Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social Researching and teaching International Relations, social theory, German politics and politics of Central Europe. Associate Professor at Charles University | @ims.fsv.cuni.cz | @prcp.bsky.social | Last book: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32703-2
Lennart Maschmeyer @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social Senior Researcher in Cybersecurity at @ETH_en @CSS_ETHZurich. Previously @UofT, @citizenlab and @UniofOxford.
New Book "Subversion" - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/subversion-9780197745861
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
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Kim Dozier @kimdozier.bsky.social CNN global affairs analyst
Along the way: ✍️TIME, Rolling Stone, Daily Beast, AP, 🎥 CBS News 🎙️BBC
Here to spread accurate reporting & follow folks aiming to do the same.
www.kimberlydozier.com
Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk Bellingcat | Formerly BBC | PhD in Electrical Engineering | He/Him
🌐 https://galen.reich.me.uk
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social National Teaching Fellow (2011) | Associate Professor of International Relations
Diplomatic Studies | Public & Diaspora Diplomacy | Higher Education | Learning & Teaching in Politics and International Relations | Film and Music
Jack Liddall @jackliddall16.bsky.social Politics PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. Researching parliaments and intergovernmental relations in the UK. Research Assistant at the Centre for Geopolitics.
Dr Paul Anderson @paulanderson88.bsky.social Associate Professor in Territorial Politics• Territorial Politics • Devolution • IGR • Metro Mayors • Nationalism • Secession • British Politics • http://www.paul-anderson.co.uk
Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Queensland, researching leadership, followership, populist parties, voter attitudes and political behaviour.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Ronan Mainprize @ronanmainprize.bsky.social Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication
Research on intelligence, statecraft, and strategy • Writing a book on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Global Cold War • University of Warwick PhD
Jason Bellini @jasonbellini.bsky.social Jason Bellini is Scripps News’ international correspondent. Bellini's reporting from Ukraine was awarded with the Deadline Club Award, the New York Press Club and RTCA's 2024 David Bloom Award for excellence in enterprise reporting.
Frederik Carl Windfeld @fredwindfeld.bsky.social PhD Researcher at the EUI | International Relations | Critical Security Studies | Emergent/Disruptive Tech | "Autonomous" Weapons | Sometimes in Danish 🏳️🌈
Adam D.M. Svendsen @intstrategist.bsky.social (Prof./Dr.) // An international intelligence + defence strategist, researcher, educator (Oslo | Georgetown | Salamanca), analyst, adviser + consultant - learn more via: http://www.intstrategist.com
Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social Ukrainian academic in the UK | LSE Fellow in Qualitative Methodology | PhD from UCL SSEES | Research: security, critical IR & post-Soviet politics: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Bohdana-Kurylo/Bohdana-Kurylo
Peter Schrijver @psguu.bsky.social PhD student Faculty Military Sciences Breda | Leiden University | interests: influence, intelligence, drones | BA History Utrecht, MA Military Strategic Studies Breda
Latest article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2026.2669810
Ignas Karvelis 🇱🇹🇺🇦 @karvelis.bsky.social Intelligence | Counterinsurgency | Hybrid war | LatAm | documentary photography | tacos | beer. Not necessarily in that order. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Paul Charon @paulcharon.bsky.social Research director for Influence and Intelligence at the French Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) | Sinologist & Narratologist | Work on China's propaganda, narratives and influence | Research associate at CARISM | Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po
Brian E. Crim @briancrim.bsky.social History professor, Holocaust Studies, former intelligence analyst, cat lover, beleaguered department chair, fleeing existential despair, author of Our Germans, Planet Auschwitz and other stuff
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller @sarahloumiller.bsky.social Author, Historian, Presenter, Broadcaster, Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Website: https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
Professor Joe Burton @drjoeburton.bsky.social Professor of International Security (Chair in Security and Protection Science) Lancaster University. Research on cyber conflict and emerging technologies.
James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/
Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic
Dr. Nicole Matejic @nicolematejic.bsky.social Author, PRVE Pracademic & NatSec Behavioural Economist.
Radicalisation, Violent Extremism, Info Disorder, IO, AI, Cyber Crime, FICINT.
Adj Lecturer @Terrorism_AU
Views mine. Fan of acronyms.
🖖🐾🦻| 🦘& 🇳🇿
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.
Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine | researching and teaching IPE, financial politics, global inequality | plants, birds, snacks, sci-fi, quilting | poet | she/her
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/erinlockwood/
Kathryn Westmore @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social Senior Associate Fellow, Centre for Finance and Security @ RUSI // Financial crime policy + regulation // Views are my own.
Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow, project Seeing Like a Tech Firm. On a research leave from my job as a University Lecturer, World Politics, University of Helsinki.
Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social #StandwithUkraine. Journalist, deputy head of foreign desk, Slovak daily @pravdask.bsky.social. The usual caveats apply. 🎙 #TheGlobalAgora #podcast https://ko-fi.com/amatisak
Stacie Pettyjohn @spettyjohn.bsky.social Director of the defense program and senior fellow CNAS
Iskander Rehman @irehman.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin's Clement Center. Author of "Planning for Protraction" and "Iron Imperator." Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Applied history, defense strategy & Asian security.
John Helin @jjhelin.bsky.social Journalist, Fact checker @ http://HS.fi
Ukraine War Analysis with Black Bird Group
Political History at the University of Helsinki
📞 +358413106215
✉️ John@blackbirdgroup.fi
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/
Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
http://www.hisutton.com/
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.
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Global Governance Institute (GGI) @globalgovernance.eu The Global Governance Institute (GGI) is an independent, international think tank for global problem-solving.
📍Brussels, Belgium
🔗 www.globalgovernance.eu
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Former soldier learning how to be a civvie. Accidental journalist. Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy.
Thoughts & feelings on defence and other things. Views my own.
Longer thoughts & feelings on substack:
https://crackingdefence.substack.com/
The Globalist Project @geopol.bsky.social Cosmpolitan Globalist. neocentrist. Pro NATO. Free market capitalism Promoting freedom and democracy around the globe.🇺🇲🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇿🇩🇪🇮🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦
Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, landscapes and sanity.
Views own.
Matthew T. Page @matthewtpage.bsky.social Author of 'Understanding #Kleptocracy' (OUP, 2025). Chatham House fellow focused on #corruption worldwide. Longtime #Nigeria watcher. Ex-State Department, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mainer. Views mine. More: https://www.matthewtaylor.page
Susan Coughtrie @skcoughtrie.bsky.social Executive Director @fpcthinktank.bsky.social + Co-founder and co-chair of the UK Anti- #SLAPP Coalition. Views my own etc.
Eternally between Scotland and somewhere else.
Jeff @jeffbell.bsky.social Into Central Asia, democracy, (anti-)kleptocracy, bikes, urbanism, and a touch of tech.
He/Him/Он/El
English/Russian/working on Spanish
Not here to take myself too seriously. Opinions are my own.
Miles Kellerman @mileskellerman.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Leiden University's Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Working on the intersections of finance, crime, and international politics.
Website: mileskellerman.com
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/mileskellerman
Roland Papp @rlndpapp.bsky.social EU correspondent @ Népszava
Journalist for independent Hungarian media + freelance researcher
Hungary/ Central and Eastern Europe/ AML/Sanctions/ EU/ Illicit Financial Flows/
From Budapest, yet an idealist
Matt Precey @mattcprecey.bsky.social BBC Journalist. East of England. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent, apparently.
Jules Laurent @midanadalor.bsky.social Concerned European, OSINT enthusiast, Ukraine supporter
Here for clarity, respect, and open-mindedness
David Spruce @sprucey.bsky.social MA and PhD history. Former CEO, CFO, pig farmer(!) Harlequins. Wolves. Watch collector. Plays bass badly.Metal 🤘
Andy Owen @andyowen63.bsky.social RAF Veteran. Have been working in aviation for 44 years. #charity #cricket
British Soldier ⌯ Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @britishsoldier.bsky.social To protect the nation, we step forward and meet every challenge. ⌯ army.mod.uk ⌯ #BritishArmy #MinistryOfDefence
Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Siddharth Chandra @siddharthchandra.bsky.social Interested in science, technology and space.
The sky is the limit 🌌🌠🌕
Stephen Laslocky @laz1963.bsky.social Lifelong history student. Asia-based media executive.
Jo Ferreira @gsus42.bsky.social Astro PhD trying to move to Remote Sensing with Machine Learning and Radiative Transfer methods applicable to public datasets for a wide range of applications. Fan of public datasets :)
No fanatics & scammers e.g. buttcoiners, elonstans, putinists, pr0n🚫
Janice in Jacksonville @janiceinjax.bsky.social Just an old blue dot lady fighting daily for democracy in a sea of red in Florida.
Karangitnon @haididntdoit.bsky.social Law student | Economist | Debate and Moot
I'm a master yapper that trains aspiring yappers to yap.
I like to learn new things and I also like good news and all kinds of tea except earl.
Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio @gforguespuccio.bsky.social 🇧🇴🇬🇧 Economist | Growth & Development | Corruption | Inequality | AI | Financial Markets | posts my own | reposts ≠ endorsement
Web: abertay.co/MGFj
Echo Not Actually A Space Marine Fella @echoserenityxb.bsky.social NAFO, Slava Ukraini, get Russia out of Europe!
Anne-Marie Weeden @amweeden.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, working on environmental crime, corruption and illicit finance. Chasing a healthier, happier world, for people, nature and security.
(All tweets my own, etc.)
James Wharton @jameswharton.bsky.social North of England reporter, BFBS Forces News. Ex-soldier, Yorkshire dweller.
Peter Jones @peterjonesuk.bsky.social Vice Chair, MAG International. Head of Global Strategies, LSE IDEAS. Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute. Chair, British Italian Society.
Amanda B. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪 @idealist-amanda.bsky.social Слава Україні! Eternally curious. Topics: Transatlantic relations, Balkans, EU enlargement, mis/disinfo, nationalist narratives, gender security, Russian decolonization, translated lit. #StandWithUkraine
Sophie Lemaître @sophielemaitre.bsky.social PhD in law, researcher on corruption & environment + SLAPP | Author of "Réduire au silence - Comment le droit est perverti pour bâillonner médias et ONG" | Podcast host: Sophie au pays des possibles | Posts in FR + EN
Jude Schönberg @judesch.bsky.social PhD student at Uni Basel | Studying (anti-) corruption, sexual corruption and social norms | Occasionally found trying to convince strangers to join for cold water swimming
Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social Podcast suprema @taxjustice.net Producer and host of the Taxcast. I direct Justicia ImPositiva, Impôts et Justice Sociale, É Da Sua Conta, الجباية ببساطة Unequal India Decoded, & The Corruption Diaries. All available here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/
Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social On Kaurna Land, Adelaide, South Australia. PhD Thesis Editor; Sociologist; Founding Board Member TruthBombSocial: https://www.truthbombsocial.org/; Research on grey zone warfare, democratic & community resilience, disinformation. https://drrobmuller.com
Das Felicitas @dasfelicitas.bsky.social #dasfelicitas dasfelicitas@bluewin.ch/
HR- #humanrights /DH- #droitshumains /DH- #derechoshumanos /IHL- #humanitarianlaw /Felicitas Juris/Jura Hominis
https://x.com/DasFelicitas
https://www.instagram.com/dasfelicitas/
https://spoutible.com/DasFelicitas
David Banisar @dbanisar.bsky.social Consultant/human rights lawyer #Privacy, #FOI, #freeexpression, #corruption, #whistleblowing, #SDGs etc. Fellow @govacctproj.bsky.social. Random mapmaker
@eedemocracy.bsky.social @eedemocracy.bsky.social The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) supports citizens striving for democracy in the Eastern Partnership, Middle East, North Africa, Western Balkans, Turkey and beyond.
www.democracyendowment.eu
Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social Impact team @OCCRP.bsky.social
Anti-corruption; Pro-democracy, transparency & women's basketball.
Author of Crude Intentions: How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World. 
Dr. Matt Herbert @drherbert.bsky.social Global Thematic Lead on Human Smuggling and Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Alice Thomson @alicettimes.bsky.social Columnist/Interviewer on The Times. Presenter with
@RSylvesterTimes of podcast Past Imperfect. Author: The Singing Line/ What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Young
BryanK @bryank1.bsky.social Left leaning, pro-Europe, pro-green, pro-compassion. Will follow back like minded souls.
Michael M. 🇬🇧 🏴 🇺🇦 🇳🇬 💙 @donkeysdad.bsky.social Twitter quitter | Supporter of global democracy and freedom | Liberal Democrat | ⚽ NFFC ⭐ ⭐ | Single dad | Earth Scientist | 🦊 Leicestershire, Africa and all around the world | 🚫 No crypto 🚫 no sex bots 🚫 no unsolicited DM 🚫
Kate Critchley @katecritchley.bsky.social International affairs. Politics. Communications. Art. Culture.
Zaman Karamat @clearlybrown.bsky.social Policy Analyst @ CERP • Researcher • Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (University of Oxford) • Political Science and Sociology (Forman Christian College)
George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social "Ever active" investigations reporter at The Times.
george.greenwood@thetimes.co.uk or DM for Signal.
My musings on transparency are at https://relightmyfoia.blog
Maria Seyrig @mariaseyrig.bsky.social Ukraine: Essays on a Nation's Fight for Survival by Kost Elisevich
www.kostelisevich.com
kostelisevich.substack.com
Views are my own. 🇺🇦
Jonathan Haars @jonathanhaars.bsky.social PhD-student in clinical microbiology at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
Interested in Nanopore sequencing, metagenomics, SARS-CoV-2 and more. 
Thomas Hollow @tommyhollow.bsky.social Aspiring political violence researcher. Sociology, critical theory, foreign fighters. 
Alexander Anderson @aandersonjourno.bsky.social UK-based Student Journalist | Ex-Telegraph Foreign Desk Intern | Focused on Foreign Affairs, Defence, Economics, & UK Politics | Long form content: https://medium.com/@aandersonjourno
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
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
Lindsay Rand @lrand11.bsky.social Research scholar @ Berkeley Risk and Security Lab || Carnegie Non-Resident ||socio-technical analyses for nuclear, quantum, and “emerging” tech || PhD from UMD
@diyaashtakala.bsky.social @diyaashtakala.bsky.social Research Associate @poni.csis.org | BU Pardee School alum @bostonu.bsky.social
Views are my own
Steph, PhD @twistedzen.bsky.social Nukes and national security. Researcher focused on US nuclear policy and deterrence.
Héloïse Fayet @hfayet.bsky.social Chercheuse atomique au Centre des études de sécurité de l’Ifri, passée par le ministère des Armées. Également déléguée générale de WIIS France et membre du Young Generation Leadership Network.
« Pasionaria de la bomba » selon RB.
Shane Ward @shaneward.bsky.social 🇬🇧 📍 Washington, D.C.
Nuclear Policy grantmaker @ Longview Philanthropy | Fmr. CSIS Nuclear Scholar | ELN NEVER
Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social Research Program Head, @apln.network
Adjunct Fellow, @eastwestcenter.bsky.social
Opinions my own, reposts ≠ endorsement.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-o-donnell-b84675158
Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social Director of Research & Policy at the Munich Security Conference | Professor of International Security at the Hertie School Centre for International Security in Berlin | working on German foreign policy, NATO, international order, and nuclear security
Harold Trinkunas @htrinkunas.bsky.social Deputy Director at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Usual disclaimers apply.
https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/harold-trinkunas