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
Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Seignelay @fauteuilcolbert.bsky.social Depuis 1292, étude du passage : flotte théorique à flotte réelle | Atompunk ☢️ | Artillerie à disposer en ligne pour croiser les tirs en battant des deux bords.
Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social Civil Servant in Defence 🇩🇪 | he/him | 4mer Journalist & Spoxperson | No official German MoD account | personal views only | RP&FAV ≠ I agree
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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com Robin Häggblom, Finnish defence and national security analyst, Senior Advisor at Risk Intelligence. My business card preaches the value of Knowing Risk.
Rob @robgranger1664.bsky.social Knows a bit about Marines
Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social The Naval Review is a community drawn from those interested in naval and maritime matters. Wholly independent the Review is funded by members' subscriptions and exists on line and through a quarterly journal.
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Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social Personal Perspectives • Beholding the Pacific • Krulak Center • YCAPS • Allies & Partners • Amphibious Defense • Aloha
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 ||
Orbital Policy Group @druidorbital.bsky.social Viewpoints and opinions on policy issues relating to Low Earth Orbit, including policy, science, governance, and cybersecurity.
Charlotte Kleberg @charlottekl.bsky.social Maritime researcher & ship enthusiast. Board & advisory roles in the RoRo shipping sector. Associate Fellow at the RNSSC & Council on Geostrategy. Views are my own.
Intelligence and National Security @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
Christian Bueger @cbueger.bsky.social Professor at University of Copenhagen | Maritime Security | Global Ocean Politics | Author | Expert | Professional Vagabond
visit www.bueger.info
Gustav C Gressel @gresselgustav.bsky.social Security, Defence, Europe; #MilSky
Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social 👊🇪🇺🇩🇪🇫🇮🔥
Director, Institute for Security Policy @ Kiel University (@ispk.bsky.social) | ⚓ Vice President, German Maritime Institute | 🇺🇸 Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council | ex-naval analyst, TKMS | ex-Sinology professor, Uni Hamburg.
Tim Edmunds @edmundsprof.bsky.social Prof of International Security and Head of School, Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol. Co-Director, SafeSeas. Working on maritime security and ocean governance.
Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social Dedicated to making Britain and other open nations stronger and greener. Co-founders: James Rogers and Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė
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EinstEinRadler @einsteinradler.bsky.social Staff Officer | Political Scientist | Afghanistan Veteran | Berliner | Geriatric Millenial
Russo-Ukrainian War | Military | Intelligence | Politics | Sarcasm | JRJ2ZVJA
U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
Evan Wilson @evanwilson.bsky.social Naval historian. Professor at US Naval War College. Views own. Latest book with Paul Kennedy: Planning for War at Sea: 400 Years of Great Power Competition.
Stephen Marrin @smarrin.bsky.social Full Prof at James Madison University & Director of Intelligence Analysis program. Former CIA analyst. Editor of journal Intelligence & National Security https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
Dr. Anna Brinkman @annakbrinkman.bsky.social Associate Professor in the History of Strategy and International Law at the University of Lincoln. Director of the Maritime Studies Centre
Book: Balancing Strategy
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/balancing-strategy/305960D358172DBCF641320024BFF71D#
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Andy Young @noduffdispatches.bsky.social Pseudo-academic, amphibious warfare geek and house husband.
Not necessarily in that order!
Michael S Goodman @msg77.bsky.social Professor and Director of the King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
Natasha Kuhrt @natashakuhrt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Co-founder, co-Convenor BISA WG East European/Eurasian security. Research interests: Russian foreign,security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping
War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social The Department of War Studies at King's College London | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: kcl.ac.uk/warstudies
Podcast: https://bit.ly/WarStudiesPodcast
What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social Mariner, Historian, Firefighter, Host of What's Going on With Shipping
@armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social 
Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Associate Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own.
RUSI biography and publications: https://t.co/wgeOUvRQdO
Dr. Rachel Pawling 🌈 @r-p-one.bsky.social Sometimes I design ships. Most times I design how to design ships. Skeets not representative of employer or client policy. She/Her/Hers.
Navy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
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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
Tom Sharpe @tomsharpe.bsky.social Communications consultant (https://www.spp.global/)
Ex Naval Officer
Defence commentator (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/tk-to/tom-sharpe/)
Will Reynolds @anglo-japan45.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies Education at KCL, @dsdkings.bsky.social | Doctor in War Studies, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social | Associate @csns-uk.bsky.social | Anglo-Japanese grand strategy post-45 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | Views my own
ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social Figuring out post-Army life in the PNW. Lots of Mom-Posting. She/Her.
Lucy Calkins' #2 hater
Play it fucking loud.
Dr Phil Weir @navalhistorian.bsky.social Historian, author and (occasional) broadcaster.
19th/20th Century naval history, particularly naval aviation.
"Dunkirk & the Little Ships" Shire Library https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dunkirk-and-the-little-ships-9781784423766/
Andrew Livsey @andrewlivsey.bsky.social PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.
Kevin Rowlands @c21st-sailor.bsky.social Editor, RUSI Journal
(Views are my own)
Dr Philip W Blood MBA @philipwblood.bsky.social Polymath from politics, strategy, arts, humanities and business. Historian of Germany.
https://linktr.ee/PhilipWBlood
https://philipwblood.substack.com/
Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social Historien militaire - Avocat à la Cour - Aix en Provence - IHEDN 223
Je mets des ALT-TEXT aux images postées
Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social Host C4N Fourcast Indicators pod, writing @Sunday Times, ex-BBC guy covering war & peace + sometime Newsnight presenter 1990-2024, IWM trustee, author Big Boys Rules, Generals, Rifles, Task Force Black, The Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils, Tank & more!
The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.com
Jeffrey H. Michaels @jmichael424.bsky.social Affiliated with King's College London, Oxford CCW, RAND Europe, and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
Jared Samuelson @jwsc03.bsky.social RT/Like =/= endorsement; ship =/= boat.
MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
Troy Lee-Brown @drtlee-brown.bsky.social Research Fellow @ UWA Def & Sec Institute | Editor @ Black Swan Strategy Papers | Project Manager @ Blue Security Program | Maritime Security, India FP, Indian Ocean, Defence | avmo
Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
Dr Alex Clarke @dralexclarke.bsky.social Historian of Navys, Naval Diplomacy, Maritime & Engineering http://patreon.com/ACNavalHistory & http://alexanderclarke.academia.edu Agent @Pastpreservers #academicsky #navalhistory
Jason Hines @missmykhakis.bsky.social Naval historian, Dr.phil. @unipotsdam, retired naval officer
Gunnar Åselius @gunnaraselius.bsky.social Professor Military History
Swedish National Defence University
Have written on Russo-Nordic relations and Baltic Sea History
Geopolitics
Cold War History
Joshua Tallis @doctallis.bsky.social Naval and maritime strategy | Director, Ally and Partner Security Affairs program @ CNA | Author of War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers, and Maritime Insecurity
Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social Historian & curator at the Imperial War Museum in the UK - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.
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.
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk KCSI is a diverse group of leading intelligence scholars & practitioners working together to better understand the evolving global security landscape. https://kcsi.uk/ 
Tony Comer @tonycomer.bsky.social Former Departmental Historian at GCHQ.
Tim Benbow @timbenbow.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, King's College London
My research focusses on UK naval strategy and naval history in the Second World War and Cold War.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/benbow-dr-tim
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk Military analyst, naval officer, based in Denmark, mostly #Russia and the war in #Ukraine.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@anderspuck
Newsletter: https://www.logicofwar.com
Author of The Logic of War: https://a.co/d/01Ep6RtI
Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine.
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. In the seventh year of my four year project, THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Geoff Dyer / Homework
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/
Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social Military Historian. Author, ‘The Age of Mammon and Mars: Money and War in the Twentieth Century’ (OUP, March 2027). Economic Statecraft; Strategy; Money.
Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline.bsky.social Posting on Cold War history in occasional snippets. Not hugely active here! email pinstripedline@gmail.com
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
Stephen Fisher @seaspitfires.com Author, historian & archaeologist, Lindblad Expeditions guide, National Geographic expert. Has a soft spot for WW2 Coastal Forces, landing craft, LCT 7074 & D-Day. Servant to Flynn. Writes books for Penguin.
www.seaspitfires.com
Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)
Tom Egan @tomjmegan.bsky.social Historical and Modern Wargaming, Warhammer, Army Infantry Officer. Irish.
Naval News @navalnews.com navalnews.com is updated daily with in-depth features, industry and naval forces news round-ups, event coverage, video reports and more.
Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav.bsky.social Naval reporter, @navalnews.com founder and chief editor. Interest in Defense⚔️, Navy⚓, F1🏎️, Sci-Fi👽. Born in 🇼🇫, 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
| #PomInOz
Paul Fröhlich @drpaulfroehlich.bsky.social (Militär-)Historiker / Editor / Redakteur (Portal Militärgeschichte) / Lektor / Wissenschaftskommunikator
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/
Christoph Bergs @milavhis.bsky.social Life consists of Air Power and Aircraft.
Founder: Military Aviation History.
Military History Visualized @militaryhistory.bsky.social Bernhard Kast
Education: MA History, MSc Computer Science
https://www.youtube.com/@MilitaryHistoryVisualized/
Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social J6D5H3TJ
Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
Nick Hewitt @nickhewitt4.bsky.social #naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
Olivier Schmitt @olivierschmitt.bsky.social Prof at Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College/senior associate fellow at NATO Defence College |Warfare, alliances and geoeconomics | Assoc ed of the European Journal of International Security |🇫🇷 in 🇩🇰| https://olivier-schmitt.com/
Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank.
Special interest: The Russian Navy.
Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own
Craig Hooper @craighooper.bsky.social An occasional navalist, maritime geek and national security gadfly. Paying attention to overlooked things.
H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
http://www.hisutton.com/
Jonathan Caverley @jcaverley.bsky.social Political scientist who studies international security who is a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Opinion's are not my employer!
Ryan Wadle @rdwadle.bsky.social Pronounced wad-lee
US naval history, OEF, and things that amuse me
Author of Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 from University of Oklahoma Press
CDR Salamander @cdrsalamander.bsky.social Retired O5.
cdrsalamander.substack.com
Nick Prime @ncprime.bsky.social Defense (pseudo) Intellectual, Ph.D @WarStudies, former fellow @ISSYale, Interests in strategy, sports & film, if it reads like sarcasm it is.
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.
Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social Chinese Military. Bundeswehr/NATO. MA Pol Sci/History. Cats, dogs, motorcycles. Überbringer schlechter Nachrichten. Analysis@ NavalNews.com. Contributor@ hartpunkt.de. Previous articles at FPRI.org.
Jeff Rutherford @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social Historian of Modern Germany, the Second World War, and the German Army. Research focus on the German army's ideological, operational, and economic war against the Soviet Union. Teaches at Xavier University.
Hook'em.
Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️(Fjords Deep and Oceans Blue - Bloomsbury).
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
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)
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
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/