Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Kjell Anderson @kjellanderson.bsky.social Law professor @umanitoba studying genocide, global justice, and how societies confront mass violence. Helping human rights stories resonate. 🔗 Bio & books https://linktr.ee/kjellanderson
Bobby Pashalidis @bpashalidis.bsky.social Editor - @consolecreatures.com | Host on Creature Cast
Michael Allen @ma-allen.com IR Scholar Professor• War, US Foreign Policy, Basing, Troop Deployments, Data, and Political Economy • @boisestate • International Relations • SciFi • Gaming • www.ma-allen.com • https://tinyurl.com/GoogleScholarAllen
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Johnny Ehm @johnnyehm.bsky.social “For everyone who exalts himself
will be humbled, and everyone who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
David Pugliese @davidpugliese.bsky.social Journalist since 1982. Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.
International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social transitioning away from twitter/x. Please follow!
Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social Associate professor of government at Smith College; former Visiting Senior Fellow for US-China Subnational Relations at the Truman Center for National Policy. I write about China, Taiwan, and US city- and state-level engagement with both places.
GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social All things Southeast Asian Studies, all the time.
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Tanya Bandula-Irwin @tbandulairwin.bsky.social PhD, U of Toronto | Program Officer at Canada's International Development Research Centre | Incoming postdoc @ Northwestern | Working on civil wars, armed groups, and governance in fragile contexts
Department of Peace Studies and International Development @bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social University of Bradford.
First Peace Studies Department in the UK.
Dr Phil Mayne @philmayne.bsky.social Associate Lecturer at the University of York. War, Strategy and Ethics - specific focus on COIN. HEA Fellow.
athena madan @athenamadan.bsky.social SDGs 3,10,16; Global health, humanitarian action, war & peacebuilding, photoethnography. ✨. Mum. Partner to @JohnDrewMildon. Opinions mine; also often MSF. 🇵🇭 🇮🇳 🇨🇦.
Rgr Historian @rgrhistorian.bsky.social Airborne Ranger (2001-6), 2 combat tours
PhD History: LatAm, decolonization & Cold War
Independent, #NAFO, pro-working class, 🚫 identity politics
My book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/juan-per%C3%B3ns-antiimperialist-geopolitics-9781350460942/
Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current
Professor Chuixiang (Tree) Yi at City University of New York @cyi12.bsky.social Earth resilience, tipping behavior, nonlinear thinking, stability analysis, climate change, photosynthesis, soil respiration, tree mortality, Fulbright Scholar
Ashley Jackson @ashleyajackson.bsky.social Co-director at The Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups l Nairobi
Piccolo Seaplanes @wildblueponder.bsky.social PT PhD student by night - interested in the representation of military aviators in popular culture. A librarian for the USAF by day. Easily distracted at all times by biathlon, geopolitical arguments, rugby, murder mysteries, or livestreams of airfields.
Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social Professor of Middle East politics at Northwestern University. Author of "We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria" and "The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora." https://sites.northwestern.edu/wendypearlman/
Vanessa Newby @vfnewby.bsky.social Asst Prof | Leiden University | Author of ‘Peacekeeping in South Lebanon’ | International Relations | UN | Gender | WPS | Middle East | Peacekeeping | WIIS Netherlands | CCL | Imm Joudeh | She/Her | Website: vfnewby.com- S Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Jonquilyn Hill @jonquilynhill.bsky.social You can call me JQ. Howard Alumna. Hosting Explain It to Me for Vox. I like cornbread and collard greens.
Got a question? Call 1-800-618-8545 and I’ll find you an answer.
Vox @vox.com Making sense of it all. Become a member today. 👇
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Dr. John @drjohnap.bsky.social Work @ASU SPGS/FSI; GNSI/USF; IWI; DoD/IWC; Narrative-Strategies. Former Sr US diplomat. King’s College London PhD. Personal account. Get my book - link below.
Website: https://www.drglobalbedouin.com
Maria Amjad @mariaamjad.bsky.social Lecturer @PolSci Leiden; PhD in Security, Risk and Vulnerability 2025.
#peaceprocesses; #rebeldiplomacy; #civilwar; #Afghanistan; #Pakistan #HistoricalInstitutionalism
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/maria-amjad
Geraldine Bustos Zamora @geraldinebustos.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
Political Science | Ideology | Patterns of Violence | Armed Groups | Civil Wars | Colombia | Machine Learning
Alex Waterman @alexwaterman.bsky.social Order in Civil Wars, Counterinsurgency, Ceasefires, NE India, Co-Editor of Civil Wars Journal. Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford. Guitars, Leeds United FC
@celineinbc.bsky.social @celineinbc.bsky.social 24 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. Been a HCW for over 10 years. Pro-democracy. Liberal.
No MAGA, No Crypto, No DM
Reuters @reuters.com
Political Violence New Publications and Working Papers @polviolencepapers.bsky.social Sharing new publications and working papers on political violence: armed conflict, civil war, insurgency, terrorism, extremism, post-conflict state/society.
Tag @polviolencepapers.bsky.social to get reposted.
Currently managed by @ilaydaonder.bsky.social
Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social Coach/Developmental Editor for social science academics, including dissertators. Sometimes methods prof; author of _Empirical Research & Writing: A Pol Sci Student's Practical Guide_. Accepting manuscripts for summer & coaching clients year round.
The Lost Grad Student @lostgradstudent.bsky.social Diary of a struggling grad student.
Not sure how I got here, not sure where I'm going.
Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social Auto/Biographical PhD research on mothering and autistic children. Creative research methodologies. University of Plymouth. Advocate for SEND, mental health & neurodevelopmental conditions. ADHD. MBA (Exeter).
Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social Transfeminine jurist and bioethicist | Ass. prof at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law | Clerked at Supreme Court of Canada | florenceashley.com | they/them/that bitch | ✡︎
Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social Associate Professor in War Studies at Swedish Defence University, (post-)Soviet wars.
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social Historian of global decolonization at Ohio State
Author of STATES-IN-WAITING
https://linktr.ee/lydia_walker
Ignas Karvelis 🇱🇹🇺🇦 @karvelis.bsky.social Intelligence | Counterinsurgency | Hybrid war | LatAm | documentary photography | tacos | beer. Not necessarily in that order. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Jeff Lamson @jefflamson.bsky.social History PhD candidate. Studying cop cars, police technology, and counterinsurgency. Researcher with Campaign Zero.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social Americanist Military Historian & Genocide Scholar.
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Southampton Researching all Things #OnlineExtremism #Terrorism #ClimateChange #Gaming #Ethics #VisualMethods #FarRight
Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation produces knowledge to build a safer world and trains the next generation of security specialists.
Visit us at: https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/
PhD Voice @phdvoice.bsky.social Amplifying the voices of PhD Students. Tag us with @phdvoice.bsky.social
Charlotte Boucher @ch4rlotte.bsky.social Political Science PhD candidate @ UMich. Studying police violence/protection and citizenship in the US and France.
Moa Peldán @moapeldan.bsky.social PhD student in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University
Dr. Kate Perry @drkateperry.bsky.social Gender and security scholar studying human trafficking, sanctions, and women in all the places, Associate Professor at Georgia Southern University, social activist, tired feminist, and mother of 3 ❤️
Matt Krain @matthewkrain.bsky.social PoliSci prof: human rights & political violence; Views my own. he/his/him. discover.wooster.edu/mkrain
Cecilia Josefsson @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social Associate professor in political science at Uppsala university. Researching gender and politics.
Babak Rezaee @babakr.bsky.social Associate Professor at Leiden University
Researching political conflict & violence with data science
Football enthusiast | Foodie | Travel addict
RTs & Follows ≠ agreement
Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social Research Professor at PRIO.
Mostly Palestine, Israel, US related stuff.
Mostly in English, sometimes in Norwegian.
Nick Barker @nickbarker.bsky.social Studies the causes and consequences of armed conflict. My book: https://www.routledge.com/States-Secessionists-and-De-Facto-Control-after-Separatist-Wars-Strategies-f
Martin Ottmann @martinottmann.bsky.social Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Birmingham | Researching armed conflicts and the legacies of violence in post-conflict societies
Daniel Rio Tinto @driotinto.bsky.social Lecturer at FGV RI and researcher at CEI-ISCTE. Former ICCS/University of Birmingham. Interested in IR Theory, Political Violence, Criminal & Rebel Governance, Civil Wars and Nukes. Aviation, food, wine and beer. All the usual caveats apply.
ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social Assistant Professor, The American University of Paris | PhD, Temple University | smuggling, borders, violence & (in-)security, identity | Former @USIP @DoDMinerva Peace Scholar & @XCEPT_Research | Sahel & North Africa
Ciara Aucoin Delloue @ciaradelloue.bsky.social Research & analysis on conflict and its aftermath, policing, and forced migration. PhD from Ulster University, Belfast
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
Alexandra Chinchilla @achinchilla.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service | International security, security force assistance, NATO, proxy war | Views my own.
https://www.alexandrachinchilla.com
Political Science Penguin @fabiana-sofia.bsky.social Mom. Wildcat. Hoya. Colonial/Revolutionary.
Jana Krause @janakrause.bsky.social Professor, Political Science @UniOslo; ERC ResilienceBuilding; Author of Resilient Communities
Enzo Nussio @enzonussio.bsky.social Political scientist studying peace, violence, and institutions, currently working on consolidator project www.decadesofpeace.com @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich.
Valentin F. Geier @valentin-geier.bsky.social PhD Candidate at ETH Zurich | Interested in the implications of climate change for conflict management.
Susanna Campbell @susannacampbell.bsky.social Assoc. Professor @AU_SIS. Director @ripil_au, http://ripilab.com. Policy-engaged research and learning. Former UN/INGO/think tanker. Studying conflict and peace.
www.susannacampbell.com
Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social Promoting scholarly contributions to public debate and decision making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.
Stéfanie von Hlatky @svh.bsky.social IR Prof interested in military affairs. Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
Risa Toha @risatoha.bsky.social Associate Prof Political Science @ Wake Forest University. Check out my book:
@CambridgeUP #Rioting4Representation 📚 http://tinyurl.com/bdd6htd5 Ethnic politics, violence, elections, Southeast Asia, Indonesia
Carlo Koos @carlokoos.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at University of Bergen | Research on civil wars, political violence, foreign aid, state building l | Former humanitarian worker with @msfde.bsky.social | PI of @wareffectserc.bsky.social
www.carlokoos.com
Jocelyn Mawdsley @jocelynmawdsley.eurosky.social Researching European security, arms trade, EU politics. Co-editor of @Europeansecurity.bsky.social & Professor of European Politics at @nclpolitics.bsky.social - all views my own.
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Chong Ja Ian @chongjaian.bsky.social Political scientist from 🇸🇬. Works on security & foreign policy in NE & SE, major power competition. AcademiaSG co-editor. Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie China. Currently teaches at the National University of Singapore. Comments mine alone.
Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Rebecca Tan @rebtanhs.bsky.social Southeast Asia bureau chief at The Washington Post
Snaps from bikes and boats instagram.com/rebtanwp
James Joyner @joyner.bsky.social Security studies professor. Defense policy, civ-mil, interservice rivalry, and conflict intervention. Blogging at OutsideTheBeltway.com. - H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social Ex Journalist Bloomberg/FEER/CSM. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, then Iraq/Egypt with a smattering of everywhere else. Same handle over at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Made wine for a few years. Now training a blue heeler in the CA foothills.
Matt Wheeler @mzwheeler.bsky.social Born in Baltimore, based in Bangkok. Senior Analyst, South East Asia, International Crisis Group
Buhari Abdulkadir 🇳🇬🇵🇸🇮🇷 @dangaladima.bsky.social #Humanitarian || #OSINT || Security Tips Northwest Region Of Nigeria 🇳🇬 || Conflict and Crisis Journalist [ Counter-terrorism Expert ] #SAHEL
Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social Parent. Gardener. Anti-fascist. Historian of Modern France, North Africa, Counterinsurgency, Migration. Trade unionist. Assoc. Prof. No Tyrants/No Kings.
Terrencepeterson.com
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776960/revolutionary-warfare
Joe Whittaker @joewhittaker.bsky.social Lecturer at Swansea University. Research on terrorists' and extremists' use of the Internet.
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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