Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social "A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill.
Posts here speak only for myself.
Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
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Philipp Maier @pmaier1971.bsky.social Economic data releases and news, automated with R.
Data from http://fred.stlouisfed.org.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social Late night TV Writer/Producer. Horror-comedy coming 2027: The Big Kill
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Kyle Haynes @kylehaynes.bsky.social Political scientist studying security, conflict, bargaining, US foreign policy, etc. Scored on by Geoff Cameron. Personal account. Opinions mine alone.
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Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions and do not reflect any official/institutional views.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolas-gvosdev-925485301/
Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social Professor of International Security and Cooperation in Maastricht. Leading large ERC and Horizon research projects. Interested in international organizations, global governance, European Union, security, geopolitics, NATO
Steve Abott @stephenabott.bsky.social Policy analyst, RPCV, lover of sushi, live in DC area but always a New Yorker. Also - Yankees forever.
Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
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- J @jarrettblanc.bsky.social @jarrettblanc.bsky.social
Theo Milonopoulos @theomilo.bsky.social Assistant professoring. PhD @Columbia. Prev. @ClementsCenter, @perryworldhouse. IR, civ-mil, tech. Star Wars, Lego, newspapers, coffee, dogs. He/him. Personal Account. Views mine.
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social Take me to Ontario
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Jill Lawless @jilllawless.bsky.social London-based journalist covering U.K. politics, culture and more for The Associated Press. Author of Wild East: Travels in the New Mongolia.
Kelly Grieco @kellygrieco.bsky.social Senior Fellow StimsonCenter, Adjunct GeorgetownCSS, Non-Res Fellow The Krulak Center
Foreign/defense policy, alliances, airpower, and mil ops. Proud Bostonian
Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social
Zachary Fryer-Biggs @zachfb.bsky.social Supervising Editor, National Security @CNN.com
Eric Robinson @ericrobinson.bsky.social associate director @ RAND | defense strategy | data science | special operations | former OSD policy | usual caveats
Joshua White @joshuatwhite.bsky.social Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Nonresident Fellow, Brookings. Former White House and Pentagon official. Asianist. (Views are my own.)
Jeff Rathke @jeffrathke.bsky.social Pres. American-German Institute; ex-diplomat; ex-CSIS; Pittsburgher
Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social Senior defense correspondent at POLITICO Europe in Paris. lkayali@politico.eu
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Frode Overland Andersen @foandersen.bsky.social Norwegian 🇳🇴. Writing about Europe, foreign policy and things that interest me 😊. Personal account.
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Nancy Scola @nancyscola.bsky.social Journalist on tech & policy & politics; contributing writer at POLITICO Magazine and Washingtonian. D.C.-based, Jersey-made.
Aaron Stein @aaronstein1.bsky.social President/CEO @fpri.bsky.social; Podcast w/ blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social; Recent Substacker; Author: US War Against ISIS. Views are all my own
Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social Defense Lead, Bloomberg Economics; Senior Fellow for Defense, CNAS. Not a journalist. Views are my own.- L @laurnorman.bsky.social @laurnorman.bsky.social
Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social kenneth.vogel@nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-p-vogel
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
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/
Benjy Sarlin @benjysarlin.bsky.social
Senior editor for politics, policy, and ideas at Vox. Formerly: Washington Post, NBC News, Semafor. Email me at benjy.sarlin at voxmedia dot com.
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.
Devin Ruic @devinruic.bsky.social Nicholle’s husband. Views my own. Nothing here is official. I am on Threads and (inactive) on the Bad Place. The animals are on Instagram at @allaboutygritte.
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
Amanda Nagel @amnagel.bsky.social Historian of race, war, and empire in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
Dr. Julie Chernov @drjchernov.bsky.social Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social Senior foreign affairs correspondent and columnist at POLITICO
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.
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer a couple times. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
Olivier Schmitt @olivierschmitt.bsky.social Prof at Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College/senior associate fellow at NATO Defence College |Warfare, alliances and geoeconomics | Assoc ed of the European Journal of International Security |🇫🇷 in 🇩🇰| https://olivier-schmitt.com/
Megha Rajagopalan @meghara.bsky.social international investigations, The New York Times
please email to get in touch:
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
Https://www.johndickerson.com
Jenn Williams @jennruth.bsky.social Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy. Host of The Negotiators podcast.
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
Nick Prime @ncprime.bsky.social Defense (pseudo) Intellectual, Ph.D @WarStudies, former fellow @ISSYale, Interests in strategy, sports & film, if it reads like sarcasm it is.
Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social Professor @josefkorble @UofDenver | global politics | climate | technology | security | human rights | democracy | pragmatism. I know, it's a lot. Also ISA, hiking, baking, travel, and #roseistoocute she/her deborahavant.com
Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Specializing in sovereignty, armed conflict, international law, and military medicine. Plus LEGOs & chocolate.
Paul McLeary @paulmcleary.bsky.social National security reporter for Politico, Buffalo sports fan despite all of it.
Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social Intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post. Reach me securely on Signal at Ellen.626.
Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Claire Sadar @clairesadar.bsky.social Reading/Writing
Boston/Turkey
Religion/Society
Science/Journalism
ClaireSadar.com / ksj.mit.edu
Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social National correspondent, New York Times.
Previously: Staff Writer, The Atlantic.
Covering religion, politics, culture, and other low stakes subjects.
Mailing list: yair.substack.com
Music: bit.ly/azyashir
Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social Lecturer @SOAS, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI & the European Leadership Network.. Middle East/Turkey, international security, defence, diplomacy, climate security.. Belfast resident.. Posts likely to include poetry, baking and pics of Rathlin Island.
Hari/ഹരി/हरि/هري @hariprasad.bsky.social serial typo maker. Researches ME/SA politics and political violence. mainly here for da memes. Apparently, a prominent person. Usual disclaimers
Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
Afshon Ostovar @osto.bsky.social Historian of the recent past | Naval Postgraduate School | FPRI | Opinions are mine & don't reflect any org. New Book: Wars of Ambition https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Ambition-United-States-Struggle/dp/0190940980/
Sue Allan @sueallan.bsky.social Editor, POLITICO Canada :: Oxford Climate Journalism Network :: World Press Freedom Canada
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy @washinstitute.bsky.social Advancing a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East. (Reposts & Follows do not constitute endorsement.)
Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social Syndicated foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social Associate editor, Enterprise, POLITICO Europe. On the trail of Joan of Arc.
Damir Marusic @dmarusic.bsky.social Washington Post Opinions. Wisdom of Crowds.
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing.
Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social BBC’s International Correspondent
https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Sharan Grewal @sharangrewal.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings
Me: https://sharangrewal.com/
My book: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Democracy-Military-Legacies-Spring/dp/0198873514/
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social MENA geopolitical risk | one warm day is all I really need | usual caveats re ♥️ & 🔁
Zareena Grewal @zareenagrewal.bsky.social Yale Prof, Anthropologist, Historian, Author of ISLAM IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AUTHORITY, Director and Producer of BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR
Kristian Ulrichsen @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Sushant Singh @sushantsingh.bsky.social Lecturer, Yale University || Consulting Editor, The Caravan
[More: http://tiny.cc/YaleSushant]
Earlier: Indian Army || Indian Express || Centre for Policy Research
Books: Mission Overseas || Note by Note: The India Story 1947-2017
Marc Burleigh @marcburleigh.bsky.social Paris-based journalist for AFP and video storyteller.
Reported from Iran, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, Kosovo, most of Latin America, Western Europe, Australia and the Cannes film festival.
#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com يقتل القتيل ويمشي في جنازته
https://buymeacoffee.com/emissaryofnight
Mélissa Cornet @melissacrt.bsky.social No Woman's Land: https://shop.nowomansland.com/no-womans-land.html
Sarah Green Carmichael @sarahgc.bsky.social Columnist and editor at Bloomberg Opinion. Former Exec Editor at Harvard Business Review. All opinions mine.
Jhodie-Ann Williams @jhodiewilliams.bsky.social Culture editor at Bloomberg Opinion | Former Opinion editor at CNN and NBC News
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social A longform editor at The Economist. Views expressed may be the opposite of my employer’s
Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine