I launched this newsletter in spring 2026 and am pleased to report that over 100 subscribers, as well as a growing number of followers, have joined me. One post on the fallacies of Ukraine’s Gripen deal even turned into a major news story that affected the manufacturer Saab’s stock price. Today, I’m introducing a few changes that will allow me to devote more time to writing my dispatches and essays on intelligence history and European security.
Newly published notebook posts will remain open for everyone to read, while the full archive and future long reads will be for paying readers’ eyes only. A recent example is my essay on how the CIA ignored vital Swedish intelligence during the Cuban missile crisis.
For paying readers interested in my research on European stay-behinds during the Cold War, I have launched a chat in the Substack app where I will answer your questions.
I can promise interesting posts ahead as my historical research expands into new areas and a couple of fiction proje…
