Rose Mackenzie @rosemackenzie.bsky.social Publishing FOI Weekly (all the
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social Australia’s 🇦🇺 Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Member for McMahon.
Tony Burke MP @tonyburkemp.bsky.social Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for the Arts, Leader of the House, Member for Watson.
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Mercedes Page @mercedespage.bsky.social Geopolitics, tech, cyber, China and the Indo-Pacific | ex 🇦🇺 government, think tanker |
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Jake @jacobberah.bsky.social Nearly-Doctor of International Relations and Political Science. Former 🇦🇺 diplomat: Afghanistan, US, Indo-Pac Strategic Policy.
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Andrew Zammit @andrewzammit.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
David M. Andrews @davidmandrews.bsky.social ✍️🎙🎧 on defence, international security, foreign policy, alliances, and the politics of national security | fmr. ANU NSC, Australian Department of Defence | Ps 46 | 🇦🇺 in 🇮🇩
Matt McDonald @mattuq.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, mostly researching climate & security. https://polsis.uq.edu.au/profile/1174/matt-mcdonald
Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.
Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
Nathan Attrill @nathanattrill.bsky.social Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute | Editor of ASPI’s ‘State of the Strait’ - https://stateofthestrait.substack.com
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Shahar Hameiri @shaharhameiri.bsky.social Professor @POLSIS University of Queensland. Political economist. Asia & Pacific security & development; the 'Second Cold War'; good hummus; bad puns. Unusual disclaimers apply. https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13942
Malcolm Davis @drmalcolmdavis.bsky.social Australian Defence and Space Policy Analyst based in Canberra with ASPI. Interested in space policy, defence and national security issues, strategic policy issues, international relations, and personal interests include astronomy and electronic music.
Nigel Cory @nigelcory.bsky.social 🇦🇺🦘Director, Digital, Tech, & Trade Policy, Crowell Global Advisors. Non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. Fmr ITIF and DFAT. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelcory
Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social Director, International and Security Affairs at @australiainstitute.org.au. All things Australian foreign policy and US history & politics.
Malcolm Jorgensen @malcyjorgy.bsky.social Snr. Research Fellow Politics of International Law @mpil.de | PhD/Author “American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law” (Cambridge UP, 2020) | 🇳🇿🇦🇺/Berliner | https://www.mpil.de/en/pub/institute/personnel/academic-staff/mjorgens.cfm
Darren Lim @limdarrenj.bsky.social ANU academic, host of Australia in the World podcast, main focus geoeconomics / economic security
Luke Glanville @lukeglanville.bsky.social Prof of IR at ANU | International ethics & history of international thought | refugees, borders, colonialism, slavery, atrocities, war | https://researchprofiles.anu.edu.au/en/persons/luke-glanville
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Joanne Wallis @joannewallis.bsky.social Professor of International Security at the University of Adelaide and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution interested in security and Australia's strategy in the Pacific Islands. Editor of @austjia.bsky.social. Opinions are my own
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
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Maria Rost Rublee @mariarostrublee.bsky.social International security, nuclear politics, Indo-Pacific security, diversity & inclusion | Professor, University of Melbourne | President, Women in International Security-Australia
Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Sewing my own wardrobe one garment at a time. Podcaster (Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks). He/him.
James Oaten @jamesoaten.bsky.social North Asia correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, based in Tokyo, covering Japan 🇯🇵+ Koreas 🇰🇷🇰🇵. Previously India 🇮🇳 for Sth Asia. Opinions = my own, not ABC, retweets ≠ endorsements.
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Liam Gammon @liamgammon.bsky.social Research Fellow, Australian National University. Mainly Indonesian politics. Editor at @newmandala.bsky.social
Dominic Meagher @dom-ma.bsky.social Research fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University |
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Phil Orchard @philorchard.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, Discipline Leader, Politics & Intl Studies @UOW; Co-Director @FutureofRights. International relations, forced and climate displacement & the R2P. Twitter: @p_orchard.
Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social Associate Prof in IR at The University of Melbourne
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Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social Writer | Columnist for The Diplomat | Formerly: AP4D, Australian Foreign Affairs, UniMelb.
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Josie Hornung @jhornung.bsky.social PhD candidate in IR at UQ. Researching atrocity prevention, ethics & history.
Teesta Prakash @teepra.bsky.social Research Fellow, Australia India Institute
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Dr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social Space security - international space law - space governance - IHL - women, peace and security in space. Spacecitizens.substack.com is where you'll find my writings. Founder and CEO of the Australian Centre for Space Governance. Consultant. Mother.
Jack Hayes @jackhayes.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Coral Bell School, ANU. Queerness, democracy, institutions…let’s call the whole thing off
Tim Legrand @timlegrand.bsky.social Professor at Uni of Adelaide: International Security & Public Policy. Researching Authoritarianism and Blacklisting. Follows and posts 🇬🇧 and 🇦🇺 politics. ARC Future Fellow (2025-29).
Danielle Chubb @dchubb.bsky.social Assoc Prof @ Deakin Uni, International Relations 🌏
👩🏽💻: North Korea, Activism, Public Opinion & Aus foreign/defence pol
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Isabelle Bond @isabellebond.bsky.social DPhil candidate | University of Oxford
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Alexandre Dayant @alexandredayant.bsky.social Development Eco | Asia & Pacific | Behavioural Insights | Deputy Director @lowyinstitute.bsky.social | Author https://pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org/ and https://seamap.lowyinstitute.org/
Bryce Wakefield @brycewakefield.bsky.social CEO of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Blue Security @bluesecprogram.bsky.social Building practical collaboration in the Indo-Pacific on issues of maritime security. A Consortium led by La Trobe Asia, UWA Defence and Security Institute, UNSW Canberra, United States Studies Centre, Griffith Asia and AP4D.
Monika Barthwal-Datta @monikabd.bsky.social Security/IR scholar at UNSW Sydney| Critical Security Studies, South Asia, Decolonial Feminist Approaches, Critical Pedagogies.
Daniel Flitton @danielflitton.bsky.social Managing ed The Interpreter, by Lowy Institute. Like Tigers.
Renee Jeffery @reneejeffery.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Griffith University. Human rights and transitional justice in Asia, emotions and international relations, dogs, art, and wombats.
Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Australian History @University of Sydney
Chinese Australians | immigration & economic history
Liang Qichao's 梁启超 visit to Australia 1900-1901
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Fitriani @fitbintim.bsky.social Head - Hybrid Threats Programme with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Raji Rajagopalan @raji143.bsky.social I am a Resident Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in Canberra. My areas of interest include: Asian Geopolitics, Indo-Pacific, Outer Space, Space Security, Nuclear Security, Cyber Security
Liam Prince @aciciscd.bsky.social Director of the Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies
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Edward Aspinall @edwardaspinall.bsky.social Researches Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian, politics at the Australian National University.
Ross Tapsell @rosstapsell.bsky.social Researcher in Southeast Asian studies at the Australian National University. Writes about media, disinformation, tech policy etc
Jeremy Dicker @dicker-jj.bsky.social Former 🇦🇺 diplomat in 🇺🇸 🇵🇪 and 🇲🇽.
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Nick Bisley @nickbisley.bsky.social Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University.
John Fowler @johnsnonsense.bsky.social Co-founder of International Intrigue (@intriguemedia.bsky.social) Former diplomat and recovering lawyer. Trying to understand what's about to happen in global politics and various sports.
Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social Academic, Asia-China-Australia- K Katja Cooper @katjacooper.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Griffith University Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law (IEGL)
Lesley Seebeck @lesleyseebeck.bsky.social Australian. Strategy, complexity, emerging tech. Can be found at Geomastery Advisory and Statekraft. Writes at Dead Reckoning.
Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123.bsky.social Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. Australian in DC. Views are my own.
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
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DVB @vanboom.bsky.social Tech Correspondent.
Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social He/him | CEO, Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland | Mental Health Law, Regulation & Human Rights Advocate | Bylines in the Guardian & the Age | Research: https://shorturl.at/DpKkE