David Trads @davidtrads.bsky.social Journalist, bestselling author, public speaker.
Contact: +45-61141396
Simon Kruse @kruse.bsky.social Sikkerhedspolitisk korrespondent @berlingske.bsky.social — mest om krigen i Ukraine #journalism #ukraine #russia #osint #security #denmark
Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social Politics, economics, info-sec(from the outside), history, climate, occasional joke/meme 25% 🇪🇪 75% 🇬🇧 (War time switch)
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times.
Past lives in Moscow, Warsaw, London, Delhi and Mumbai.
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Andrey Kazankov @andreykazankov.bsky.social Ukraine and Russia correspondent at Denmark's leading weekly, Weekendavisen - ankv@weekendavisen.dk. Reporter at TV 2 / TV 2 NEWS - akaz@tv2.dk
Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social Geopol advisory at Nordic West Office (CEO) & Miltton: US FP; transatlantic relations; Nordic defence; Finland; Tech & society.
‘Alumni of’ @fiia.fi, Wesleyan Univ, FDF J5, CCW at Oxford. 1000s of media interviews over years. Capt (res), author, speaker.
Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social Political and Strategic Affairs
Former NATO official
PhD VUB & Royal Military Academy of Belgium
Views my own
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Axios @axios.com Smart Brevity worthy of people's time, attention and trust.
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Nicolas Bouchet @nickbouchet.bsky.social German Marshall Fund Senior Visiting Fellow.
US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
NZZ @nzz.ch Das Weltgeschehen in deinem Feed. #nofilter
Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
Andrei Soldatov @andreisoldatov.bsky.social Author of The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, Senior Fellow at CEPA, King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, editor of http://Agentura.ru telegram: http://t.me/agenturaru
Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (t.co/uWXN1eLc0u). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
JD Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social Christian, husband, dad. Vice President of the United States.
jdvance.com
Elina Ribakova @eribakova.bsky.social https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/elina-ribakova
https://substack.com/@elinaribakova?r=mqb&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=image
Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social Professor of Economics, Board Member, Founding Rector of American University Kyiv
European Policy Centre @epc-official.bsky.social Official account of the leading Brussels-based think tank. We foster #EuropeanIntegration through #PolicyAnalysis and #Debate.
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Erik Fossing Nielsen @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social Sr Advisor ‘Independent Economics’
Former Chief Economist, UniCredit, Chief European Economist, Goldman Sachs, former World Bank, IMF, Danish central bank.
Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a nonpartisan, independent research institution devoted to studying international economic policy.
Explore our research: piie.com
Hannu Himanen @hannuhimanen.bsky.social Retired Finnish diplomat, ex-amb in Moscow (2012–2016), non-fiction writer, public commentator on Russia, security & foreign policy
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
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@anderslomholt.bsky.social @anderslomholt.bsky.social Defence journalist at TV 2 Denmark
Miriam Hollstein @miriamhollstein.bsky.social Rasende Reporterin. 
@hamishdbg.bsky.social @hamishdbg.bsky.social 
Andrew Antonino Ferrante @andrewaferrante.bsky.social Macroeconomic Analyst @IMF previously @FDIC | International Econ and Finance | Global Financial Stability | Market Surveillance | Views are my own
Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social Austrian 🇦🇹
Economist 📈
Not an Austrian Economist
Allen & Kelli Questrom Professor
BU Questrom, NBER, ECGI & NBER
https://florianederer.github.io/
Euro Créative @eurocreative.bsky.social 🇫🇷 Plateforme de réflexion spécialisée sur l'Europe centrale et orientale
🇫🇷 French think-tank focusing specifically on Central & Eastern Europe
@rlequiniou.bsky.social - @arthurkenigsberg.bsky.social - @aurelienduchene.bsky.social
https://eurocreative.fr/
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
@henningsenjakob.bsky.social @henningsenjakob.bsky.social 
AI Rautahuopa 🇫🇮 @ainorautahuopa.bsky.social NAFO.
Can bark in 🇫🇮🇬🇧🇸🇪🇩🇪(🇮🇹).
Lieutenant in the reserve, Finnish Defence Forces.
Also: https://x.com/AinoRautahuopa
Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com Associate Professor at Hopkins/SAIS. Former White House industrial strategy economist. Industrial policy, trade, climate, economic security. Views my own. DC | HNL. 🏳️🌈
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.- G Guzel Yusupova @guzelyusupova.bsky.social
Humboldt Fellow at Osteuropa Institut Freie Universität Berlin
Research on identity politics in post-Soviet Eurasia
Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank.
Special interest: The Russian Navy.
Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
Rob Person @rtperson3.bsky.social Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
Maximilian Hess @maxhess.bsky.social Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West:
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Alexander Etkind @sashaetkind.bsky.social Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war. I am writing for the New Statesman.
tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Autocracy, democracy, and the NBA. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia and Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections.
Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social Prof of Totalitarian Studies @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua Official English page of Ukrainian media outlet "Ukrainska Pravda"
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social Fighting Disinformation since 2022.
All soups: https://vatniksoup.com/
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Jacob Kaarsbo @jkaarsbo.bsky.social Foreign, security and defence policy analysis. 15 yrs @ Danish Defence Intelligence Service. Sportsnerd.
Esben Schjørring @esben.bsky.social Politisk redaktør på Altinget | Podcastvært på #dkpol | Forfatter til Værdikæmperne og nogle essays om cykelsport. 
Niels Krause-Kjær @krausekjaer.bsky.social Journalist og forfatter med særlig omsorg for journalistkollega Ulrik Torp
Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social Head of BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies), not representing the official views of my employer, RTs not endorsements
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Nikolaus von Twickel @niktwick.bsky.social Editor with @libmod.de in Berlin, responsible for @russlandverstehen.eu; Longtime Journalist and Russia watcher. Formerly with the OSCE SMM in Donetsk 🇺🇦, @dpa.com Moscow and @themoscowtimes.com 📧 n.vontwickel@greyfriars.oxon.org; @niktwick.69 on Signal
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.
Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world’s leading forum for debate on international security.
#MSC2027: February 12-14, 2027
András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, chief editor of Bear Market Brief. Delphi GRC fellow. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism & its limits. My own views.
Здесь вам не Toth.
www.noyardstick.com
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social FT opiner. "Sinecured oaf", “mutton-headed fellow”-two satisfied readers. Globalisation/trade/econ/snark. Cestrian, Londoner, Brit, European. RT≠👍 Views own. alan.beattie@ft.com. Sign up to my FT Trade Secrets newsletter https://www.ft.com/trade-secrets.
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
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Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
Carl Schreck @carlschreck.bsky.social Investigations with RFE/RL. Russia watcher. 1990s German rap. Good handles, decent J, suspect finisher. Usually bumping Roger Miller.
Pyotr Kozlov @kozlov.bsky.social Bloomberg |ex-The Moscow Times Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus | alumni: BBC Russian Kremlin correspondent | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management, SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our news-portal:
barentsobserver.com
Oscar Jonsson @oajonsson.bsky.social Russia, modern warfare and old literature.
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere. Jimothy welcome here!
Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
Anna Karjalainen @annakarjalainen.bsky.social British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Yorkshire lass in West SE/ NO border. Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Baltics, Central Asia. Independent Consultant. Uppsala University.
Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com Geoeconomics @ecfr.eu • Columnist @foreignpolicy.com
Permanent advisor, French MFA • Author, Backfire @columbiaup.bsky.social
Global economy, trade wars, economic statecraft, geopolitics of AI, fine tea 🍵
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social Professor @supolisci.bsky.social and Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, @maxwellsu.bsky.social, @syracuseu.bsky.social. Latest book: Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction. http://amzn.to/3gdhiFe
Elie Tenenbaum @elietenenbaum.bsky.social Head of Security Studies Center at Ifri. Views are my own, BlueSky is the limit.
Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social Professor at Barnard College, Columbia U; interested in Russia, international security, climate change.
Samuel Charap @scharap.bsky.social 
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social Journalist; author of Butler to the World and Moneyland
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
Mari Rochelle🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ⚢ 💙🧬☮️🗳️ (she/her) ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜🌶️ @mari-rochelle.bsky.social #QAF
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM
Democracy in Wartime/GeoPol/EU/DisInfo/Elections/Protest/Identity/Surveys 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺
📚Zelensky Effect
📚Mapping Mass Mobilization
VProf College D’Europe
Prev @ox.ac.uk Nuffield/StAntonys @harvard.edu @uoft.bsky.social
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"
Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social Historian of East (Central) Europe at ZZF Potsdam
President of the German-Ukrainian Society (DUG)
Subscribe to my newsletter "After empire: Reconfiguring Eastern Europe" https://efdavies.substack.com
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Oxana Shevel @oxanashevel.bsky.social Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
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
Cambridge Ukrainian Studies @camukrainistyka.bsky.social Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. Advancing new approaches to teaching and researching Ukraine since 2008.
www.CambridgeUkrainianStudies.org
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Ellie Knott @ellieknott.bsky.social • Political scientist & Assoc Prof at Methodology, LSE
• identity & citizenship
• Moldova & Crimea 🇲🇩🇺🇦
• methodology & research ethics
Tanya Lokot @tanyalokot.bsky.social Ukrainian academic living in Ireland. I study digital media, civic mobilisation, & networked authoritarianism. Nature & cats keep me sane. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Ioulia Shukan @ishukan.bsky.social Assistant Professor, sociologist, specialist of Ukraine at University Paris Nanterre 
Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social British Academy International Fellow, Politics Department, University of Manchester | Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis | UNC PhD | oligarchs, elites, governance, state capture, networks, Ukraine, post-communist states | snitsova.com
Lucan Ahmad Way @lucanway.bsky.social Polisci Prof U Toronto. Study democracy/dictatorship & Ukraine. Books: Revolution & Dictatorship (PUP 2022); Pluralism by Default (JHUP 2015); Competitive Authoritarianism (CUP 2010)
Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social PhD candidate in Politics at Princeton (on the 2026-7 job market!) | Formerly Harvard Gov & Cambridge POLIS | Studying politics in Eastern Europe 🇲🇩🇺🇦🇷🇺 | isabelledesisto.com | @russiawatcher
Marnie Howlett @marniehowlett.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇨🇦. Associate Professor of International Relations in Eastern Europe and Eurasia at Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.
Borders. Geopolitics. Nationalism. Ukraine. Qualitative Methods. Ethics.
Dominique Arel @darelasn.bsky.social Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa
Co-author, Ukraine's Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022 (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Roman Waschuk @waschukcan.bsky.social Recovering ex-Amb of 🇨🇦 to 🇺🇦🇷🇸🇲🇪🇲🇰
Now Business Ombudsman 🇺🇦 Бізнес-омбудсмен
Personal Reflections / Особисті думки 
Tymofii Brik @tymofiibrik.bsky.social Rector-shmector at the Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine, Obolon, Social science