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.
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth
https://www.eurasiagroup.net
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
@balticmonitor.bsky.social @balticmonitor.bsky.social Analyst, Sweden, focused on Nordic-Baltic and wider European and Atlantic security. PhD in History. @försvarsmakten.se OxfordCCW Fellow. Tweets are my own.
Alexander Mattelaer @atjmattelaer.bsky.social Professor @csds.bsky.social and Senior Research Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social . Views my own.
Bo Torbjörn Ek @bt-ek.bsky.social Försvars- och säkerhetsreporter på Dagens Nyheter.
Allmänna Försvarsföreningen @affsweden.bsky.social Allmänna Försvarsföreningen/Swedish Defence Association. Oberoende ideell förening för intresserade av säkerhet och försvar. Ger ut Vårt Försvar.
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.
Finnish Institute of International Affairs @fiia.fi FIIA produces topical research and analysis on international relations, Finnish foreign policy and the EU. 🌍👉 fiia.fi
Andreas H @anhornedal.bsky.social Rocket scientist. Cat lover. Works for the government. 🇸🇪
Angus Lapsley @acwlapsley.bsky.social Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UK to NATO
Luis Simón @luissimonn.bsky.social Prof & Director CSDS - VUB // Director & Senior Analyst Brussels Office Elcano
Erik Brattberg @erikbrattberg.bsky.social Managing Partner Brzezinski Global Strategies & Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil. Focus on Europe, transatlantic relations, and geopolitics. Based in DC.
Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk Military analyst, naval officer, based in Denmark, mostly #Russia and the war in #Ukraine.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@anderspuck
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Johan Engvall @jengvall.bsky.social Research on Central Asia, South Caucasus, Russia
Deputy Research Director at Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Johan Frisell @johanfrisell.bsky.social Security policy and foreign affairs from a Swedish perspective
Rafael Loss @rafaelloss.bsky.social defence, nukes and nato | prev ecfr, cgsr llnl | he/him
latest 👉 https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-bear-with-the-bomb-russian-nuclear-coercion-and-the-future-of-european-deterrence/
Patrik Oksanen @patrikoksanen.bsky.social Defense and Security, associated with Stockholm Free World Forum and Swedish Defense University, columnist, writer and member of Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences.
Ewa Stenberg @ewastenberg.bsky.social Security policy correspondent at Dagens Nyheter in Sweden.
Posts mostly in Swedish
Camille Grand @camillegrand.bsky.social Secretary General @asdeurope.bsky.social Previously Distinguished Policy Fellow @ecfr.eu Former senior official @NATO, Ministère des Armées, Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Étrangères and think tanker at FRS…
Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
Jonas Olsson @jonasolsson.bsky.social Defence Correspondent BreakingDefense.com | Nordic/Baltic security & breaking stories | Former SVT journalist (Sweden’s public broadcaster, 30+ years) 🌍 linktr.ee/jonasolsson
Matti Pesu @pesumatti.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Finland, Northern Europe, NATO
Björn Müller @bjoernm.bsky.social Journalist - focal point #securitypolitics - editor for @loyalmagazin.bsky.social. Occasionally taz, IP, Soldat & Technik and others.
My blog: www.pivotarea.eu
Tobias Pietz @topietz.bsky.social All about #PeaceOperations #CrisisManagement missions & #ClimateSecurity #CSDP #UN. Doing some analysis at @zif.bsky.social. Here only private views. #Hamburg #FCSP St. Pauli
Göran von Sydow @gvonsydow.bsky.social Director, SIEPS. PhD political science. European affairs
Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social Geopol advisory at Nordic West Office (CEO) & Miltton: US FP; transatlantic relations; Nordic defence; Finland; Tech & society.
‘Alumni of’ @fiia.fi, Wesleyan Univ, FDF J5, CCW at Oxford. 1000s of media interviews over years. Capt (res), author, speaker.
Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social Professor and Head, Defence, Investment and Innovation, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano.
More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott
Jared Samuelson @jwsc03.bsky.social RT/Like =/= endorsement; ship =/= boat.
MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
Qadir Malik @qadirmalik.bsky.social All things defence and geopolitics related. Swedish civil servant 🇸🇪
Kristi Raik @kristiraik.bsky.social Director, International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Adjunct Professor, University of Turku. Feeling home in Estonia, Finland and at sea.
Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. Managing Director Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey. Docent (Assoc. Prof.) of and pontificator on international relations. Opinionated. Painter.
Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com Robin Häggblom, Finnish defence and national security analyst, Senior Advisor at Risk Intelligence. My business card preaches the value of Knowing Risk.
Anders Schröder @andersschroder.bsky.social Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Ex MP for the Swedish Green Party. Politics, philosophy, history, etc.
Anna Wieslander @annwieanna.bsky.social PhD.
Director Northern Europe, 🇺🇸 Atlantic Council; Chair Woman Institute for Development and Security Policy; Member, 🇸🇪 Royal Academy of War Sciences.
Justyna Gotkowska @jgotkowska.bsky.social security & defence from regional perspective; works at @OSW_eng / @OSW_pl; private opinions
Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social Head of Policy & Analysis at Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social Civil Servant in Defence 🇩🇪 | he/him | 4mer Journalist & Spoxperson | No official German MoD account | personal views only | RP&FAV ≠ I agree
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Corentin Brustlein @corentinbr.bsky.social Former think tanker and lecturer on strategy and nuclear weapons, turned bureaucrat. Views are my own.
Christian Mölling @cemoll.bsky.social Security - Defence - Food
Gustav C Gressel @gresselgustav.bsky.social Security, Defence, Europe; #MilSky
Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of @ecfrberlin.bsky.social. FirstGen. Author of „Wer verteidigt Europa“ published with Rowohlt in January 2026. DB Ruhebereich Ultra and deltidsvärmlänning.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Constanze Stelzenmüller @constelz.bsky.social Director CUSE, Germany explainer etc. @ Brookings; FT contributing columnist; Wizards Fan (I know). When the going gets tough, the tough go blonde. Pic: Marc Darchinger. Views my own, people.
Elisabeth Braw @elisabethbraw.bsky.social Atlantic Council, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe. Author of the upcoming The Undersea War (John Murray & Basic Books this October). Geopolitics & globalisation/greyzone aggression/total defence/societal resilience. Own views
Björn Fägersten @bfagersten.bsky.social European affairs, political risk, geoeconomics, intelligence. CEO Politea, senior fellow UI Sweden 
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
Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin
www.gppi.net
Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social Swedish Armed Forces @forsvarsmakten.se
Communications Analyst
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Council Member @ecfr.eu 📸 Stas Kartashov
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