Vikram Visana @vikram-visana.bsky.social Political Theory | History | India
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
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Vincent Ward @vinwar.bsky.social Reading, Rugby, Current Affairs & Security.
All posts are my own unless I’ve been hacked. Play nice. Connacht Abú.
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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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.
Cindy Storer @cindystorer.bsky.social Former counterterrorism intelligence analyst now working as an intelligence educator. I have a tendency to end up in documentaries.
Also single childless woman dog lady who people say achieved something meaningful.
Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social Prof. of public policy at Georgia Tech. My posts don't represent my university or USG. They are random reads & vents that I find interesting or provocative.
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James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
OOIR @observeir.bsky.social Trending papers from peer-reviewed journals. At https://ooir.org | Observatory of International Research (OOIR)
Dr Victoria Taylor @spitfirefilly.bsky.social Military Historian & Analyst | Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain' (out now!) | Broadcaster | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel
www.spitfirefillyaviation.com
Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social Welsh-Aussie Assistant Headteacher, historian, in London at a Secondary School. Traveler - 76 countries so far. Cycle Commuter. PC games. Former Intelligence Corps Reservist. Surrey CCC. Irony warning. #NAFO, NATO Matters. Will block DMs unless a friend.
Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social CNN national security correspondent. Send tips/pics of your dog(s) to Natasha.bertrand@cnn.com
Signal: Natashabertrand.12
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/natasha-bertrand-profile
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 | 🇨🇦
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
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School of International Studies @mqsois.bsky.social From international security, politics, and criminology, to languages and emerging global cultures, our world-leading researchers provide policymakers, practitioners and students the knowledge and skills needed to navigate international affairs.
Emma Burrows @eburrows.bsky.social AP European Security Correspondent. Previously with CNN in Moscow & ITN in London. Speak Russian & Spanish
Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social Progressive publishing on Politics & IR, Economics, Middle East, Asia, Africa, International Development, Sociology & Gender. Sign-up for news: bit.ly/3pxyHjb
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
Rory Medcalf @rorymedcalf.bsky.social Professor Rory Medcalf AM | Head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, Canberra | Indo-Pacific strategy | An independent Australian worldview 
Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social Irish Times Investigations Reporter
Author: Is Ireland Neutral? (Gill)
Email: conor.gallagher@irishtimes.com
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Harry Sanderson @dr-brightshirt.bsky.social Operational Research Analyst and Military Historian of the First World War. PhD on Soldiers' Training in the First World War.
Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social Historian & curator at the Imperial War Museum in the UK - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.
Lukas Mengelkamp @lukasmengelkamp.bsky.social Finishing a PhD in nuclear history @ University of Marburg / Working on arms control and military strategy @ifshhamburg.bsky.social.
Private account.
https://www.hamburg-armscontrol.de/en/staff/lukas-mengelkamp-2/
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social Military History/Defence and Security/Leadership/Organisational Culture. PhD equipped. Book in early 2026, Tanks in Unexpected Places.
Sophie Duroy @sophieduroy.bsky.social Lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social | Formerly @kfgintlaw.bsky.social & @eui-law.bsky.social
Public International Law - Intelligence & Security - Human Rights - Feminism.
Book: http://shorturl.at/itU19
Thomas Müller-Färber @tmuefae.bsky.social Lead Intl. Affairs Protestant Academy LOCCUM Dialogues on security/peace issues (#ArmsControl #MENA #EastEurope) Ex: @diplo.de @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social @swp-berlin.org
https://www.loccum.de/profil/thomas-mueller-faerber
Department of Peace Studies and International Development @bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social University of Bradford.
First Peace Studies Department in the UK.
SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social The Society for Military History and the Journal of Military History's Official Bluesky Page.
Intelligence and National Security @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
NSIST @nsistuk.bsky.social National Signals Intelligence and Security Trust (www.nsist.org)
@patrickbury.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social Reader (Snr Assoc Prof) in Warfare + Counter-Terrorism, University of Bath. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Fmr 1 Royal Irish and NATO PA.
Military Intelligence Museum @milintmuseum.bsky.social Official page for the Military Intelligence Museum. Learn about the history of British Military Intelligence, from the Boer War to the current day.
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Larry Pfeiffer @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social Personal Account / Hayden Center Director / Led White House Situation Room / Fmr CIA Chief of Staff / Nat'l security & intelligence commentator / Speaker
Sarah Elaine Harrison @seharrison7.bsky.social Nonresident Fellow @StimsonCenter
International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social International Studies Association - A community of international studies scholars.
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@douglaslondon.bsky.social @douglaslondon.bsky.social Retired CIA Ops Officer and Chief of Station; Georgetown SFS, John Hopkins SAIS, and Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Threat Finance Intelligence - Consultancy & Training AML/CTF/CPF @andrew-mackay.bsky.social Independent AML/CTF/CPF Consultant and Trainer
Associate Fellow, RUSI CFS - Royal United Services Institute, Centre for Finance and Security
Doctoral Candidate (UPEACE) - Illicit Finance
ACAMS Malta Chapter Co-Chair
Military Charity Trustee
The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social Promoting Intelligence Studies in Israel by facilitating knowledge sharing & collaboration among scholars, both within Israel & abroad.
Sandro Teixeira Moita, PhD @sandrogjallan.bsky.social Strategy, Intelligence and Military History Professor, Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College. Personal opinions and views only.
Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Stephen Marrin @smarrin.bsky.social Full Prof at James Madison University & Director of Intelligence Analysis program. Former CIA analyst. Editor of journal Intelligence & National Security https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
Dr Miah Hammond-Errey @miahhe.bsky.social CEO Strat Futures | Host Technology & Security podcast | Author | National Security, Data, Tech, Information Influence & Interference (disinformation and IO), Intelligence & Leadership | Adj A/Prof Deakin 🏳️🌈🇦🇺 stratfutures.com | miahhe.com
Buckingham Centre for Security & Intelligence Studies. @bucsisintel.bsky.social BUCSIS offers a range of security and intelligence programmes - taught & online including research degrees. #HUMINT #CovertAction. https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/research/bucsis
Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence • Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
evanlaksmana.com
Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Univeristy College London. Director of UCL’s Security Studies Programme. Author of “Bringing War Back In” (CUP, 2024) http://bit.ly/4fXYtVv War/State Formation/Nation Building
Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher @PRIF.org // Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control // Cold War History // Military Technology, Operations and Strategy // Opinions my own
Stephen M. Grenier @warprof.bsky.social Faculty Director, Global Security Studies Program @jhu.edu | former soldier | Chair, International Security Section @apsa.bsky.social | long suffering fan of Scottish 🏴 & Welsh Rugby 🏴
Corentin Brustlein @corentinbr.bsky.social Former think tanker and lecturer on strategy and nuclear weapons, turned bureaucrat. Views are my own.
Scranbag @scranbag.bsky.social UK | Infosec | Ex Royal Navy | NAFO | He / Him / #Fella
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
#NAFO #StandWithUkraine
Connor Hansen @conhans.bsky.social Georgetown SSP, 2024. Security Studies, Counter-Terrorism, Middle East Studies, Military History. Arabic & Latin. Simulations, Board Games, and Miniature Wargaming. BA History BSC, '20. MLitt (Distinction) CSTPV '21-22.
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Blogs of War @blogsofwar.com 
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
The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social 
Paul Jackson @jacksopb.bsky.social Professor of African Politics, University of Birmingham, UK. All over Africa but not just Africa. Conflict, security and development politics as well as UN and policy. Professional Northener, bibliophile, player with toy soldiers and loud guitar fan.
Fredrik Eriksson @fredrikeriksson.bsky.social Military historian, Ass.Prof. in military history at Swedish Defence University and also at the Finnish Defence University. Currently writing on operational thinking in the Baltic Sea region. The views expressed are my own.
Jeffrey H. Michaels @jmichael424.bsky.social Affiliated with King's College London, Oxford CCW, RAND Europe, and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI.
Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
Dani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
Sven Johanson 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦 @svenjohanson.bsky.social Retired #Veteran USAF and Senior National Intelligence Service Officer. “Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
#DNI. Harvard and MSU #Spartans #Sparty #GoGreen and #Raiders #RNFL.
Exorcise MAGA and vote blue 💙
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
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Dr Emeka Njoku @emekatn.bsky.social Assistant Professor @iddbirmingham | Associate Editor @JISBjournal | #terrorism, #counterterrorism #civilsociety, #development, #gender, #sexuality
Michael O’Toole @mickthehack.bsky.social Crime and Defence Editor, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star. I’m a crime novelist in my spare time. I’m a linguist, too: 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇸🇦. I don’t do opinions, and it’s great. #MCFC OK
Andrew Zammit @andrewzammit.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
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
Francesco Marone @fmarone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science UniVdA, Aosta, Italy.
Fellow / Associate ISPI, ICCT-The Hague, GWU–PoE.
Research and analysis on International Politics, Security, Violent Extremism.
Tim Dowse @timdowse.bsky.social Consultant, after 40 years with FCO, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury. Specialties: national security, defence, geopolitical analysis.
Wendy Ugolini @wugolini.bsky.social Professor of Second World War Studies (Edinburgh Uni). Co-founder of RSE-funded Second World War Network (Scotland); PI on AHRC project 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK'; Author of Wales in England 1914-1945 
Kiril Avramov @avramovok.bsky.social Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Non-Resident Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project @LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Dr Aviva Guttmann @guttmannaviva.bsky.social Lecturer at Aberystwyth University, research and teaching in intelligence, strategy, history, IR, terrorism & CT
POLIS @oupolitics.bsky.social Department of Politics and International Studies at The Open University
Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Air Command and Staff College @theairpowerschool.bsky.social The premier military institution for preparing airpower leaders who solve problems at the operational level of war
Scott J Roberts @sroberts.io Cyber Threat, NatSec, Analytic Tradecraft | Instructor of Cybersecurity @ USU Data Analytics & Information Systems | Masters Student @ USU Center for Anticipatory Intelligence | Developer, Analyst, Author
Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social Director, Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) - https://www.socace-research.org.uk/ & @soc-ace.bsky.social
| Professor, University of Birmingham | Substack newsletter - https://substack.com/@profheathermarquette
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
Tom Griffin @tcgriffin.bsky.social Author of State-Private Networks and Intelligence Theory (Routledge 2022). Writing on intelligence history on substack. https://intelligencehistory.substack.com
Simon Willmetts @swillmetts.bsky.social Cultural historian with an interest in secrecy, intelligence agencies, and their impact upon wider culture and society. I work at Leiden University, but my views here are my own.
@bbishop1.bsky.social @bbishop1.bsky.social International Affairs, Intelligence from a Canadian perspective, Former TPS, TNOC, F1 and Rugby junkie... - J Jock ‘Anonymous Low Level Loser’ Bruce @jockbruce.bsky.social Retired futteret trainer. Sometime civil servant. Fossicker in archives.
Erik E. Mueller @erikemueller.com Minnesotan. he/هو. armed groups, the state, North Africa, West Asia.
Social science researcher & PhD candidate @umnpolisci.bsky.social. Comparative Politics & Methods.
Past: RAND and CPOST.
Wolves. Lynx.
www.erikemueller.com
Jonny Dyer @kaiserjonny.bsky.social TV legal chap. First World War MA (Wolverhampton MAfia) and PhD candidate. Studying the performance of 6 BEF divisions on the Western Front 1917-1918. It’ll be mostly that on here, just so you know. Plus some general nonsense. And a bit of the Chels too.
Eddie Repton @eddierepton.bsky.social Derby fan, love goalkeeping, Star Wars & 90's rave, ex British Army Intelligence Corps.
Goalkeeper for Chesterfield, Derby @ youth, Mickleover FC senior.
Go after the baddies, look after the goodies
#F365
#DCFC
#Rave
#Goalkeeper
Giuseppe Anzera @giusanzer.bsky.social International Relations scholar - Armed conflicts, naval geopolitics, conventional weapons transfers, deterrence theory, digital diplomacy & strategic narratives,
Gabriel Glickman @gabrielglickman.bsky.social PhD: Middle East Studies, @KingsCollegeLon. Research/Writing: history of international relations. Book: US-Egypt Diplomacy under Johnson (@IBTauris).
Irish94 @bpo.bsky.social Notre Dame ☘️ USMC ☘️ tech CxO
Oscar 5 Oscar - 0302 - USAWC Grad - IYKYK
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