David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
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Tim Dowse @timdowse.bsky.social Consultant, after 40 years with FCO, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury. Specialties: national security, defence, geopolitical analysis.
Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social Former FSO, Ambassador, Europe & Balkans guy, arms controller. Still uphold my oath to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." @steadystatevets @NSL4America. Views mine.
The Steady State @thesteadystate.org 425+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
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Sina Azodi @azodiac83.bsky.social Iran ☢️ program. Assistant professor at @GWU. PhD - I read on war and nuclear strategy.
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Dr. Natasha Bajema @wmdgirl.bsky.social WMD, AI, nuclear energy, and emerging tech expert, fiction author, award-winning artist, screenwriter, dog lover, https://www.natashabajema.com
Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/.
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social I don’t post often, so I try to make every one count. I’ve worked for 45 years in government, think tanks, Georgetown U. and philanthropy. I write, lecture and do media interviews. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
Daniel A. Pinkston, Ph.D. @dpinkston.bsky.social KCPC expert advisor, IR scholar, Yonsei University, Troy University, NE Asian security and political economy, WMD nonproliferation. USAF veteran and VFW member. Former state powerlifting champion and casual judo player. Cat man and life-long Laker fan.
Dr Ian J Stewart @ian-j-stewart.bsky.social 🏴🇬🇧ExecDir James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies DC @miis Past @DefenceHQ, @warstudies. Nonpro, emerging tech, China. Nuc engineer. Phd War Studies. http://nonproarchive.com
Ben Loehrke @nonstrategic.bsky.social Program Officer for Nuclear Weapons at Stanley Center for Peace and Security
Ex-Twitter @nonstrategic
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Mariana Budjeryn @mbudjeryn.bsky.social Researcher of nuclear, Ukraine, and nuclear Ukraine. Author of Inheriting the Bomb. MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy, Brookings and RUSI nonresident, NAS CISAC, ACONA.
Nina Tannenwald @ninatannenwald.bsky.social Political scientist at Brown, focusing on nuclear weapons, WMD, norms and institutions in security, human rights, ethics and laws of war.
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.
Stephen Young @atomicwonk.bsky.social Advocate for more sensible nuclear weapons policies, firm believer that we should not live in a world where hundreds of millions could be dead in an hour. Associate Director for Government Affairs, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Laura Grego @lauraegrego.bsky.social Senior scientist & research director, Global Security Program, ucsusa.org. Space, missile defense, nuclear weapons.
Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social Nuclear weapons, international politics, and “”emerging”” technology.
Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, University of Oslo
LearnWMD Spreadsheet and Substack: www.jamiewithorne.com
Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social Journalist - Deciphering misinformation and disinformation on Fox
JulietJeske #🟦 Newsletter/Podcast at Substack
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Author. Defender of democracy. marytrump.org
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Relapsing lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Welsh Corgi
JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social Hey, it’s me… JoJoFromJerz! (My real name is Jo Carducci btw). I’m a mom, a podcaster, a writer, a lover of politics and puns and a true Jersey girl through and through. Check out my Substack (my baby) on my Linktree
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
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W.Rudischhauser @59worudi.bsky.social Non-resident fellow IFSH Hamburg. Formerly: CG.🇩🇪 in Chengdu 🇨🇳; Vice-President BAKS, &Director #NATO WMDC @sicherheitspolitik #China
Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Nuclear weapons expert (history, policy, costs, accidents) and tracker of the nuclear “Football.”
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos on environmental cleanup, nuclear nonproliferation, and the nuclear fuel cycle.
She/her.
Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social Striving for a safer world since 1945
science policy | nuclear weapons | clean energy | STEM education | artificial intelligence | data privacy | much much more
Adam Mount @ajmount.com Deterrence, nuclear strategy, progressive foreign policy.
Fmr. FAS, CAP, CFR, Ph.D. Government, Georgetown.
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Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
Catherine Dill @catherinedill.bsky.social Formerly known as atomic_pickles, but still thinking about atomic pickles. Fancies: gardens, birds, mountains & rocks, satellites, Delftware, N95s. She/her. Only personal views reflected.
Matthew Harries @matthewharries.bsky.social Research director at the Labour Movement for Europe. Previously director of nuclear policy at RUSI, managing editor of Survival/senior fellow at IISS, and specialist for the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Carl Robichaud @carlrobi.bsky.social Program Officer on nuclear policy at Longview Philanthropy (http://longview.org). Opinions are my own.
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social Director, European Security @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / Migrant / ❤️ punk rock (but not only) / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / podcast: https://www.crisisgroup.org/pod/europe/war-peace
Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social Nuclear historian. Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Visiting researcher at Nuclear Knowledges program, Sciences Po (Paris). Author of THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY (2025). Creator of NUKEMAP. Blogging at https://doomsdaymachines.net.
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/
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
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Matt Korda @mattkorda.bsky.social I count nukes for the Federation of American Scientists + the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 🇨🇦 Views my own.
Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Tracking nuclear arsenals, co-author of Nuclear Notebook, SIPRI Yearbook. Opinions my own.
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Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social Open Source Analysis of ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons, BMD, DPRK, & PRC.
Vice President of Nuclear and Technology Security Programs, Exiger.
Making podcasts over at https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI, member of the National Academies Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and former member of the State Department's International Security Advisory Board.
Dave Schmerler @schmerler.bsky.social
Bruno Tertrais @brunotertrais.bsky.social Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique.
Non-Resident Fellow, Institut Montaigne.
Geopolitics, strategy and stuff.
Personal account.
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Nickolas Roth @nickolasroth.bsky.social Nuclear weapons, nuclear security, BBQ, Senior Director
@NTI_WMD, Research Fellow @CISSMaryland. Previously @ManagingtheAtom, @StimsonCenter @UCSUSA etc.
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Joseph Dempsey @josephhdempsey.bsky.social Research Associate for Defence & Military Analysis,
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
Emma Ashford @emmamashford.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS.
Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world.
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Andreas Persbo @persbo.bsky.social Programme Director at the One Earth Future Foundation, formerly with UNIDIR, European Leadership Network, and VERTIC.
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.”
Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social Senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford; Non-resident fellow, Kennan Institute. Was a professor for 35 years and a dean for six. Views are my own. www.jamesgoldgeier.com.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
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/- M Mark Hibbs @mark88.bsky.social Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. They are in Washington, D.C. I'm in Berlin.
Andrey Baklitskiy @baklitskiy.bsky.social Nukes at UNIDIR. Views own, RT/❤️ ≠ endorsement- L @laurnorman.bsky.social @laurnorman.bsky.social
Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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Eric Brewer @ebrewer.bsky.social Deputy VP at Nuclear Threat Initiative. Previously Director for Counterproliferation at the National Security Council and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for WMD at the National Intelligence Council. Personal account/views my own.
Togzhan Kassenova @togzhankassenova.bsky.social Almaty-born, DC-based expert on nuclear politics and financial crime prevention
Author of Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2022)
http://www.togzhankassenova.com
Gregory Kulacki @gkucs.bsky.social Director, East Asia, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists. Non-Resident Fellow, Research Center for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons at Nagasaki University. Cross-cultural sojourner.
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Hanna Notte @hannanotte.bsky.social Russia | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS | Snr Associate @csiserep | Fellow @kennaninstitute | Book: WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM | http://hannanotte.com | Berlin-based
Camille Grand @camillegrand.bsky.social Secretary General @asdeurope.bsky.social Previously Distinguished Policy Fellow @ecfr.eu Former senior official @NATO, Ministère des Armées, Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Étrangères and think tanker at FRS…
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