David Rennie @dsorennie.bsky.social Geopolitics Editor, author of The Telegram column, The Economist. Previously posted to Beijing, Washington, London, Brussels, Washington, Beijing, Sydney.
Isabella Wilkinson @isabellawilkinson.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @ Digital Society Programme, Chatham House | PhD-ing @ Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford | emerging tech, global governance & security
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary blog covering all aspects of USA governance, economics, politics, culture and society. Also covers Canada and Mexico. Part of the LSE Phelan United States Centre.
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian.bsky.social Times Of Israel military correspondent | BGU alum | hmu: mannie@timesofisrael.com | http://mann.ie
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl China Team Brussels Office Head & China Projects Analyst @amo.cz @chinaobservers.eu. Studies China, Singapore, and Taiwan; party-state & international relations. | 何森璱
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Andreas Fulda @amfchina.bsky.social Associate Professor | Author of the Spiegel bestseller "Wenn China angreift" (C.H.Beck, 2026) and "Germany and China" (2024) | Views my own | RTs ≠ endorsements
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Georgia Hammersley @georgiahammersley.bsky.social Research Associate at the Lowy Institute's Indo-Pacific Development Centre. Interested in climate policy & finance.
William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social Senior North East Asia Analyst at @crisisgroup.org
Foreign correspondent covering East Asia in my previous life.
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social Editor at @newbloommag.net, writes @thediplomat.com @flaminghydra.com, non-resident fellow at University of Nottingham's Taiwan Research Hub, Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club board, freelance journalist, translator, DJ. Author of Taipei at Daybreak
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
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Richard Heydarian @richheydarian.bsky.social Global affairs academic/ TV Host 📚📺🖋️ Podcaster “Deep Dive” 🎙️ Columnist @inquirerdotnet; Senior Lecturer @UPAsianCenter; Munich Security Conference YL; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Heydarian
Sophia Gaston @sophgaston.bsky.social UK Foreign Policy Lead at ASPI and Visiting Fellow at King's College London
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
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ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute @iseas-singapore.bsky.social ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), established as an autonomous organisation in 1968, is a regional centre based in Singapore, dedicated to studying Southeast Asia.
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Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social Program Director, Global Issues and Institutions, at Crisis Group.
Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social Journalist, writer. Special correspondent for The Economist, reportage for the New York Review of Books. Ukraine, Balkans etc...
Rana Foroohar @ranaforoohar.bsky.social @financialtimes.com columnist & associate editor. @CNN.com economic analyst. Author of 'Sea Change: America's New Great Game in the Arctic' (out Oct 6), 'Don't Be Evil,' 'Makers & Takers,' and 'Homecoming.'
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia came out in June from Columbia Global Reports https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-milk-tea-alliance
Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea
Alberto Nardelli @albertonardelli.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg. In Europe, mostly. I have strong opinions about food and football. DM for Signal.
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry.
Stephen Sackur @stephensackur.bsky.social Better at questions than answers. Still Hardtalking, but soon to graze in new pastures
Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social Director Orbis Intelligence | Former British Crown Servant | Intelligence Professional | Russia Specialist |
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
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Never Trump.
Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home
Mike Bird @birdyword.bsky.social Wall Street editor at The Economist, co-host of our Money Talks podcast.
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.
Sergey Radchenko @radchenko.bsky.social Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
Andy Lim @andysaulim.com Deputy Director & Fellow @korea.csis.org
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Greg Miller @gregpmiller.bsky.social International Investigations for The Washington Post. Based in London. Author of The Apprentice, Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy. greg.miller@washpost.com; signal/whatsapp: +1 202-494-1545.
Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
Dave Wasserman @redistrict.bsky.social Fiddle player who calls elections on the side.
Bec Strating @becstrating.bsky.social Director, La Trobe Asia
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Jessica Chen Weiss @jessicacweiss.bsky.social David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies SAIS Johns Hopkins, senior fellow Asia Society Center for China Analysis, previously Cornell, State Dept, Yale
Tom Corben @corbentom.bsky.social 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺🇺🇸 - Research Fellow, Foreign Policy & Defence @ USSC. Tutor in Australian Foreign Policy at UNSW. Formerly Resident Vasey Fellow @ Pacific Forum. Usual caveats apply.
Pooja Bhatt, PhD @poojabhatt.bsky.social Transitioning from extinct blue bird (@DrBhatt_Pooja) Scholar- MarSec,Security Architectures.
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Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence • Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
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Beverley Loke @beverleyloke.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Australian National University | Co-Convenor of the ANU China Seminar Series | Great power politics, Hierarchies and Hegemony, Global Order, Global IR, China’s foreign policy, US-China, Indo-Pacific.
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
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Gregory Poling @gregpoling.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Opinion my own, etc etc
Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
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ISDP Sweden @isdp-sweden.bsky.social The Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) is a Swedish think-tank analyzing issues of conflict, security and development throughout Europe and Asia.
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Andi Hoxhaj OBE @andihoxhaj.bsky.social Lecturer in Law, King’s College London | Author | Research Migration, Corruption, Rule of Law, the Balkans | Views are my own |
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
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Lea Filali @leafilali.bsky.social Deputy Director, Global HR & Talent Development, AtlanticCouncil | HR operations, talent strategy & inclusive workplace design | Brussels → DC
Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
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Anna Aberg @eamaberg.bsky.social Research Fellow at Chatham House, focusing on international climate politics, the UN climate negotiations and climate finance. Co-host of the Climate Briefing podcast
James Kynge @jkynge.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House.
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House |Author of "Deep Connections: the hidden battles to control undersea cables" (Polity, Sep 26) | Europe, geoeconomics of tech, tech sovereignty | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
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
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Charles Grant @cergrant.bsky.social Director, Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Interested in the EU, Russia and China
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks (Sept 2026 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Chews-Rocks-ebook/), the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
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Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
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Fabian Hoffmann, PhD @frhoffmann.bsky.social Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid.bsky.social Columnist at the Washington Post. Research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary. Co-host of Wisdom of Crowds.
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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
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War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social The Department of War Studies at King's College London | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social Chief Europe Correspondent at the South China Morning Post.
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Nicholas Drummond @ndrummond.bsky.social Defence analyst and industry consultant specialising in Land Warfare. Former British Army infantry officer. UK Advisor to KNDS Germany. Views expressed are my own. See also my blog at www.UKLandPower.com
David E. Sanger @sangernyt.bsky.social White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times. CNN contributor. Adjunct lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Andrew Small @ajwsmall.bsky.social Asia Director at ECFR. Formerly: European Commission, German Marshall Fund. Posting on China / US / Europe Books, articles: andrewsmall.org
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
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Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator & Associate Editor, The Observer
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Eva Seiwert @evaseiwert.bsky.social IR & China l Senior Analyst @MERICS l Prev.: Managing Editor @9DASHLINE, Postdoc @FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Pre-order my book “The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s Vision of International Relations”: https://shorturl.at/VEUlf.
Jacob Stokes @jacobstokes.bsky.social Senior Fellow & Deputy Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
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Angshuman @angshuman.bsky.social PhD-ing in Comparative Asian Studies at National University of Singapore & King’s College London (joint candidate) | formerly with CPR & IPCS, New Delhi | Northeast India, Myanmar, borders & identity | from Assam
Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social Prof Comparative Politics Nottingham. Researches (& loves) S Asia. India Pakistan Sri Lanka. CPEC, Federalism, Majoritarianisms, HE, EDI & SEN.
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Cats 🐈⬛, Brompton 🚴, Gardening.
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Céline Pajon @cpajon.bsky.social Head of Japan & Indo-Pacific Research @IFRI
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Melissa Conley Tyler @mconleytyler.bsky.social Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D) at ACFID | Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne | AIIA Fellow | mconleytyler@asiapacific4D.com | She | 孔美莉
Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Jennifer Lind @proflind.bsky.social Dartmouth prof. IR, East Asia, US foreign policy. Writes at Blueblaze.substack.com. Ask me about my dogs.