Department of Political Science @ UPenn @pennpolitics.bsky.social News, research, and events from Penn's Department of Political Science: faculty & student achievements, publications, and job opportunities for our community.
Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
John Chin @johnchin.bsky.social I am a political scientist and father of three.
Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government at Harvard University | International relations ๐ค political psychology
jkertzer.sites.fas.harvard.edu
Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
Craig Kafura @ckafura.bsky.social Director, foreign policy and public opinion @Chicago Council; Fellow @Truman National Security Project; old Young Leader @Pacific Forum. Dad, husband, and hockey player. Via Columbia, Yale, and Appalachia. 
Jordan Tama @jordantama.bsky.social Prof, American University; Sr Nonresident Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Principal, Bridging the Gap. New books: Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2014), Polarization and US Foreign Policy (Palgrave, 2014).
Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social Political scientist at UCL | Research on international status, hierarchy, diplomacy, networks | marinagduque.com | Book: The Making of International Status (https://amzn.to/3U99Jpi)
Charity Butcher @charitybutcher.bsky.social Political Science Professor, Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education. Views are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social The JOP is the flagship journal of the SPSA, published by the University of Chicago Press. Editors-in-Chief: Timothy Hellwig & Timothy Nokken. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jop/current
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Seanon Wong @mahlerite.bsky.social associate prof @CUHK; incoming fellow @Stanford CASBS - microsociology of diplomacy, IR theory, political psychology, leaders, Cold War, WWII, China; father of two; classical music geek
Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethz.ch ยฆ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ยฆ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social
https://matthiasleese.com
Jonathan Renshon @jonathan-renshon.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & International Relations, UW-Madison
@profdownes.bsky.social @profdownes.bsky.social 
Linde Desmaele @lindedesma.bsky.social Asst. Prof of Intelligence and Security @unileiden.bsky.social (ISGA The Hague) | US Strategy & Alliances | All Things Transatlantic | Nukes | IR Theory
Heather M. Kopp @hmkopp6.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Texas Tech Poli Sci | Domestic determinants & consequences of interstate conflict | Mizzou PhD | Truman State alum | heatherkopp.github.io
Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social Professor @UCL โข Author 'When States Come Out' @CambridgeUP โข Co-Editor @EJPGjournal โข PhD @Cornell โข IR/CP, Europe, LGBTI Rights, Movements, Norms โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ he/him
Matt K Scroggs @mkscroggs.bsky.social Assistant Professor w/Term, International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College. University of Virginia Ph.D., studying coercion in IR. I teach/(re)skeet about int'l relations and sports analytics.
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
The Weekdy @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
Security Studies Program MIT @ssp-mit.bsky.social The Security Studies Program at MIT is a graduate-level research and educational program based at the Center for International Studies at MIT. 
Martin Zubko @martinzubko.bsky.social Scholar (seeking a PhD supervisor) | Energy Geopolitics โข Critical Infrastructure & Cyberspace โข Global Governance โข Small States Foreign Policy โข IR Theory
(Repostsโ Endorsement)
https://martinzubko.com/
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
Marie Berry @marieberry.bsky.social Associate Prof at https://korbel.du.edu/sie
Director: https://www.theinclusivegloballeadershipinitiative.org/
Research: https://www.wrawproject.org/
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
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The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
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Alexandra Guisinger @alexandraguisinger.bsky.social Political science professor at Temple University; author of American Opinion on Trade https://tinyurl.com/y76nxn9r; co-PI for the Foreign Policy in a Diverse Society project (https://www.fpds-surveys.org/); and inconsistent social media user.
APSA @apsa.bsky.social The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
www.apsanet.org
National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu - instagram.com/natsecarchive - tiktok.com/@natsecarchive
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Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social Academic international relations/political science blog. 
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Intโl Security and Arms Control.
Max Fisher @max-fisher.bsky.social Co-host of the podcasts OFFLINE and HOW WE GOT HERE on Crooked Media. Author of THE CHAOS MACHINE, an NPR and New Yorker best book of 2022.
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/
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social I have been studying terrorism & insurgency for 50 years and am a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
Colin Kahl @colinkahl.bsky.social Director @fsi.stanford.edu. Husband. Dad. Music fan. Game lover. Wonk and all-around nerd. Former national security guy.
Erik Voeten @erikvoeten.bsky.social Georgetown prof. Expect content on international politics, climate, soccer, and other random stuff. Views my own. Website: https://erikvoeten.georgetown.domains/
Jonathan Caverley @jcaverley.bsky.social Political scientist who studies defence (with a โcโ) strategy and industrial policy.
www.jonathancaverley.com
Evelyne Brie @evelynebrie.bsky.social Political Science Assistant Prof @UdeM @IVADO | Comparative politics, political economy, public opinion, #rstats
Lotem Halevy @lotemhalevy.bsky.social Writing a book (+ some papers): "The Liberal Origins of Fascism"
Postdoc at the Cluster of Excellence, The Politics of Inequality
PhD from Penn, via many places
The political origins of hate: parties, voting rights, historical data, CEE
lotemhalevy.com
Taylor Fravel @fravel.bsky.social Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
Mark Bell @marksbell.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minneota, mostly studying nuclear weapons, international security, and US foreign policy. Opinions mine. www.markbell.org 
Kingston Reif @kingstonareif.bsky.social Senior International/Defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. Former DASD for Threat Reduction and Arms Control + Arms Control Association. Wisconsin sports fanatic. Personal account.
Matt Fuhrmann @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social Political science professor at Texas A&M. International relations, nuclear weapons, alliances, interstate conflict.
Renato Mariotti @renatomariotti.bsky.social Former federal prosecutor. Legal analyst for TV and print. Host, #ItsComplicated podcast. Contributor, Politico Magazine. Instagram: renato.mariotti Twitter: renato_mariotti
Jimmy Kempski @jimmykempski.bsky.social Eagles writer for PhillyVoice. Journalizin' since 2013.
Nate Silver Tweets @natesilver538bot.bsky.social Automatically reposting Nate Silver Tweets, DM if you are Nate and you want this account
@NateSilver538
New Book, On The Edge, #5 NYT Bestseller!
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529280/on-the-edge-by-nate-silver/
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Kleinโs tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Phillip Lipscy @lipscy.bsky.social Polisci professor, University of Toronto & ๆฑไบฌๅคงๅญฆ (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
Shamira Gelbman @shamiragelbman.bsky.social Author: The Civil Rights Lobby http://tinyurl.com/32tzxran
Brooklyn in Indiana ๐๏ธ๐ฝ
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Ali A. Isse @issemehdi.bsky.social ๐ป๐.๐ฏ. ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข & ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ @Princeton.edu | ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ @Yale.edu|๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ โข ๐๐ผ๐ณ โข ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ |๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: https://aaisse.scholar.princeton.edu
Devin Judge-Lord @judgelord.bsky.social Law, movements, & bureaucracy of the Anthropocene. Fan of Octavia Butler and Aldo Leopold. he/him
https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/devin-judge-lord
Dr Matthew Hefler @matthefler.bsky.social Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University. Previously: Konstanz, UVA, Duke, LSE, Berkeley, FU Berlin. Research interests: Political economy, bureaucracy, competition, EU, democracy, pandemics. Website: http://www.janvogler.net
Bryce Klehm @bryceklehm.bsky.social 3L @penncareylaw.bsky.social | Previously: @lawfare.bsky.social
Ben Lindbergh @benlindbergh.bsky.social Senior Editor at The Ringer. Co-host of Effectively Wild, Button Mash (The Ringer-Verse), + Hang Up and Listen. Co-author of The MVP Machine and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Ex-FiveThirtyEight, Grantland, Baseball Prospectus.
Kristen Harkness @kristenharkness.bsky.social Professor, School of IR, University of St. Andrews; researching authoritarianism, ethnicity, militaries, conflict, and democratisation.
Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social PhD candidate in Politics at Princeton (on the 2026-7 job market!) | Formerly Harvard Gov & Cambridge POLIS | Studying politics in Eastern Europe ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ | isabelledesisto.com | @russiawatcher
Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social asst. prof. @uwsjmc.bsky.social rossdahlke.com
John Dearborn @johnadearborn.bsky.social @VandyPoliSci Assistant Professor. Research: Presidency, Congress, American Political Development. @Yale PhD & proud @UConn alum. http://johnadearborn.com
Thomas Mรผller-Fรคrber @tmuefae.bsky.social Lead Intl. Affairs Protestant Academy LOCCUM Dialogues on security/peace issues (#ArmsControl #MENA #EastEurope) Ex: @diplo.de @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social @swp-berlin.org
https://www.loccum.de/profil/thomas-mueller-faerber
Heather Swadley @heatherswadley.bsky.social legal scholar + developmental editor | health law, bureaucracy & the Constitution | loves cats, coffee & Taylor Swift | she/her
http://heatherannswadley.com | heatherswadley.substack.com
Andrea Vilรกn @andreavilan.bsky.social Assistant Professor at AU SPA studying human rights & international law
Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Copenhagen studying urban climate governance. uOttawa, Utah, and Kansas alum. Fulbright ๐ป๐ณ alum. First Gen. ๐บ๐ธ living in ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Iren Marinova @irenmarinova.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS | PhD from Colorado State University | IR | EU | Security
Josh Campbell @joshscampbell.bsky.social National security and law enforcement @CNN.com, senior adj national security fellow @CNAS.bsky.social, writer | Past: law enforcement, diplomacy, defense
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social Asst Prof of Govt at Wesleyan University. Studies civil wars and armed groups, politics of militaries, South Asia, and experiments. Columbia Ph.D, former Dartmouth and US Naval War College postdoc.
Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social Prof at Notre Dame (alexanderkustov.org). Author of "In Our Interest" (amazon.com/dp/0231218117). Writing at "Popular by Design" (www.popularbydesign.org). Come join me on Substack or LinkedIn!- G Gennady Rudkevich @grudkevich.bsky.social Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Ryan Yu-Lin Liou @ryanyulinliou.bsky.social BKT Assistant Professor at Wabash College; study economic sanctions, conflict, political violence, and human security.
https://sites.google.com/view/ryanliou
Jungmin Han @jungminhan.bsky.social Political Scientist, Postdoc at TCD in Ireland
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
Miriam Barnum @miriam-barnum.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue. Politics of arming, especially nuke, chem, & bio weapons.
https://www.miriambarnum.com
Rob Blair @robertblair.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science & International & Public Affairs, Brown University. Co-Founder and Co-Director, http://democratic-erosion.com
Erik Melander @erikmelander.bsky.social Professor of Peace and Conflict Research
Director of the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
Uppsala University, Sweden
Ayลe Zarakol @aysezarakol.bsky.social IR & Historical Sociology. Prof of IR, Cambridge POLIS. Author of Before the West & After Defeat. Current AE at International Organization. A 'citizen of nowhere' with three passports...
Defense Priorities @defpriorities.bsky.social The hub of realism and restraint in Washington.
Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social Political economy of finance; supply chains & worker rights; Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
Co-editor of International Organization. Recovering trail runner, very amateur rower. https://laynamosley.scholar.princeton.edu/
Khang Vu @khangxvu.bsky.social Boston College visiting scholar and Ph.D. Korea & Vietnam watcher.
Eric Stokan @ericjstokan.bsky.social prof @umbc, Director of CS3 (https://socialscience.umbc.edu/)- teaching and researching policy, economic and community development, urban issues, climate planning, and social equity. Lover of cities, running, playing with R and Python, and chess!
Shelley Liu @shelleyliu.bsky.social Assistant Prof of PubPol and PoliSci @ Duke University.
Statebuilding, conflict, development, African politics.
๐: Governing After War (bit.ly/govafterwar)
shelleyxliu.com
Matt Koo @mattkoo.bsky.social Yale PoliSci PhD student & visiting fellow @ANU | Bureaucracies; IR; SE Asia 
Lauren Prather @laurenrprather.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego
find my work here: https://www.laurenprather.org/
Tom Phuong Le @tomphuongle.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College. Author of Japan's Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-First Century (Columbia University Press). http://cup.columbia.edu/book/japans-aging-peace/9780231199797
Shuhei Kitamura @skitamura.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. ISER Osaka.
Political economy and development.
IIES Stockholm alumni.
https://sites.google.com/site/shuheikitamura/home
Michael Schuman @michaelschuman.bsky.social Contributing Writer, The Atlantic. Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. Auther "Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World."
Jiyoung Ko @jiyoungko.bsky.social IR @ Korea University
Study nuclear politics and nationalism
jiyoungko.org
The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com Data, charts, analysis and games from The New York Times: nytimes.com/upshot
International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social 100+ years as a leading international relations journal.
Published by @chathamhouse.org & @oxunipress.bsky.social. Views individual not institutional.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly ๐จ๐ฆ Gardener ๐ฑ leahstokes.com; Newsletter: electricnotes.news
Carrie A Lee @carriealee.bsky.social Former public servant: Democracy, Civ-Mil, NatSec & Strategy. Senior Fellow โช@gmfus.bsky.socialโฌโฌ, Visiting Scholar @perryworldhouse.bsky.socialโฌ, Member โช@cfr.orgโฌ, Truman Project. Running enthusiast.