Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social KY’s Democratic Candidate & 1st Black Nominee for US Senate
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New York Post @nypost.com 
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
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Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social Washington Post National Security Reporter. Past features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Signal: zsd.19
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
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Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
John Hultquist @hultquist.bsky.social Mandiant Intelligence at Google. CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON founder. Johns Hopkins professor. Army vet.
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
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Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
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Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
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Sequel: Duality, coming soon.
Substack: Breaking Beijing.
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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
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@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
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Russell “RPG” Ziskey @rpg-volley.bsky.social We’re in the shit now, somebody’s gotta shovel it.
Kathleen J. McInnis @kjmcinnis1.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Defense & Security Department & Director, SWSP @CSIS. Priors: Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Chatham House, Kings College London. PhD War Studies. Author. Mom. Herder of cats. NATO nerd.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social Founder, The Counteroffensive Media Group.
Compelling reporting on human stories to illustrate the news. Fmr US Army medic.
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: john.ismay@nytimes.com
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social Political Scientist (all views are own, not employers’). Visiting Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
Co-host of Sirens: A Bombshell Production https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sirens-a-bombshell-production/id1195698408
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA via Ireland. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-tim-weiner?variant=43465484206114
Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social Paradox Interactive School of International Relations (ongoing)
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
Military Thriller, The Most Dangerous Man: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/9798892424509/
Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social Defense Lead, Bloomberg Economics; Senior Fellow for Defense, CNAS. Not a journalist. Views are my own.
Jason Dempsey @jkdemp.bsky.social Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee.
Adam @adam35.bsky.social I'm mean because I grew up in New England. Angletonian acolyte spreading the counterintelligence gospel. “There are tigers roaming this world, and we must recognize them or perish.” -Peer de Silva
James Vizzard @jwvizzard.bsky.social Political science PhD candidate specializing in civ-mil. Husband, father, former gangster for capitalism. Opinions, jokes, hot takes, and other skeets are only mine and not any current or former employer’s.
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Robert Borden Stan Account @bordenstan.bsky.social Canadian, Tory, somehow found my way onto Bluesky and am now trapped here. Interested in military history, COIN, foreign military training, jihadism, the KPA, and many others.
Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social waking up everyday in a full sprint. cyber(punk) & counterintelligence. bloody inertia interspersed with bouts of bloody frenzy. i see kanly today in everything.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
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Aaron Portzline @aportzline.bsky.social I cover the NHL and Columbus Blue Jackets for The Athletic. Sportswriting since 1986.
Lori Schmidt @lorischmidt.dispatch.com Twitter refugee. (Thanks, Alex!) Columbus Dispatch assistant sports editor, who's covered the Buckeyes, CBJ, NFL & more. Pickerington Tiger, Ohio grad, basketball official. Hatters Gonna Hat.