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
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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Nathalie Loiseau @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social Députée européenne Horizons Renew Europe. Défense. Affaires étrangères . French MEP Renew Europe. Defense. Foreign Affairs
Sophia Besch @sophiabesch.bsky.social Senior Fellow Europe @CarnegieEndowment.org, DC
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Adam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Jan Techau @jantechau.bsky.social Director, Europe at Eurasia Group
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
Norbert Röttgen @nroettgen.bsky.social Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages | Stellv. Vorsitzender der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion für Auswärtiges & Verteidigung | Optimismus 🚀 Europa 🇪🇺 und Espresso ☕️
Laurence Boone @lauboone.bsky.social Former French Minister of State for Europe. Geopolitics, Economics, European affairs, Democracy
Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social Writer, historian, Contrib Ed, FT, Robert Bosch Fellow, Berlin, author These Divided Isles, and Britain Alone (both Faber), British, Irish and European. philipstephens.substack.com, philipstephens.net
Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
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
Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation” (Bloomsbury)
Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Council Member @ecfr.eu 📸 Stas Kartashov
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Claudia Major @claudmajor.bsky.social Head of @SWP_IntSecurity; Security & Defense, NATO, Europe, 🇫🇷&🇩🇪; via: @CSS_Zurich @sciencepo @EU_ISS @unibirmingham; mom of 3, 🇫🇷 knight, here personal capacity.
Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book. 
Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of @ecfrberlin.bsky.social. FirstGen. Author of „Wer verteidigt Europa“ published with Rowohlt in January 2026. DB Ruhebereich Ultra and deltidsvärmlänning.
Georgina Wright (on leave) @georginaewright.bsky.social Britain, France & Brussels thinking at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Constanze Stelzenmüller @constelz.bsky.social Director CUSE, Germany explainer etc. @ Brookings; FT contributing columnist; Wizards Fan (I know). When the going gets tough, the tough go blonde. Pic: Marc Darchinger. Views my own, people.
Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social Europe observer.
Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu
Book: with peace no longer a given, how will Europeans - children of fortune - deal with war and violence?
Bruno Tertrais @brunotertrais.bsky.social Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique.
Non-Resident Fellow, Institut Montaigne.
Geopolitics, strategy and stuff.
Personal account.
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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
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 Shurkin @michaelshurkin.bsky.social Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, ex-historian. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
Europe Jacques Delors @delorseurope.bsky.social Brussels-based think tank inspired by the legacy and vision of Jacques Delors. Sister of the Jacques Delors Institut (Paris) and the Jacques Delors Centre (Berlin).
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Kristi Raik @kristiraik.bsky.social Director, International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Adjunct Professor, University of Turku. Feeling home in Estonia, Finland and at sea.
Tara Varma @taravarma.bsky.social Managing director at the @gmfus.bsky.social | Interested in geopolitics: Asian and European security, and women’s rights. Views my own.
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social Professor and Head, Defence, Investment and Innovation, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social Head of Policy & Analysis at Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
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/
Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
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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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Carl Bildt @cbildt.bsky.social Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations. Former PM and FM of Sweden. And other things.
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Bruegel @bruegel.org Independent and non-doctrinal international economics think-tank with a mission to improve economic policy.
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth
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Nathalie Tocci @nathalietocci.bsky.social Professor at John Hopkins University SAIS Europe. Senior fellow, IeP Bocconi University. Views my own- M Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com www.ft.com/martin-sandbu
Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
Alexandre Alaphilippe @aa.disinfo.eu Executive Director EU DisinfoLab www.disinfo.eu / Hummingbird / Searching for James Dubious Crickton /Growing my ethical mussels / Asking PourqOui / Prism in Jeans / 😀🤓🤯🤝
Sinan Ulgen @sinanulgen.bsky.social Former Turkish Diplomat, Director of Istanbul based EDAM think tank, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social Charlemagne columnist & Brussels bureau chief, The Economist.
Past stints in Paris, Mumbai, London. Français. Personal feed.
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Jonas Olsson @jonasolsson.bsky.social Defence Correspondent BreakingDefense.com | Nordic/Baltic security & breaking stories | Former SVT journalist (Sweden’s public broadcaster, 30+ years) 🌍 linktr.ee/jonasolsson
Erik Brattberg @erikbrattberg.bsky.social Managing Partner Brzezinski Global Strategies & Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil. Focus on Europe, transatlantic relations, and geopolitics. Based in DC.
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.
Jeremy Shapiro @jyshapiro.bsky.social Director of Research and the US program @ECFR, Washington DC. Bio at https://ecfr.eu/profile/jeremy_shapiro/.
Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social Nuclear Fellow @ Pax Sapiens, former Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and State Department International Sec Advisory Board, CNAS Sr. Fellow, former National Security Council. No #manels, Yankees/Gunners.
Isabelle Lasserre @ilasserre.bsky.social Journaliste au Figaro: Géopolitique et diplomatie. Chaque semaine à LCI chez 24H00 Pujadas. C' dans l'Air et Politique Internationale. Dernier livre: "Macron-Poutine: les liaisons dangereuses" (L'Observatoire). 
Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social United Nations Humanitarian Chief.
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Rachel Rizzo @rachelrizzo.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ the Atlantic Council's Europe Center. Based in DC but often elsewhere. Utahn at heart.
ECFR Berlin @ecfrberlin.bsky.social Hier schreibt das Berliner Büro des European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.bsky.social). Besuchen Sie uns auch auf http://ecfr.eu/berlin
Marion Van Renterghem @marionvanr.bsky.social Grand reporter. Albert Londres. Très longtemps au Monde. LCI, L’Express, The New European. Biographe d’Angela Merkel. Auteure de “Le piège Nord Stream” (Les Arènes).
Mélanie Rosselet @melanierosselet.bsky.social French Diplomat
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Justin Vaisse @justinvaisse.bsky.social Founder and Director General, Paris Peace Forum, former Policy Planner for France, former Senior Fellow @Brookings
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Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز @rmomtaz.bsky.social 🇱🇧&🇺🇸(Paris-based) Editor-in-chief Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe.
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Rem Korteweg @remkorteweg.bsky.social Senior Fellow Clingendael Institute, PhD.
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Rosa Balfour @rosabalfour.bsky.social Director of Carnegie Europe, interested in Europe in the World.
Camille Grand @camillegrand.bsky.social Secretary General @asdeurope.bsky.social Previously Distinguished Policy Fellow @ecfr.eu Former senior official @NATO, Ministère des Armées, Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Étrangères and think tanker at FRS…
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