portrait. thewirechina.com/2024/10/13/…
So honored to have a chapter about my research on early Cold War reconnaissance over China published in this new volume. Kudos to @matthefler and all the other contributors.
A huge thanks to contributors @GillHistory @77_msg John Ferris @calder_walton @essbeecastro @StevenWagner85 @SuzanneRaine2 Philip Davies @dRichterova @tonyingesson @warmatters
Those in the 🇬🇧 can pre-order on Amazon for the unbelievably accessible £20 amzn.eu/d/9bHdEPY
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Pre-registration is still open for our 18 October panel on @essbeecastro's excellent book, Mission to Mao (@Georgetown_UP). Sign yourself up here:
shsu.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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I’m delighted to announce that I’ve officially joined the board of the Society for Intelligence History. Thanks to @essbeecastro and the rest of the leadership team for the invitation!
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Spying in South Asia releases today. It takes a village to produce a book & for those who helped to get this one over the line, thank you. You know who you are &, if you’ve forgotten, check out the acknowledgements! Treat yourself to a copy from CUP at: cambridge.org/9781108843676
Mission to Mao, my new book, is officially out today. Thanks to all of you here who helped support this big project. Details from the press: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Mi…
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I'mexcited to be running the 3rd year of our PhD writing group with @SuzBFreeman.
Get in touch for more information!
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HUGE! "In all of recorded history, no country has ever been as old as these nations are expected to get."
2050—"#China is projected to have 200MM fewer residents of working age, a decrease higher than the entire #population of most countries."
#MustRead: nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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The 2023 @SocIntelHist conference was absolutely fantastic. It is both an honor and pleasure to be part of such a vibrant community of intelligence historians. I can't wait to see everyone at the next conference!
