Darya Khandoga is a PhD candidate in the Department of War Studies. Her research explores the intellectual history of Russian strategic and military thought; with a focus on information-psychological warfare and its enduring impact on Russian intelligence culture, from the Tsarist era to the present day.

Darya holds a MSc in Global Affairs (2020) from King’s College London and a BA in Political Science (2018) from Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, and spent one year studying Security Studies at SciencesPo Paris (2017). Darya comes to the War Studies Department after 2 years of professional experience in the field of cyber security consulting and threat intelligence, and has also gained previous experience by interning at international organisations and global think tanks. She is fluent in German, Russian, French and English.

Research Interests 

• History of Russian strategic & military thought
• Information-psychological warfare
• Clausewitzian thought
• History of covert intelligence operations

Thesis

Information-Psychological Warfare in Russian Strategic Thought: From Tsarist Russia to Contemporary Strategies.

Supervisors:

• Dr Natasha Kuhrt
• Dr Ofer Fridman