Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
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.
Morgan Pitelka @mpitelka.bsky.social Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
The Journal of Japanese Studies @jjs-jrnl.bsky.social 
Andy Burns @andyburns1.bsky.social ABC Regional Investigations Producer
email: burns.andy@abc.net.au
Rocky Swift @rockyswift.bsky.social Reuters correspondent. Ex State Dept., Bloomberg News. Economics, FX and pro wrestling enthusiast. Opinions own. @swiftrocky on Twitter
https://www.reuters.com/authors/rocky-swift/
Ben Ascione @benasci1.bsky.social International Relations in the Asia-Pacific, Japanese foreign and security policy. Lecturer at GSAPS, Waseda University. Editorial board at East Asia Forum.
James Hardy @aspacjames.bsky.social UK diplomat in Tokyo with soft spot for Japanese politics, snow, sake and sumo.
Anoma van der Veere @anomav.bsky.social Correspondent NOS & NRC, senior (Japan) researcher Leiden Asia Centre. In Tokyo.
Shinju Fujihira, PhD. 藤平新樹 @sfujihira.bsky.social President, Showa Boston Institute. Political science, Asia/Europe, theory/practice, international higher education. #JPOSS co-organizer.
Dick Samuels @rjsamuels.bsky.social Political Science prof @MIT practicing history w/o a license. Teach about Japan, Asian Security, wargaming. Wrote books on local gov't, energy policy, tech and nat'l security, leadership, Japanese grand strategy, 3.11, & Japan's intelligence community
Andy Lim @andysaulim.com Deputy Director & Fellow @korea.csis.org
- China's Weaponization of Trade: https://shorturl.at/X3yPG
- Koreanists starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX
- Personal website: andysaulim.com
- Moonlighting at @citylightsofchina.bsky.social
Elizabeth Beattie @elizabeth-beattie.bsky.social Business and Economics Correspondent at The Japan Times
Field Notes: https://tokyofieldnotes.substack.com/p/welcome-to-field-notes 
Eva Pejsova @epejsova.bsky.social Japan Chair @ CSDS-VUB, 🇪🇺in Asia, Japan FP, #IndoPacific, #MaritimeSecurity, 🍷
Francesca Ghiretti @fraghi.bsky.social Economic security and China
Research Leader China and Economic Security at Rand Europe; Non-resident Fellow at Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies @CSIS; host of the podcast Geoeconomic Competition. Former MERICS, IAI
👓 Byunghwan 'Ben' Son @textvulture.bsky.social - 🌐: https://textvulture.github.io/
- Associate Prof. of Global Affairs. GMU
- Director. Korean Studies Center. GMU
- Political Economy. Politics in Asia.
#Yonsei #Mizzou #ROKAF #KiaTigers #GSW #AKPS #KPSC #parenting
Joseph Kim @terpsicoreans.bsky.social Journalist
John Lee @koreanforeigner.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, editor of @koreapro.bsky.social
Opinions here: solely mine
john.lee@nknews.org
Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social Lecturer, East Asian Studies and International Policy, Stanford University
Former foreign correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor
Former editor and syndicated columnist, The San Jose Mercury News
Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social 🇭🇰🇲🇾🇨🇦 | Information Operations and Transnational Repression Research | formerly at Alliance Canada Hong Kong and Doublethink Lab | she/elle | views are my fault
Pathfinder Japan becomes Pagoda Travel @pathfinderjapan.bsky.social 🌸 "By the end of August, Pathfinder Japan will become Pagoda Travel. Why the change? Because we’re expanding! Soon, you’ll be able to explore not just Japan, but also Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia with us.
Please contact us at "hello@pagoda.travel".
Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social Host/writer of 'If You’re Listening’ from ABC News. http://seedisclaimer.com
Contact me via ifyourelistening [at] abc.net.au
Aussie in Japan @aussieinjapan.bsky.social Aussie living in Tokyo, Japan for over 16 years. 18yrs total in 🇯🇵.
Fluent in Japanese and culturally curious. Cycling Tokyo and the countryside in search of adventures, great coffee, and hidden gems.
Sharing unique stories and moments from the saddle.
Ben Forney @benforney.bsky.social Author of The Spy Hunter newsletter: http://thespyhunter.substack.com. Tracking industrial espionage and economic security trends.
PhD on Chinese espionage from SNU
Victor Cha @victordcha.bsky.social Georgetown Professor, author, former USG, CSIS Geopolitics President, long-suffering Giants and hopeful Knicks aficionado.
Sangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social Political Scientist. Ph. D.
Korea Institute for National Unification
KINU Unification Survey.
Romy Koo @romykoo.bsky.social Korea Analyst @TheAsiaGroup prev Intern @korea.csis.org | Hopkins alum
Myunghee Lee @immyungheelee.bsky.social Assistant Prof. at JMC, Michigan State University. Previously at the University of Copenhagen. Studies authoritarian politics, democratization, protest, security, Korea and China. https://myungheelee.com
Monika Barthwal-Datta @monikabd.bsky.social Security/IR scholar at UNSW Sydney| Critical Security Studies, South Asia, Decolonial Feminist Approaches, Critical Pedagogies. 
Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news 🇹🇭 CNA Thailand Correspondent. As seen on TV. Coffeeless journalist. Nordisch by Nature.
Go to saksith.news and saiyasombut.com for all my work and socials.
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
Australian Journal of International Affairs @austjia.bsky.social
Flagship academic journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Editors-in-Chief: Profs.Joanne Wallis & Tim Legrand (Adelaide University)
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/caji20/current- S Sophie Mak @sophiemak.bsky.social Covering Australia and the Pacific islands for Nikkei Asia
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
| #PomInOz
Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com 🎙️ Producing/founded, Ghost Island Media podcast network based in Taiwan. 16 shows in English, Mandarin, French: https://ghostisland.media
📺 Producer/host of "Cover to Cover" and "Game Changers" on TaiwanPlus.
Twitter @ emilyywu
Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social 
Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com Al Jazeera English Correspondent reporting from Iraq | Past lives in: Ukraine, Africa, South-East Asia | RTS '26 | DuPont '23 | http://jackhewson.com/showreel
Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic.bsky.social Foreign Affairs (Asia Pacific) reporter, ABC. Canberra-based. Personal account. Pron: JED-jets
Hyunsu Yim @hyunsuinseoul.bsky.social Correspondent for Reuters based in Barcelona. Previously in Seoul.
Sofia Ribeiro-Lemos @sofialsribeiro.bsky.social Phd Candidate Political Science & International Relations at University of Minho, PT • Research interests in East Asia; the US presence in the region; Memory, Identity, and Narrative analysis; with a dash of Portuguese politics • PT+EN
Ifang Bremer @ifangbremer.bsky.social Journalist and photographer covering human rights, spying, the escapee community and more.
Frank Aum @frankaum.bsky.social Senior Expert on Northeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace; former senior advisor on Korea, Defense Department 2011-2017
Peter Ward @pward89.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute, North Korea watcher.
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. 
Korea Pro @koreapro.bsky.social Daily analysis on South Korea's foreign policy, politics and the economy. Produced by the team behind @nknewsorg.
Britt Robinson @brittrobinson.bsky.social 🇰🇷Korea-focused Gender Advocate. ✍🏽 Founder and CEO of #&Daughters. Board Member at National Association for Black Engagement with Asia #NABEA.
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
Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social Assistant Professor at William & Mary.
www.eunajo.com
Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor."
Signal: gbrumfiel.13
https://geoffbrumfiel.net/
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
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
Edward Goldring @edwardgoldring.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at University of Melbourne. Comparative authoritarianism, elite politics, and North Korea. A political science account with some sport 🟡🟢
Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social Covering defense and diplomacy for @japantimes.co.jp • Signal: jljzen.18 • views my own • Japan resident since 2002 • グリーン車 aficionado
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.
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
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/
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.
Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com Since 2018. Going beyond the clickbait headlines to tell the story of a changing, evolving Japan.
https://unseen-japan.com/newsletter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social-bio&utm_campaign=newsletter
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).
Simpsons Korea @simseunkorea.bsky.social Simpsons with a Korean twist.
We've made the move to Bluesky!
Matthew Hayes @matthew-hayes.bsky.social Librarian for Japanese Studies and Asian American Studies at Duke University. Researcher in Japanese Buddhist Studies.
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
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 🇮🇩
Deep in Japan Pod @deepinjapan.bsky.social https://open.spotify.com/show/6fisZDuhRAgYxohkGe8bPt
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
David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
Hikosaemon @hikosaemon.bsky.social Tokyo based Vlog/Video podcaster & bilingual news geek 東京在住外国人ブロガーです♪ Livestream 10:00pm JST on YouTube every Sunday!
http://www.youtube.com/hikosaemon
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.
Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social Writer | Columnist for The Diplomat | Formerly: AP4D, Australian Foreign Affairs, UniMelb.
Substack newsletter and essays: https://www.grantwyeth.com
Jeremy Yellen @jeremyyellen.bsky.social Historian of modern Japan in Hong Kong.
Benjamin Herscovitch 郝杰明 @bherscovitch.bsky.social 🇦🇺-🇨🇳 ties & 🇨🇳 FP. Ex 🇦🇺 gov.
Returning in 2027:
http://beijing2canberra.substack.com/
Writing now: https://benjaminherscovitch.substack.com/
Teesta Prakash @teepra.bsky.social Research Fellow, Australia India Institute
Sessional Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
Taku Tamaki, PhD 🎌🇬🇧🌏🚄😷 @takutamaki.bsky.social Political Scientist at Loughborough University, specializing in International Relations of East Asia & Japan's foreign relations. Also exploring applying the ideas of Watsuji Tetsuro to IR theorizing. And a soft spot for railways.
Danny Tran @dannytran.bsky.social Investigative reporter, ABC News
Mélissa Cornet @melissacrt.bsky.social No Woman's Land: https://shop.nowomansland.com/no-womans-land.html
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
Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Japan Chair, CSIS
economics x security x governance in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
all views my own | RT ≠ endorsement
www.kristigovella.com
Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Primarily on LinkedIN.
https://www.paulpoast.com/
Rob Fahey @robfahey.net CTO at VETA (https://veta.co.jp), where we’re building data science tools to tackle social issues. Recovering academic (formerly at Waseda). Occasional journalist. 🇮🇪/🏳️🌈/He/Him
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer. 
Paul O'Shea @pauloshea.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at Lund University.
Interested in international relations, foreign policy, politics in general. East Asia and Scandinavia.
Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social Emmy-nominated reporter. Russia Today called me “notorious,” China kicked me out. Formerly Asia, Doha, California, more 🌏. Author of graphic novel YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION out now!
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
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
Jatosint @jatosint.bsky.social Monitoring national security/defence-related matters concerning Indonesia| Contact: jatosint@gmail.com or send us a DM 🤝
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Joshua White @joshuatwhite.bsky.social Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Nonresident Fellow, Brookings. Former White House and Pentagon official. Asianist. (Views are my own.)
Joel Atkinson @joelatkinson.bsky.social Researching and teaching Northeast Asian international politics in Seoul. Opinions my own. joel.p.atkinson@gmail.com
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London.
Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
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
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness