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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Study very bad things that happen to people who don't deserve it, write books, overuse sarcasm. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna.
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Westside Backyard @westside-backyard.bsky.social just a millennial, standing in front of a city, asking for an affordable home
@vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social Maritime / Shipping / Politics / Defense
Focus on Baltic Sea, North Sea and Arctic
Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org The Royal Institute of International Affairs - Chatham House. Independent thinking since 1920.
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ECFR @ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations: the only pan-European think-tank. We foster coalitions for change and promote debate on Europe's global role.
ECFR European Power @ecfrpower.bsky.social @ecfr.bsky.social European Power. For everything on #European foreign policy strategy, instruments and cohesion.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff. Running for U.S. Senate
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social 🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
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.
Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/jayinkyiv
Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social Journalist. Contributing editor @TaskandPurpose.com . Bylines at New Republic, The Prospect, Motherboard, Wired, elsewhere. Was once insulted by Martin Shkreli. Signal: nslayton.12
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI, member of the National Academies Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and former member of the State Department's International Security Advisory Board.
Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security.
Send me a tip: Text JennaMcLaughlin.54 on Signal from personal (nonwork) devices.
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social Reporting on human interest stories to illustrate the news. Fmr US Army medic, longtime war correspondent.
Ukraine: https://www.counteroffensive.news/
Iran: https://www.iranwar.news
Nada Bakos @nadabakos.bsky.social Former CIA analyst and social media alum. Now I mainly focus on being outdoors.
Aurora Intel @auroraintel.bsky.social @auroraintel from Twitter. 
Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social Figuring out post-Army life in the PNW. Lots of Mom-Posting. She/Her.
Lucy Calkins' #2 hater
Play it fucking loud.
EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
Co-host of Sirens: A Bombshell Production https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sirens-a-bombshell-production/id1195698408
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/
Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
The Intel Crab @intelcrab.bsky.social Open source investigator. An actual human. Not a real crab, believe it or not. 
Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
Russell “RPG” Ziskey @rpg-volley.bsky.social We’re in the shit now, somebody’s gotta shovel it.
Paul McLeary @paulmcleary.bsky.social National security reporter for Politico, Buffalo sports fan despite all of it.
Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social AKA Dubanka. Military, IR, FP, dumb jokes, superheroes, spirited flirt, bigot smasher, retired soldier, field grade hater, DYLF. “Dangerous devil.” “Oozes sensuality.” He/him.
Jared Keller @laserwars.net Former journalist now working in strategic comms and writing about military laser weapons. Your school has no gymnastics team this is a last resort.
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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social Author of Early Warning with Juliette Kayyem on Substack. Harvard Professor. Author. CNN Senior National Security Analyst. The Atlantic Contributing Writer.
Mark Mazzetti @markmazzetti.bsky.social Washington Correspondent, The New York Times. Author, "The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth," and currently writing a book about the Middle East. Adjunct professor, Duke University.
The War Monitor @warmonitor.net Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013).
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social Stars and Stripes provides independent news and information to the U.S. military community from reporters and bureaus located around the world.
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Jen Judson @jenjudson.bsky.social Defense reporter at Bloomberg News, 115th National Press Club president, Military Reporters & Editors VP, boy mom, Colorado native
Think Defence @thinkdefence.bsky.social UK defence and security blog at www.thinkdefence.co.uk
Brian Everstine @beverstine.bsky.social Pentagon editor at Aviation Week. 
Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social National Security reporter ABC News | Afghan vet | Prev: Politico, Stars and Stripes, Fox 19 Cincinnati | Steve.Beynon@military.com | Adopt not shop | DM for Signal https://www.military.com/author/steve-beynon
Konstantin Toropin @ktoropin.bsky.social Pentagon Reporter at @apnews.com | Military.com, CNN, and US Navy alum | Opinions are mine. RT, ♥️ ≠ endorsement.
Leo Shane III @leoshane.bsky.social As seen on Twitter -- Deputy editor for Military Times, former vets reporter for Stars & Stripes. Philly sports fan trapped in DC. Don't judge me by past or future haircuts. https://www.militarytimes.com/author/leo-shane-iii/
William “Balloon Guy” Kim @thekimulation.bsky.social NatSec, memes, and NatSec memes. High-altitude balloon enthusiast and Air Power Metamorphosis enjoyer. Views/memes are my own
Zachary Fryer-Biggs @zachfb.bsky.social Supervising Editor, National Security @CNN.com
Travis J. Tritten @travistritten.bsky.social Former Deputy Managing Editor, Military.com. DC by way of Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and Japan.
2023 Ford Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense
Haley Britzky @halbritz.bsky.social Pentagon for @CNN. Was: Army for @TaskandPurpose. Texan. Christian. E-4 Mafia stan. haley.britzky@cnn.com or haleybritzky@protonmail.com
John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: john.ismay@nytimes.com
Hope Seck @hopeseck.bsky.social Freelance journalist, full-time mom of 3, BQ marathoner. Formers: Managing editor @Militarydotcom, VP @MilReporters, @IrregWarfare Ed. Director.
Sam LaGrone @samlagrone.bsky.social Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social Once a Soldier; NATO & Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis and Leo stan account. Delete and block liberally.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Military Times & Defense News. Once a Marine. Would rather be outside.
PowerPoint Ranger @powerpointranger.bsky.social Naval officer, forever staffer nerding out on geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific with a focus on the Korean Peninsula.
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Cyclist. Hiker. Cat dad. Detroit sports fan.
Thoughts my own, don’t represent DoD, etc.
Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina.
Ghostwriter: Christine Brown’s Sister Wife
Co: The Unit; Queen of Cuba; Fight Like a Girl
Author: They Fought for Each Other
Formerly of The War Horse, USA Today, Military Times
www.kellykennedy.net
Joe Gould @reporterjoe.bsky.social POLITICO Morning Defense anchor. Tips: jgould@politico.com. Ex Defense_News, ArmyTimes, NY Daily News & Hammond Daily Star. BK native.
Ward Carroll @wardcarroll.bsky.social YouTuber
Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social Journalist @Business Insider + 🇺🇸 veteran / 2026-7 Knight fellow @MIT / Priors: Military Times, 'Balance of Power' videos, Iraq, USS Nimitz / "What do we kill? Rockets"
Contact me securely:
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(Email) sfellman [at] proton.me
Defense One @defenseone.bsky.social News, events, and ideas for the future of global security threats, policy, business, science, and technology. A division of GovExec. Visit defenseone.com
National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu - instagram.com/natsecarchive - tiktok.com/@natsecarchive
Out In National Security @outinnationalsecurity.org A non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to empowering queer national security professionals.
Apply TODAY for our Leadership Development Fellowship for young professionals: https://shorturl.at/F12TP Deadline: May 29
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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social New York Times reporter
Email me at greg.jaffe@nytimes.com
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social Journalist. Beat reporter covering the court, prison and other aspects of life at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. Former Miami Herald Middle East correspondent. About how to reach me here: https://www.nytimes.com/by/carol-rosenberg.
Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Signal: KimZ.42
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Support my team of volunteer translators: http://patreon.com/TwitterAG
Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social New York Times intelligence reporter. 
Greg Miller @gregpmiller.bsky.social International Investigations for The Washington Post. Based in London. Author of The Apprentice, Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy. greg.miller@washpost.com; signal/whatsapp: +1 202-494-1545.
Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social ‘Punk' Journalist, Executive Editor
at The War Zone (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone), and defense and security analyst.
Kate Brannen @k8brannen.bsky.social Non-Resident Journalism Fellow at NYU’s Reiss Center on Law and Security. Formerly: Foreign Affairs, Just Security, Foreign Policy, and Politico.
Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social Christian, husband, father, American, attorney, in that order. Opinionated about coffee. Hybrid athlete (mediocre lifter; bad runner). Guy who parks his truck within the lines.
Views are mine, not my employer’s
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social Host @indyamericans.bsky.social Founder @indyvetsofamerica.bsky.social, Righteous, @amvets4ukraine.bsky.social, IAVA, Operation Liberty. Speaking truth to power. https://linktr.ee/paulrieckhoff
soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social Remember this: Try
Jonathan Lord @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social Formerly: CNAS, HASC, DoD. Views mine.
Jason Dempsey @jkdemp.bsky.social Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee.
Caitlin Kenney @caitlinmkenney.bsky.social Multimedia creative | Fmr mil/natsec reporter | Having fun filming in the Arctic 🐻❄️ | Member National Press Club | #FreeAustinTice
Russell Worth Parker @russellworthparker.bsky.social Writer. Editor in Chief of The Tom Beckbe Field Journal and Lethal Minds Journal. Retired Marine. Strong opinions on Labradors, breakfast, music, and bbq. Pretty flexible otherwise.
@allberetsmatter.bsky.social @allberetsmatter.bsky.social 
Ben Friedman @benjaminfriedman.bsky.social Policy Director at Defense Priorities. Columbia Heights resident. Supporter of restraint in US foreign policy and the Boston Celtics.
Drew F. Lawrence @dflawrence.bsky.social Reporter for DefenseScoop. Reach me at drew.lawrence@defensescoop.com or on Signal at dflawrence.51.
Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social Just a poor wayfaring stranger, traveling through this world of woe.
https://www.macwilliambishop.com/
@jameswhuclark.bsky.social @jameswhuclark.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of @taskandpurpose.com. Past work at Military Times, Army Times, and elsewhere. USMC before that.
www.taskandpurpose.com
James@taskandpurpose.com
Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social "a Washington lawyer whose practice representing people about security clearances is part of an entire legal subspecialty made possible by the current system." - Politico
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
Military.com @militarydotcom.bsky.social Military.com ’s official presence on Bluesky. Follow for military news and exclusive content.
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
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.
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
https://www.csis.org