SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen @sirius-journal.bsky.social Analysen aus Wissenschaft & Praxis zu strategischen Herausforderungen & pol. Handlungsoptionen | Hrsg. Robin Allers, Stephan Frühling, Sarah Kirchberger, Christoph Meyer & Sönke Neitzel | 🔓OA degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/sirius/html
Christoph Heuser @christophheuser.bsky.social
Dr. Gudrun Wacker @gudrun-wacker.bsky.social Research Division Asia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
trying to make sense of China and the Indo-Pacific or life, the universe and everything
Darcie Draudt-Véjares @darciedraudt.bsky.social Korea Studies Fellow in the Asia Program @carnegieendowment.org Researches Korean Peninsula politics, economy, and security. https://www.darciedraudt.com
Bettina Rudloff @bettinarudloff.bsky.social Agric economist, trade, agriculture, development, policy and communication, SWP, views personal.
SWP International Security @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social Forschungsgruppe Sicherheitspolitik | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik @swp-berlin.org
International Security Division | German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Giulio Pugliese @pugliesasia.bsky.social Enlisted. Well, not really.
Director of the EU-Asia Project, European University Institute. Associate Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali.
The Daily NK @thedailynk.bsky.social Underreported stories. Unique perspectives. From Sinuiju to Kaesong.
Clara Hörning @clarahoerning.bsky.social Research assistant at @swp-asia.bsky.social
SWP Asia @swp-asia.bsky.social Forschungsgruppe Asien, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik @swp-berlin.org – Asia Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
https://www.swp-berlin.org/die-swp/ueber-uns/organisation/forschungsgruppen/asien
Dorothée Falkenberg @dorotheefalkenberg.bsky.social European Foreign Policy I German Institute for International and Security Affairs (@swp-berlin.org) I Programme Manager Brussels Office
Alexandra Sakaki @sakakialexandra.bsky.social Deputy Head, Asia Division (@swp-asia), German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Japan politics and securiy, Indo-Pacific politics @swp-berlin.org 金髪の榊
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Matthew Kendrick @matthewkendrick.bsky.social Co-Host and Producer, This Week on ICE Podcast | Formerly Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, GZERO, Aspen Public Radio | Fulbright Korea 2014-2015 | 🇺🇸/🇦🇹 via 🇨🇱🇨🇳🇰🇷
Angela Stanzel @angelastz.bsky.social Senior Associate @Stiftung Wissenschaft & Politik (SWP), Asia Division. Views are mine.
Paul Kohlenberg @pkohlenberg.bsky.social All views here in personal capacity.
Now: Asia/China @Heinrich-Böll-Foundation 🇩🇪 Berlin.
Previously: Director @hbs/hbf China Office 🇨🇳; Researcher German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Alum: FU Berlin, Warwick, IUP/Berkeley, Oxford.
Belén A. Lisoni @belenlisoni.bsky.social East Asian Archaeology and Global Studies.
From the land of Violeta Parra. Currently in South Korea.
Art exhibitions, films, pilates and tea.
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org SWP is a Berlin-based research institute advising political decision-makers on foreign and security policy. http://bit.ly/SWP_PrivPol / Netiquette: http://bit.ly/SWP_Net_en
Felix Leitmeyer @leitmeyer.com Cross-Media Journalist | Business, Politics & Culture | Mainly rbb | bylines ZDF, t-online, SPIEGEL Video, ZEIT, Monopol & more | Trained at Electronic Media School/rbb, JONA & UdK
Maya Dähne @mayadaehne.bsky.social journalist - author - podcaster - @swp-berlin.org „We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
Shata Shetty @shatashetty.bsky.social Director of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (@apln.network)
Previously Deputy Director of the European Leadership Network.
Interested in nuclear policy, arms control, great power politics, Asian security, and emerging tech.
Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social Politics and Foreign & Security Affairs Team Lead at the Korea Herald • Previous: VOA KR, NK News, Reuters TV • Opinions are my own
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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social IR Scholar. Universität der Bundeswehr München. Private account
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.
Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world’s leading forum for debate on international security.
#MSC2027: February 12-14, 2027
Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Dankook University. Research interests: Korean modern history, US-Korea relations, democracy and human rights
Rob Rapson @robrapson.bsky.social Retired U.S. diplomat, Korea/Asia specialist
Haeyoon Kim 김혜윤 @haeyoonkim.bsky.social Korea Tech & Trade Watch: https://koreattw.substack.com/
Jake Kwon @jakekwon.bsky.social Almost award-winning journalist at BBC / Seoul Producer/ jake.kwon@bbc.co.uk/ Views not mine and all legally-binding.
Annika Bolten @abolten.bsky.social 🇩🇪 diplomat, currently Berlin-based. Policy planner. Trained as political economist. Nordic by nature - but raised in Lombardy. Anglophile. Views are my own.
Alexander Lipke @alexlipke.bsky.social Programme Coordinator at ECFR's Asia Programme📍Berlin
EU-East Asia Relations with a focus on the Korean Peninsula
John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social #SeoulNationalUniversity, #SNU, Korean History, Seoul (1995-1996, 2004-2006, 2007-2008, 2018-present), w / SNU STS, editor @ #SJKS, #ReconstructingBodies #ModernKorea, #BioMedicine, #HSci #HMed #EASTM, #SKdevelopmentalism #SoutheastAsia, #Thailand #VNam
Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Analyst, Producer Creator+ Host @thestateofthings.bsky.social National security, extremism, global affairs, mis/dis-information | OSINT | DM for Signal |
christysomos.com
Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social Associate Professor at UT-Austin. I study authoritarian politics, security, & East Asia, especially China and Korea.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
Korea Pro @koreapro.bsky.social Daily analysis on South Korea's foreign policy, politics and the economy. Produced by the team behind @nknewsorg.
Raphael Rashid @koryodynasty.bsky.social Seoul-based freelance journalist.
라파엘 라시드 | 프리랜서 기자 | '우리가 보지 못한 대한민국' 저자 | 서울 거주. raphael@rashid.kr
Dave Kang @daveckang.bsky.social Going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm!
(Also: USSF "National B" license, when "A" was as high as it went.)
https://www.daveckang.net/
Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social 👊🇪🇺🇩🇪🇫🇮🔥
Director, Institute for Security Policy @ Kiel University (@ispk.bsky.social) | ⚓ Vice President, German Maritime Institute | 🇺🇸 Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council | ex-naval analyst, TKMS | ex-Sinology professor, Uni Hamburg.
Jonas @cakeandconflict.bsky.social Thinking about the big and small of crises and the organizations responding to them. Here, I read and post mostly about international politics in Northeast Asia.
IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
| Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
@tongfi-kim.bsky.social @tongfi-kim.bsky.social https://www.brussels-school.be/team/kim-tongfi
John Lee @koreanforeigner.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, editor of @koreapro.bsky.social
Opinions here: solely mine
john.lee@nknews.org
Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social Followed U.S.-DPRK relations for 36+ yrs. Met Kim Il Sung in 1994; my NGO met Kim Jong Il in 2005 on U.S.-DPRK ties. Assoc. Ed. Emer., Int'l J. on World Peace. Ph.D., IR, UVa; M.A., Nat. Sec. Studies, Georgetown U. 🇰🇷🇰🇵🇺🇸 📫 m.barry@hji.edu 🌐 mark-p-barry.com
Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social EGMONT – Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations provides a platform for interdisciplinary research & debate on European & international affairs.
https://www.egmontinstitute.be/
EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social The EUISS is the EU’s foreign & security policy think tank. We provide critical analysis and insights to inform the EU’s strategic choices.
🌐 iss.europa.eu
SIPRI.bsky.social @sipri.org SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.
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Sangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social Political Scientist. Ph. D.
Korea Institute for National Unification
KINU Unification Survey.
Natalia Slavney @nslavney.bsky.social Research Associate with @fsi.stanford.edu’s @aparc.stanford.edu Follows #ROK, #DPRK, 🏳️🌈 & human rights.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-slavney/
@sydseiler.bsky.social @sydseiler.bsky.social
Pia Fuhrhop @pfuhrhop.bsky.social Head International Security @SWP, ex @IFSHHamburg & Bundestag staffer, @KoerberIP myl_2019, all things defence policy| usual caveats, Foto Credit @european Commission
SWP Europe @swp-europe.bsky.social 🇪🇺 Forschungsgruppe EU/Europa, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Research Division EU/Europe @swp-berlin.org
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DGAP @dgap.org Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. | German Council on Foreign Relations
Advancing Foreign Policy. Since 1955.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
Auswärtiges Amt @diplo.de Aktuelle Nachrichten aus dem Auswärtigen Amt
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Nadine Godehardt @godehardt.bsky.social China | Connectivity | Political Thinking | Critical Geopolitics | German Institute for International and Security Politics (SWP Brussels) | Love running | Usual disclaimers
Christian Wirth @chriswirth.bsky.social Political Scientist Asia and the Pacific. German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Berlin. Critical Geopolitics, East Asian Maritime Politics, People's Liberation Army, Australia.
Tobias Scholz @tobischolz.bsky.social South Asia researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin | @swp-asia.bsky.social & @swp-berlin.org
🔗 https://www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-in/tobias-scholz
Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, here in personal capacity, views strictly my own.
Liviu Horovitz @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social Researcher @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social & leading #STAND | once @csds.bsky.social, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social, the CSS @ethz.ch or @belfercenter.bsky.social | nukes | transatlantic stuff | qual & archives buff
Minseon Ku @minseonku.bsky.social International relations-diplomacy-international security.
🐿️ watcher striving to be a whisperer
John Delury @johndelury.bsky.social Living in Seoul... writing on empire, China, and America... watching the two Koreas... reminiscing about Rome
Dr. Zsuzsa A. Ferenczy @zsuzsettte.bsky.social Affiliated Scholar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Assistant Professor, NDHU 花蓮 • EU-Taiwan relations, China, Indo-Pacific, geopolitics
Elli Pohlkamp @ellipohlkamp.bsky.social Geopolitical Japan Analyst, Japan-EU, Indo Pacific strategic issues/ Director of Agora Strategy Institute (ASI)/ Visiting Fellow Asia Programme at ECFRAsia / WIIS_de
Céline Pajon @cpajon.bsky.social Head of Japan & Indo-Pacific Research @IFRI
Senior fellow with the Japan Chair @CSDS VUB
Kangkyu Lee @violnalci.bsky.social PhD in International Studies. Research Fellow at KIDA(Korea Institute for Defense Analyses). Student of IR, Chinese PLA, South Korea's NDS, and big fan of webtoons. Opinions are my own.
NK News @nknewsorg.bsky.social Journalists & analysts covering all things North Korea: Breaking news, culture, opinion & research. Also powering NK PRO. On Mastodon at @nknews@federated.press
Ifang Bremer @ifangbremer.bsky.social Journalist and photographer covering human rights, spying, the escapee community and more.
CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at the VUB’s Brussels School of Governance. Proud home to the Japan Chair and KF-VUB Korea Chair.
Rita Durão @ritadurao.bsky.social PhD candidate in International Relations at NOVA University of Lisbon, PT • Researcher IPRI • Area studies, focus on security of East Asia, North Korea, nuclear weapons and identity politics • Also interested in EU foreign and security policy to the region
CSIS Korea Chair @korea.csis.org @csis.org Korea Chair is an independent platform from which to advance major policy issues of common importance to the Korean & American people.
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Colin Crooks @colincrooks.bsky.social British Ambassador to South Korea since February 2022. Previously Ambassador in North Korea. Dungannon Cambridge London Aix-en-Provence Recklinghausen Seoul Washington Pyongyang Jakarta Beijing
Josh Smith @joshjonsmith.bsky.social Reuters Senior Correspondent covering North and South Korea- A Aidan Foster-Carter @aidanfc.bsky.social 56 years as Korea-watcher & sociologist. Hon. fellow Leeds University, also freelance. Heaven in Devon.
Oskar Pietrewicz @opietrewicz.bsky.social Senior Analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
Korean Peninsula, East Asia
Private opinions
Stimson Korea Program @stimsonkorea.bsky.social @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's Korea Program | Promoting greater understanding of relations between the US and the Korean Peninsula. http://Stimson.org.
Martyn Williams @martynw.bsky.social North Korea-focused journalist/researcher at www.38North.org and NorthKoreaTech. Senior Fellow, Stimson Center. On air as KJ6SDF. UK to US via Japan.
Chad O'Carroll @chadocl.bsky.social Founder of NK News/NK Pro and Korea Risk Group. From London, based in Seoul. Drum and bass music aficionado.
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)
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William Gallo @williamgallo.bsky.social Europe/Mideast Bureau Chief for Stars and Stripes, an independent newspaper by and for the US military
www.williamwgallo.com
Colin Zwirko @colinzwirko.bsky.social Analyst at NK News / NK Pro, investigations and analysis about North Korea and satellite imagery, state media, military, Kim family developments etc.
https://www.nknews.org/content_author/colin-zwirko
Jenny Town @jennytown.bsky.social Korea specialist | Senior Fellow, Stimson Center | Co-founder & Director, 38 North | Director, Korea Program | Associate Fellow of SAIS Foreign Policy Institute
www.38North.org
Frank Aum @frankaum.bsky.social Senior Expert on Northeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace; former senior advisor on Korea, Defense Department 2011-2017
38 North @38north.org Informed analysis of events in and around the DPRK. A publication of the Stimson Center. Innovative Ideas Changing the World.
Barbara Wall @nabibabi.bsky.social 오지라퍼😄 homo narrans, 🐒, narrative studies, Korea, China, Japan, 西遊記, wild swimmer&runner, Korean/Asian Studies Copenhagen
Andy Lim @andysaulim.com Deputy Director & Fellow @korea.csis.org
- China's Weaponization of Trade: https://shorturl.at/X3yPG
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Sojin Lim @sojinlim.bsky.social PhD, FRAS, FHEA, Reader/Professor 교수, Routledge Research on Korea series co-editor, Asia Pacific Viewpoint Journal Editor-in-Chief, World Scientific Asia Pacific in Global Development series editor
http://linkedin.com/in/sojin-lim-56385117
Verena Blechinger-Talcott @verenabt.bsky.social
Francesca Frassineti @frafrassineti.bsky.social Non-Resident Fellow at Asaninst & ispionline | Teaching at
Ca'Foscari University of Venice | Research interests in Korean Politics and History, Defense and Security in East Asia | she/her | usual caveats apply
Victor Cha @victordcha.bsky.social Georgetown Professor, author, former USG, CSIS Geopolitics President, long-suffering Giants and hopeful Knicks aficionado.
Mario Esteban @marioesteban.bsky.social Catedrático y Director del @ceao_uam - Investigador Principal (Asia-Pacífico) del @rielcano
Hannes Mosler @hannes-mosler.bsky.social Professor of Korean Politics and Society, Institute of Political Science (IfP), Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen @unidue
https://www.uni-due.de/politik/mosler.php
John Nilsson-Wright @jnilssonwright.bsky.social Fuji Bank Professor of Japanese Politics & the International Relations of East Asia, Cambridge; Head, Japan and Koreas Programme,
@CamGeopolitics , University of Cambridge; Vice-Master, Darwin College, Cambridge