State of Statecraft Conference @what-is-sos.bsky.social Official account of the State of Statecraft conference.
Coming October 22, 2026 - Brussels, Belgium
http://stateofstatecraft.com
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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
Richard Nephew @richardmnephew.bsky.social Senior Research Scholar at Columbia U. Former Anti-Corruption Coordinator at Dept of State (among other things), White House and Dept of Energy. Personal acct. Author of "The Art of Sanctions" (2018)
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.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social Doing a year for space contempt.
Qualifications: Vanderbilt J.D.
Official Capacity: Just Some Guy
Admissions: only when in a contemplative mood.
Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social
Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social Technology & emerging threats | Research Fellow, Atlantic Council. Views my own. 🇺🇦
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Carnegie China. For speaking engagements, please write to chinfinpettis@yahoo.com
Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Primarily on LinkedIN.
https://www.paulpoast.com/
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
Saher @saffronsec.bsky.social Espionage Threat Research @ Proofpoint. Former @virtualroutes.bsky.social fellow. @warstudieskcl.bsky.social alum. She/her
1steve 1stone @stonepwn3000.bsky.social TV/VCR Repair, Bad Guys & Breaches, big Jim Harrison poetry fan
Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social Security reporter for WIRED Magazine. she/her/my man. Signal +1 (347) 722-1347
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
James Sullivan @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director, Cyber, RUSI
Megan Stifel @megans.bsky.social Mom. Cyber & NatSec policy and law. Not what you might think.
🇺🇸
Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social Job: Assoc Prof @ GaTech School of Cyber & Privacy; Intl Affairs.
Books: Age of Deception, Elements of Deterrence, IT & Mil Power. Interests: kids, mountains, philosophy, classics, democracy
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
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
Chi En (Ashley) Shen @ashl3y-shen.bsky.social Security researcher @ Cisco Talos. / Ex-Google TAG / Black Hat & HITCON review board / Organiser of Rhacklette.
Ryan Naraine @ryanaraine.bsky.social Three Buddy Problem
https://securityconversations.com
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu 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
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
Signal: qjurecic.32
Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation” (Bloomsbury)
Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social CNN Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst, NYT bestselling author, Jackson School teaching fellow at Yale
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
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
StrikeReady Labs @strikereadylabs.com https://strikeready.com/blog.html
Download live malware samples mentioned here: https://github.com/StrikeReady-Inc/samples
If you prefer marketing (our product is great!) subscribe to our main page @strikeready.com
Kristen Csenkey, PhD @kristencsenkey.bsky.social SSHRC-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Brian Mulroney Institute of Government & current Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for International Governance Innovation Digital Policy Hub
Tech, policy & governance
kristencsenkey.com
Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
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
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Matthew Kennedy @matthewkennedy.bsky.social Manager at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC). Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University. Penn State Alum. Tweets are my own.
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Hill Woward @convolutedname.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Trenchant Analysis in Wrong Rock Studies, Oak Table LLC. he/him
Alan Neville @abnev.bsky.social Principal Intelligence Analyst @ Symantec. Views are my own etc. https://keybase.io/abnev
hakan @hatr.bsky.social reporter covering cyber (both crime and state-sponsored) for Der Spiegel and ZDF, short overview at https://linktr.ee/hakantanriverdi, Signal: hakan.25
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Confused CPT @josh97.bsky.social Combined Arms, History, Star Wars, and INDOPACOM
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
Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
Kiran Pfitzner
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social Personal account
Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social
PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr
Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social
Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations
Twyner @twizzle.bsky.social Cyber Threat Intelligence at Microsoft | Former Yahoo & Secret Squirrel | Thoughts my own
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/
Gabriel @morecoffeeplz.bsky.social Distinguished AI Research Scientist at SentinelOne. Former OpenAI, Apple infosec. Lecturer at John’s Hopkins SAIS Alperovitch Institute. Deceiver of hike length and difficulty.
Brody @brody-n77.bsky.social Cybersecurity, Battletech, and Sci-Fi.
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
Greg Otto @gregotto.bsky.social @gregotto from twitter, now on bluesky. Editor-in-Chief at CyberScoop. Host of Safe Mode. Better with words than I am with code.
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Andrew [Retired from Sad] @athomashemlock.bsky.social You guys want a drink or something. I think I have diet coke and lemonade and maybe some coffee from this morning.
He/him.
Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety.
File a report in the app or via moderation@blueskyweb.xyz - not via mentions/replies.
https://aaronrodericks.com
Julian-Ferdinand Vögele @julianferdinand.bsky.social Threat Research @ Recorded Future. Previously @ Security Research Labs. He/Him. 🏳️🌈
Kamil Bojarski @lawsecnet.counterintelligence.pl #threatintel #dfir #osint #natsec and other secs. Downloading things from the Internet and looking at them. Views are my own Email: kamil@counterintelligence.pl
Eugenio Benincasa @euben.bsky.social Cyber Defense Researcher @ethz.ch. Former Italian govt, Pacific Forum and NYPD. LUISS & Columbia University Alum.
thesilence @thesilence.bsky.social Principal analyst @vtxproject / #Synapse
#APT1 report / former Mandiant
Doing #threatintel before it was a thing
Andrew Northern @exraritas.bsky.social 🔮 Senior Threat Researcher at @proofpoint 🔮 | Kindness and Compassion | Not a reflection of the opinions or policies of my employer | Andrew Northern
Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social Potential game show contestant.
Former Axios, The Hill, Passcode. Founder of the Codebook cybersecurity newsletter. Once got lost in a Starbucks.
max seddon @maxseddon.bsky.social moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
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/
Jacob Latonis @jacoblatonis.me 🦆
mach-o enthusiast
Steve YARA Synapse Miller @stvemillertime.bsky.social writing & sharing on adversary tradecraft, malware, threat detection, ics/ot + cyber physical intel, and of course all things #yara
Kateryna Stepanenko @katstepanenko.bsky.social Russia Research Fellow @TheStudyofWar.bsky.social | Russian Cognitive Warfare, Kremlin Drama, Drones & Force Generation | opinions my own
https://www.understandingwar.org/press-media/staff-bios/kateryna-stepanenko
Black Bird Group @blackbirdgroup.bsky.social @Black_BirdGroup
Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don't DM, Email us:
contact@blackbirdgroup.fi
Map:
https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap
Our site:
https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
Emil Kastehelmi @emilkastehelmi.bsky.social Military analyst, military history expert. Co-founder of Black Bird Group. Focusing on Ukraine, Russia and northern Europe.
Contact:
+358 407388158
emil.kastehelmi@gmail.com
Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social Living in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Contributing to Ukrainian voices online | support me : PayPal: kate.boguslavskaya@gmail.com | http://buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv
Greg Lesnewich @greg-l.bsky.social oh great, now I’m on bluesky
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
W.W.D.D.
Pukhraj Singh @rungrage.bsky.social Non serviam. Cyber geostrategy at 🌜, cybersecurity operations in ☀️. International Relations🧑🎓from UNSW Canberra. रंगरेज़. My tweets are personal
Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll.bsky.social Foreign Correspondent at The Economist
www.olliecarroll.uk
Jade McGlynn @drjademcglynn.bsky.social Researches and writes on Russia, Ukraine, memory, propaganda
Jamie MacColl @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Senior Research Associate @virtualroutes.bsky.social | Usually researching ransomware and cybercrime | Sometime indie landfill guitarist
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Alex Bollfrass @bollfrass.bsky.social Nuclear weapons and intelligence history.
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
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.
Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Associate Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own.
RUSI biography and publications: https://t.co/wgeOUvRQdO
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/
Sabrina Spieleder @sabrinasp.bsky.social Foreign Interference | Information Threats |
Information Environment Assessment
Personal views here
Dakota @dakotaindc.bsky.social China-Focused Consultant @SentinelOne | Nonresident Fellow @ACGlobalChina | Adjunct @Georgetown | Unprofessional Cook | ❤️💜💙
https://linktr.ee/dakotaindc
Ann Johnson @ajohnsocyber.bsky.social Cyber. Family. Dogs. Reading. Music. Baking. Cooking. Gardening. Pro sports. At Mastercard. But posts are just me.
Mark Parker Young @markparkeryoung.bsky.social Principal analyst at Google's Threat Intelligence Group. Former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council. Views my own.
https://markparkeryoung.net
jarocki @jarocki.bsky.social Maker, breaker, hunter, storyteller, collector of digital oddities
Kristen @kdennesen.bsky.social