Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
https://linktr.ee/gordoncorera
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social International assignment editor, Washington Post // Journalism instructor, Harvard // New Englander. Potential Ukrainian. Literally Irish. Now more Canadian!™
Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social Unsuccessfully retired ex-prez, ex-MEP, ex-foreign minister, ex-ambassador, ex-director of RFE-RL Estonian service, etc, ex cetera.
Except for @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, I take seriously only those who post here under his or her own name.
Frode Weierud @frode-weierud.bsky.social Retired CERN engineer seriously interested in cryptology and its history. Enjoys ham radio, code breaking, programming, reading, walking and good coffee. AKA LA2RL.
Tony Comer @tonycomer.bsky.social Former Departmental Historian at GCHQ.
Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
Cindy Storer @cindystorer.bsky.social Former counterterrorism intelligence analyst now working as an intelligence educator. I have a tendency to end up in documentaries.
Also single childless woman dog lady who people say achieved something meaningful.
Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social CIA analyst, 2003-14. Close Guantanamo. Human Rights. China. My posts reflect only my views.
Rachel Midura @rmidura.bsky.social Digital historian of early modern Europe in Virginia. Posts on historical travel, mail, diplomats, spies 🕵️ Author of Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell, 2025). Now on #17thC conspiracy.
Alan Cunningham @cadetcunningham.bsky.social International Relations Afficionado | Aspiring Novelist | Book & Movie Lover | Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@alanthecommentariat
Fraser McGowan @drmcgowan.bsky.social Historian • Postdoctoral Researcher • Ph.D. on the early history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council • Interests: intelligence, 19-20thC history & culture, film, theatre and football • Glasgow, UK • Here since Aug '24 🌅
Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social Associate Prof/SL in Intelligence Studies @warstudies @kcl.ac.uk www.KCSI.uk
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
Author of 📙 #WatchingTheJackals
👉 https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals
David Strachan-Morris @drdavidsm.bsky.social Lecturer in Intelligence and Security. Links to recent work on Combat Intelligence at https://shorturl.at/pBDjL and warning intelligence at https://shorturl.at/waeL2
Keen rugby fan and supporter of Ulster Rugby and Ireland.
Jeff Rogg @jrogg.bsky.social Historian, academic, fisherman. “Better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.” —Georges Danton
Lewis Sage-Passant @encyclopediageopolitica.com Global Head of Intelligence @ big European corporation, Adjunct Prof in Intelligence at Sciences Po Paris. Author on private intel. Podcasting on dangerous stuff and writing about geopolitics @ EncyclopediaGeopolitica.com
Yusuf Ozkan @yozkan.bsky.social Working at Imperial College London & doing data stuff | PhD researcher at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social War Studies in intelligence history | Member @kcsi.uk | Founder @intelarchive.io | Love🚴♂️
https://linktr.ee/yusufozkan
Melanie Brand @melaniebrand.bsky.social Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Associate Editor, Intelligence & National Security; JPICT. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.- G Gill Bennett @gillhistory.bsky.social Intelligence historian, music-lover
DavidRetherford @historydavid81.bsky.social Historian of US Army in The First World War. Interested in intelligence and learning development. Available for book reviews. Social media manager at the Strategy Bridge. 🇺🇸&🇬🇧
Aaron Bateman @aaronbateman.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of History & Intl Affairs at George Washington U. | Book #1 : "Weapons in Space" | Book #2 "Wiring an Empire" (contracted w/ MIT Press)
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Joshua C Huminski @joshuachuminski.bsky.social SVP of natsec & intel @ CSPC, policy for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI, ret.), book reviewer for the Diplomatic Courier, GMU NSI Senior Fellow & host of ‘Coffee & Conflict’.
JD Work @hostilespectrum.bsky.social Former intel, now academic @NDU_CIC, @TheKrulakCenter, @SIWPSColumbia @ColumbiaSIPA, @CyberStatecraft, @ElliottSchoolGW, @PAISWarwick. Apolitical, views=own
Diana Bolsinger @dianabolsinger.bsky.social Public Policy scholar; Assistant Professor, @UTEP Intelligence & National Security Studies (INSS); @ClementsCenter alum; @SocIntelHist; IC veteran.
Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
Hedvig Ördén @hedvigorden.bsky.social Assistant Professor, International and Regional Politics, Department of Political Science and Public Management.
Critical Security Studies & Intelligence Studies.
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller @sarahloumiller.bsky.social Author, Historian, Presenter, Broadcaster, Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Website: https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
Larry Pfeiffer @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social Personal Account / Hayden Center Director / Led White House Situation Room / Fmr CIA Chief of Staff / Nat'l security & intelligence commentator / Speaker
Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Melbourne. Formerly of other places. Research: war, intelligence, innovation, and normative change in international politics. Cat paparazzo. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈✡️
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social Insights in Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and Top Level Telecommunications. Also tweeting in Dutch and sometimes in German.
Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost...
Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/
Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
Dr Matthew Hefler @matthefler.bsky.social Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
Dr Steven Wagner @stevenbwagner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Security at Brunel University
Women's Intelligence Network @womenknowintel.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the Women's Intelligence Network (WIN). WIN aims to connect, promote and support female scholars and practitioners working within the field of Intelligence Studies. Contact via chat or e: womenintelnetwork@gmail.com
Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social Intelligence History | Published first book on Cold War South Asia, published another on Spying in India, writing a third on Indira Gandhi & Margaret Thatcher
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Dr Thomas Eason @thomaseason.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University. Does Interpretivist Research on Foreign Policy Analysis. Currently working on Political Myth in diplomacy and foreign policy.
thomaseason.co.uk
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
Alexa O’Brien @alexaobrien.bsky.social Analyst & writer focused on intelligence and espionage.
alexaobrien.com/about
Christopher Burgess @burgessct.bsky.social 30+yrs w/CIA🕵️♂️ | ✍️ Burgess Writing: NatSec/Espionage/Insider/Cyber and more | Co-Author Book 📕 Secrets Stolen Fortunes Lost
https://www.burgessct.com/about/bio-christopher/
Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social Researcher focused on Canadian SIGINT activities past and present. Also FVEY and other countries. Citizen Lab Research Fellow. Occasionally compared to a hedgehog. He/him.
Blog: https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/
Dan Stanton @danstanton.bsky.social A writer and recovering spy.
Matthew L. Jones @nescioquid.bsky.social “How Data Happened” with Chris Wiggins available now! Historian of science, AI/ML computing, sigint, and technology, Princeton
Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Former national security analyst, Associate Professor, Senior Fellow Centre for Strategic Statecraft. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War, knows about War Studies and has an amateur understanding of Space. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social waking up everyday in a full sprint. cyber(punk) & counterintelligence. bloody inertia interspersed with bouts of bloody frenzy. i see kanly today in everything.
#FUZZYSNUGGLYDUCK
opinions are my own.
Dr Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social Historian. Spies, signals intelligence, Second World War. Social and Cultural history. History of humour. Insults = 🚫
Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social 👋 I mainly share posts about contemporary intelligence 🕵🏼♀️🕵️♂️, state secrecy 🤫, politics 🌍, and cats 🐈⬛ 🐈.
Paul Chichester CMG MBE @0xchich.bsky.social Director Operations, NCSC, GCHQ. 30+ years in Government Cyber Operations. Views entirely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my organisation. 🏴 🇺🇦
Leah West @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social SJD. Associate Prof at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Sr Fellow @CIGI. Ex Armoured Officer & DOJ Nat Sec lawyer. Write about the law of spies, robots and terrorism. Sanctioned by Russia.
Jason Hines @missmykhakis.bsky.social Naval historian, Dr.phil. @unipotsdam, retired naval officer
Douglas Selvage @deselv.bsky.social Independent Historian. Expert on Soviet-bloc history, active measures, Stasi and KGB. RT does not mean endorsement. Views are mine, not those of my employer.
Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (t.co/uWXN1eLc0u). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
Damien Van Puyvelde @dvanp.bsky.social Associate Professor | Head of Intelligence & Security Research Group @unileiden.bsky.social
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social Associate Professor Modern History, Intelligence and Security, Diplomacy, Northern Ireland and Britain's End of Empire.
Sara C @sarabcastro.bsky.social Historian and strategic thinker focused on China, global security, intel studies; all views my own -- personal account
Justin Pyke @justinpykehistory.bsky.social MA in History. Studies intelligence, sea power, air power, and the Asia-Pacific War. Researching U.S. intelligence assessments of Japanese air and sea power, 1919-1941. Andor appreciator, PC gamer, mediocre miniature painter, and musician.
Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social 🎓 History PhD
✒️ Writes and teaches -- history, intelligence, and foreign policy
📚 Author, *La puissance et l'ombre. 250 ans de guerres secrètes de l'Amérique* (Editions du Cerf, 2025), *Une chimère américaine* (PULM, 2018)
Alex Bollfrass @bollfrass.bsky.social Nuclear weapons and intelligence history.
David Abrutat @trooperabs.bsky.social Intelligence services and military historian
Rob Joyce @rgblights.bsky.social Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Mark Bowen @aratusofsicyon.bsky.social Intelligence history student. Covert action, counterintelligence and HUMINT tradecraft. Sometimes Classics.
Mindy Haas @mindyhaas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at SPIA, Univ. of Pitt. Studying covert action, US FP, int'l security & int'l law. PhD from Princeton Politics, JD from Penn Law. Mom to Amelia & kitty cat crew. She/her.
Joseph Oldham @paranoidstylist.bsky.social Historian of television, intelligence, conspiracy narratives. Currently working on a book about John le Carré adaptations on TV (1966 to 2018 and beyond...). Written things for Doctor Who Magazine. I am not a number, my views are my own!
IntelArchive @intelarchive.io Sharing publications, events, conferences, and calls for papers from the most comprensive database on intelligence studies, IntelArchive: Intelligence Studies Database (https://intelarchive.io/).
Proudly sponsored by @kcsi.uk.
@Natvogel @natvogel.bsky.social Research Fellow Center for Intermarium Studies Washington D.C. 🏛 Intelligence studies, statecraft, national security https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/nathalie-vogel
Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social Asst Prof in Intelligence & Security Uni Leiden & Senior Fellow @ibei.org | European foreign & security policy | warning intelligence | realist constructivism | background in Political Science, International Relations, War Studies 
Lucia Frigo @luciafrigo.bsky.social Researching intelligence and security.
Currently working on post-Brexit EU security and EU-UK cooperation.
PhD @rhulpir, law and security studies here and there 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇨🇦
Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social PhD Researcher
War Studies, Kings College London
Russia | Intelligence | Strategic Culture | Cold War
views own
Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only- J Jock ‘Anonymous Low Level Loser’ Bruce @jockbruce.bsky.social Retired futteret trainer. Sometime civil servant. Fossicker in archives.
Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com
alexzfinley.substack.com
Shannon Vavra @shanvav.bsky.social National Security & Cybersecurity | Priors: @cnas.bsky.social Fellow, National Security Reporter @thedailybeast.bsky.social, @cyberscoop.bsky.social, @axios.com | Probably in need of covfefe and a snack | shanvav01 on Signal
Brian Weeden @brianweeden.bsky.social Space policy wonk, former engineer, husband, father, Dungeon Master, and all around geek. I post things I find insightful, informative, or provocative
H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
http://www.hisutton.com/
Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-tim-weiner?variant=43465484206114
Jonas Mueller-Töwe @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social Senior Investigative Editor @t-online.de, Berlin / Reporting on Foreign influence operations, National security, Lobbying and Crime (Threema: 4E6EXA2Y)
David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social davidehoffman.com — The Oligarchs, The Dead Hand, The Billion Dollar Spy, and Give Me Liberty. Washington Post 2023 editorial series “Annals of Autocracy”: https://wapo.st/3K8LVNd
Clément Renault @clementrenault.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in Intelligence, War & Strategy @irsem.bsky.social 🕵️🛰️📡 · Visiting Fellow @kcsi.uk · Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) 📚
Website: https://clementrenault.com
Prof Rob Dover @robdover.bsky.social Academic researcher in intelligence and security, currently Dean of Faculty, but posting in a personal capacity. Poor standard runner. Excitable cricketer. Prone to crunchy deductions....
Jeromey Sims @jeromeysims.bsky.social Political Science PhD student at University of North Texas, partnered with the love of my life.
Interested in: Intelligence Studies, Political Theory, Digital Repression of Human Rights, Democracy ➡️ Fascism.
Past: 30+ years in IT, ex-Church of Christ PK
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
Michael Shurkin @michaelshurkin.bsky.social Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, ex-historian. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
Kiril Avramov @avramovok.bsky.social Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Non-Resident Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project @LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, landscapes and sanity.
Views own.
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Álvaro Cremades @alcremades.bsky.social Political Scientist | PhD student UCM | Associate Lecturer U. Nebrija | Focused on intelligence analysis.
Politólogo | Estudiante de doctorado UCM | Profesor Asociado Universidad Nebrija | Análisis de inteligencia
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
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.
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social 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
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.