Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
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/
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Adjunct Professor at Georgetown. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
David B Larter @davidblarter.bsky.social Navy vet. Tweets on Navy, space, watches, scotch, history & other random unserious musings. All opinions mine, not employer's. Formerly Defense News, Navy Times
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social || Pathfinding in a Brave New World || Former Minor Spear Carrier || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul Memoir || Loyal Servant of the Republic || No Official Statements || BoD at @thestrategybridge.sky.social ||
Havoc @havocsix.bsky.social Army Engineer Vet & militant sarcasm enthusiast | Defense, foreign policy, & absurdism | Host Trip Wired: http://linktr.ee/tripwired1 | Historia magistra vitae | Opinions = mine alone |
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
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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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social Author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. Teaches at Fairfield University MFA.
Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social Author of the novel, EX SUPRA. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Supra-Tony-Stark/dp/B0B6L9TD6J/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=f9e567ed-9cbb-4a51-9ebe-37646193cff5
Sequel: Duality, coming soon.
Substack: Breaking Beijing.
Podcast: WarTalk (ChinaTalk)
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Fubar 🇨🇦 @captainfubar.bsky.social Mil-Poster, Black 'n Arab, Unapologetic NATO Shill, Progressive. Proud Canadian; Patch Guy 🇦🇬🇱🇧
Doha @doha104p3.bsky.social Mil-Av, Maritime, Missile, Space, Defense, and some politics related posts | F-35 appreciator | Agile Combat Employment Supremacist | (Not very active here)
Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social Personal Perspectives • Beholding the Pacific • Krulak Center • YCAPS • Allies & Partners • Amphibious Defense • Aloha
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
John Arterbury @johnarterbury.bsky.social Hotline Damascus 
Matt Eminem @legalleadtheway.bsky.social | Law of War | LOAC | Int’l Humanitarian Law |
The steel of freedom does not stain.
Personal opinions, no employer endorsement, nothing here is legal advice.
RLTW!
Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social 
Vodka 🧊 @vodkanon.bsky.social Disavowed Task Force 141 Operator | Disinformation Enthusiast | Anonymous Defence Source | Part-time Marlboro Lobbyist
Ian TB @iantb.bsky.social Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Jeff Meiser @jwmeiser.bsky.social Former war college professor NDU now UPortland. Posts on politics, IR, strategy, hip hop. Book: Power and Restraint. My views rep only me.
Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
Kiran Pfitzner
Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social OIF/OEF vet and Duffel Blog writer. DarkLaughterTDB (at) gmail (dot) com #satire #natsec
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social Military officer | PhD | Institute head of R&D at the Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Doctrine, planning, and command.
Whatismoo @whatismoo.bsky.social Transatlantic Doctoral Student covering the Cold War to the present.
Logo adapted from that of the Soviet Army Studies Office
Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social Atlantic Council Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Marine Corps Strategist Fellow at Notre Dame | CIMSEC Managing Editor | Personal Account
Confused CPT @josh97.bsky.social Combined Arms, History, Star Wars, and INDOPACOM
Travis Reese (Against war with NATO) @ctreese2.bsky.social Small town kid. Joined the military. Stuck w/ it for 21 yrs. Stayed in defense. Planner & strategist. Inventor of the coffee egg cream & mocha coffee egg cream
Craig Whiteside @craigwhiteside.bsky.social teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo https://theisisreader.substack.com/
John Helin @jjhelin.bsky.social Journalist, Fact checker @ http://HS.fi
Ukraine War Analysis with Black Bird Group
Political History at the University of Helsinki
📞 +358413106215
✉️ John@blackbirdgroup.fi
Jake Hanrahan @hanrahan.tv Journalist and filmmaker. Anti-censorship.
Popular Front / Away Days / Gargoyle
www.jakehanrahan.com
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social I like big navies and I cannot lie. Navy Reservist | CIMSEC | Asian Security | ex-Citi, AEI, USSC, Twitter, Pacific Forum, US Pacific Fleet | Proud Idahoan | Opinions mine, but you're welcome to adopt them
jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social Writer for Defense Archive, volunteer with GeoConfirmed and contributor to Militaryland.net.
Useful links https://linktr.ee/jeff2146
Hugo Kaaman @hugokaaman.bsky.social Researcher & analyst. Focus on SVBIED design & tactics by non-state actors. Articles @MiddleEastInst @JanesINTEL @EuroEyeRad. IR grad, MENA studies
Mike Nelson @mikenelson586.bsky.social Citizen. Legionnaire.
2 x Time person of the year (2003/2006)
2 x Iranian designated terrorist (2019/2020).
ASR Recipient.
Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Casus Belli | 🔱⚒️🌅 @doctoradmiral.bsky.social Ukrainian from Donetsk.
Educational content on the early history of the Russian invasion
Twitter (Main): https://x.com/doctoradmiral
Substack: https://donbasposting.substack.com/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@CasusBelli2014
PayPal: lapa8578@gmail.com
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
Website: www.jasonlyall.com
Rush Doshi @rushdoshi.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Georgetown • Director of the CFR China Strategy Initiative • Biden NSC China 2021-2024 • Author of The Long Game
Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social Producer, CBS News Confirmed. Philadelphian/Londoner by way of Northern Ireland. I like to poke at things that don’t make sense. Big fan of big boats.
Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
Military Thriller, The Most Dangerous Man: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/9798892424509/
John Culver @johnculver689.bsky.social Fmr National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, retired CIA analyst. Views solely my own. Likes/reposts are not an endorsement.
Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Political liberal, hoop reactionary.
Posting goodreads reviews regularly.
Elena Wicker @elenawicker.bsky.social Military jargon, terminology, dictionaries, and documents. Georgetown PhD. Buzzword enthusiast.
Dr. Alexander S. Burns @kabinettskriege.bsky.social Historian of the eighteenth-century Atlantic World, American Continental Army, and Military Europe. PhD WVU.
Caleb Weiss @calebweiss.bsky.social Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
John F Sullivan @johnfsullivan.bsky.social Former U.S. Army China Foreign Area Officer currently studying ancient Chinese military & strategic texts and arguing for the need to study and debate them more broadly within our own military PME and academic institutions.
McFlyTG @mcflytg.bsky.social Analyst, weapons officer, and professor, but mostly just a proud girl and dog dad. Not an official account.
Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social Georgetown University Security Studies Program. Taiwan's defense and military history, U.S.-Taiwan relations. Detroit Tigers watcher.
中文/上海话/ENG/FR
Will Yale @wayale.bsky.social Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in DC. Six years in Japan, two years in China. Episcopalian. Johns Hopkins SAIS/HNC alum. 中文/日本語 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇹🇼
Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social National Security Coordinating Producer at CBS News | Marine infantryman + Afghanistan veteran | Fan of Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social J6D5H3TJ
@kriegsforscher.bsky.social @kriegsforscher.bsky.social Private entrepreneur before the full-scale invasion. Ukrainian Marine Corps. UAV company. PP for support: osint4ua@gmail.com
Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social Damascus-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria)
Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria:
https://akmckeever.substack.com
Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Former soldier learning how to be a civvie. Accidental journalist. Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy.
Thoughts & feelings on defence and other things. Views my own.
Longer thoughts & feelings on substack:
https://crackingdefence.substack.com/
Iron Capt. @ironcapt.bsky.social Pro-wife, Anti-Nazi.
Pete Monks @petemonks.bsky.social Boring Australian suburban dad. Recipient of participation awards for Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan and a few other things and places.
Mark 8:36
Frederik Van Lokeren @kaptainloma.bsky.social Former officer in the Belgian Navy, freelance writer for Marineschepen.nl and Naval News.
AirNav Radar - Flight Tracker @airnavradar.com Real-time flight tracking across the globe. +2 million users. 190+ countries.Track live flights with our app today: https://airnavradar.go.link/5thB3
@airspaceiowa.bsky.social @airspaceiowa.bsky.social 
@viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social Marine - Cobras, Huey's, Howitzers and 4th grade teacher.
Occasional aircraft tracker and aviation safety nerd
🇺🇦 🇬🇪
The Air Current @theaircurrent.com The Air Current is a subscription-based aviation news service that combines the highest standards of journalism with the level of technical detail and rigor expected by a sophisticated industry audience. Standby for news…
AirToAirChicken @airtoairchicken.bsky.social Fast movers, heavy lifters, CVN and recon. 
AirSafety #OTD by Francisco Cunha @ondisasters.bsky.social Author of Book "IDN 1851 - The Santa Maria Air Disaster"; Posts #OTD On This Day Aviation Safety Occurrences (Crashes/Incidents) and other aero miscellanea
AmirIGM @amirigm.bsky.social Analysis/Commentary on Iranian Geopolitical and Military affairs. Founder of Iran GeoMil blog ✍️ Telegram http://t.me/IranGeoMil
Blog: irangeomil.blogspot.com
RT/Follow ≠ Endorsement
Project Owl @projectowlosint.bsky.social Project Owl: The OSINT community hub. Foreign policy, geopolitical events, military, and government focused. Repost/Like/Follow ≠ Endorsement.
https://discord.com/invite/projectowl
Umbra @umbra.space 24/7, day or night, All-weather satellite imagery utilizing SAR, Synthetic Aperture Radar technology.
SAR Data + Satellite Systems
https://umbra.space
ALL IMAGERY ON THIS CHANNEL IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE VIA THE UMBRA OPEN DATA PROGRAM.
Clark Kent @the-clark-kent.bsky.social 🌐Logistics Data Analytics
👁️OSINT
✈️Plane Spotting & Tracking
“You’re pretty sharp.” - Sam Donaldson
x.com/chrisschmitz @chrisschmitz.bsky.social https://x.com/chrisschmitz
SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social We started with one sticker and have now contributed over $2M to Ukraine's war effort since February 2022. DISCOVER OUR NEW COLLECTION 👇
https://linktr.ee/saintjavelinshop
Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social Screw it, let's do it.
Proof it's the real me: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbranson_richard-branson-richardbransonbskysocial-activity-7267516793689124864--I14
Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
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
Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social Russian Military Analyst. 46 years Russian airplane chaser. Cold War mentality. Можно по Русский. 8000+ hours RC-135.