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.
For more information, visit www.iseas.edu.sg
Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current
ChinaObservers @chinaobservers.eu CHOICE is an independent platform for monitoring & evaluating the influence of China in the CEE region.
Designed and run by the Association for International Affairs (AMO).
#ChinaObservers
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
International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social 100+ years as a leading international relations journal.
Published by @chathamhouse.org & @oxunipress.bsky.social. Views individual not institutional.
📖 Read: internationalaffairsjournal.com
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Anton Hofreiter, MdB @hofreiter.bsky.social Biologe, Bundestagsabgeordneter und Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Europäische Angelegenheiten
www.toni-hofreiter.de
Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
https://x.com/MrFrantarelli
Leif @leif-11.bsky.social Doing something in the shipping ecosystem.
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Cogs of War @cogs0fwar.bsky.social https://warontherocks.com/category/blogs/cogs-of-war/
The Naval Architect @navalarchitect.bsky.social A Professional Engineer (PE) with decades of experience in ship design, construction, repair and conversion, having worked in the international maritime industry in Europe, USA, N Asia and New Zealand.
Mikael Brunila @mikaelbrunila.bsky.social Postdoc @medialab-scpo.bsky.social, author, and programmer. Most of my work is in #NLProc, #GIS, computational social science, and philosophy of technology.
https://mikaelbrunila.com/information-theory/
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Fondation pour la recherche stratégique @frstrategie.bsky.social Le principal think-tank français sur les questions stratégiques et la défense / The main French think tank on strategic and defense issues.
Thibault Fournol @tfournol.bsky.social Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS) | PhD-ing at Sciences Po | India in the Indo-Pacific, Indian cooperation practices, multilateralism
BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN @gruene.de Für ein bezahlbares Leben. Ein Land, das funktioniert. Für Klima. Und Frieden. Mit dir?
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
Dr. Zsuzsa A. Ferenczy @zsuzsettte.bsky.social Affiliated Scholar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel • Assistant Professor, NDHU 花蓮 • EU-Taiwan relations, China, Indo-Pacific, geopolitics
Richard @rstirn.bsky.social Worked on a submarine, now drawing submarines and such, with a focus on masts and periscopes
*information in my illustrations is based on open source materials
FleetLeaks @fleetleaks.bsky.social Real-time maritime sanctions database tracking 867 vessels across OFAC, EU, UK, CA, AU, NZ sanctions lists. and 43 oil/gas terminals. Updated daily.
https://fleetleaks.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.
Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social Politics, economics, info-sec(from the outside), history, climate, occasional joke/meme 25% 🇪🇪 75% 🇬🇧 (War time switch)
Tips, to cover sat imagery and certain news sites I pay for and 🍺 usage, are appreciated https://ko-fi.com/svenerikvolberg
Christophe Jaffrelot @jaffrelot.bsky.social CERI-Sciences Po and KCL. Chair of the French Political Science Association and the British Association for South Asian Studies.
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
| #PomInOz
Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social CEO analytic media “The Ukrainian Review” 🇺🇦✝️
TheUkrainianReview.info
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
Adithya Krishna Menon @adithyakm.bsky.social Contributor @navalnews.bsky.social
@AdithyaKM_ on Twitter.
Focus on Indian defence indigenization, R&D, procurement and exports.
Tobias Scholz @tobischolz.bsky.social South Asia researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin | @swp-asia.bsky.social & @swp-berlin.org
🔗 https://www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-in/tobias-scholz
WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social Watching webcams & social media for views of combat ships - happy to share photos with full credit given.
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
Military Thriller, The Most Dangerous Man: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/9798892424509/
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Jeff Meiser @jwmeiser.bsky.social Former war college professor NDU now UPortland. Posts on politics, IR, strategy, hip hop. Book: Power and Restraint. My views rep only me.
@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Ian TB @iantb.bsky.social Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social Personal Perspectives • Beholding the Pacific • Krulak Center • YCAPS • Allies & Partners • Amphibious Defense • Aloha
Doha @doha104p3.bsky.social Mil-Av, Maritime, Missile, Space, Defense, and some politics related posts | F-35 appreciator | Agile Combat Employment Supremacist | (Not very active here)
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
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)
Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
Havoc @havocsix.bsky.social Army Engineer Vet & militant sarcasm enthusiast | Defense, foreign policy, & absurdism | Host Trip Wired: http://linktr.ee/tripwired1 | Historia magistra vitae | Opinions = mine alone |
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 ||
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
Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
Brady Africk @bradyafr.bsky.social Data, maps, and satellite imagery 🛰🌻🔭
viewsfromabove.bradyafrick.com
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
@kylejglen.bsky.social @kylejglen.bsky.social 
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Designer of the "Littoral Commander" wargame series. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social Former UA officer
Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com
To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
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/
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
War Mapper @warmapper.org Mapping conflicts
If you would like to support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/warmapper
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
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
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
Søren Nørby @navalnoerby.bsky.social Naval historian. Mainly Danish. And submarines. #topgunisanavyfilm Www.noerby.net
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.
Sam LaGrone @samlagrone.bsky.social Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
Signal: SamLaGrone.13
SeaNews @seanews.bsky.social Ocean Monitoring & Maritime Risk Analysis.
Tracking:
📍 Breaking Maritime Events
📍 Vessel Casualties & SAR Ops
📍 Strategic Waterway Security
map : www.marsafmon.net
Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985.bsky.social Director, Global Macro at Eurasia Group. Former RAND China Research Center, Senior Geo-Economics Analyst at Bloomberg, CSIS, DNIO for Economic Issues at NIC, and CIA. All views my own.
Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting.bsky.social China: society-digital-media / Christianity & Poetry & Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at Trier University
Senior Associate Fellow at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Helena Legarda @helenalegarda.bsky.social Lead Analyst at MERICS. China foreign and security policies. RT ≠ endorsement and other usual disclaimers.
Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social 金玉米, 君子不器, like nothing else in Tennessee.
rhymingchaos.com
thechinaweek.com
Other links: jeremygoldkorn.com
Moritz Rudolf @moritzrudolf.bsky.social China Fellow - European Commission - DG IDEA
Research Scholar & Fellow @YaleLawSch - Paul Tsai China Center (on leave)
China Analyst, Lawyer, Dr. iur.
(Private account)
Manisha Reuter @manishareuter.bsky.social Security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific with a focus on 🇨🇳& 🇮🇳| ECFR Asia Programme Manager | views are personal
Céline Pajon @cpajon.bsky.social Head of Japan & Indo-Pacific Research @IFRI
Senior fellow with the Japan Chair @CSDS VUB
Nadine Godehardt @godehardt.bsky.social China | Connectivity | Political Thinking | Critical Geopolitics | German Institute for International and Security Politics (SWP Brussels) | Love running | Usual disclaimers
Marina Rudyak 卢玛丽 @rudyakmarina.bsky.social China scholar @UniHeidelberg | Decoding (Global) China, #ChineseAid, 🇨🇳-🇷🇺& 🇨🇳-Central Asia relations | ex aid-worker | 🌹
www.decodingchina.eu
www.deconspirator.eu
Out now: Dialog mit dem Drachen (in German)
Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann @gloefflmann.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in US Foreign Policy, Queen Mary University of London. Out now: The Politics of Antagonism (Routledge, 2024). Researches Security/Narratives/Identity/Populism
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/loefflmanngeorg.html
Chong Ja Ian @chongjaian.bsky.social Political scientist from 🇸🇬. Works on security & foreign policy in NE & SE, major power competition. AcademiaSG co-editor. Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie China. Currently teaches at the National University of Singapore. Comments mine alone.
Aaron Connelly @connellyal.bsky.social Asia diplomatic editor and Singapore Bureau chief at The Economist. Former think tanker. Native of St. Petersburg, Fla. and sometime resident of Washington, DC, Sydney, Australia and Singapore.
Steven Everts @sbeverts.bsky.social Thoughts on Europe and the world. Director of @EUISS.bsky.social - the EU think tank on foreign and security policy. Views here are strictly personal - but we can share them.
Chatham House Asia-Pacific Programme @chasiapacific.bsky.social We conduct policy-relevant research on key political, economic, social & security issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.
Rebecca Tan @rebtanhs.bsky.social Southeast Asia bureau chief at The Washington Post
Snaps from bikes and boats instagram.com/rebtanwp
Dr Pia Dannhauer @piadhr.bsky.social Researching Southeast Asia and ASEAN from Berlin. Fellow at Perth USAsia Centre 🐨
Posting here privately 🤓
Armida van Rij @armida.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & Senior Nonresident Fellow @global-affairs.bsky.social. Ex-Chatham House & King's College London. European security, foreign policy & politics.
🔗 https://www.cer.eu/personnel/armida-van-rij
Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social Schlagzeilen von http://tagesschau.de - 🐘 https://ard.social/@tagesschau
Inoffizieller Account
@vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social Maritime / Shipping / Politics / Defense
Focus on Baltic Sea, North Sea and Arctic
TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com Trusted by maritime insurers, oil producers & traders, finance, governments and top news orgs to track down oil shipments. Vessel pronouns are she/her. Got it?
Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social Let’s chat about ships: starboardintelligence.com, linkedin.com/in/mark-douglas-480953141, https://douglas-maritime-research.gitbook.io/
Owner of @shipbot.bsky.social and @bosunbot.bsky.social.
Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx OSINT Specialist @ DR Verificerer (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
Prefers Signal over DM/chat: panton.01
Personal, long form, seldom updated: https://christian.panton.org/
All posts and views are my own, and might contain traces of nuts.
António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu President of the European Council
Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
EU Delegation to China 欧盟驻华代表团 @eudelchina.bsky.social The European Union is represented in China by the Delegation in Beijing. The Delegation was established in Beijing in October 1988.
欧洲联盟驻中国代表团是欧洲联盟常设在中国的代表机构。代表团成立于1988年10月。代表团享有一切外交特权与豁免权，代表团团长享有全权大使待遇。
Chef d'état-major des armées 🇫🇷 @cemafr.bsky.social Compte officiel du chef d’état-major des armées françaises 🇫🇷.
Le général Fabien Mandon occupe cette fonction depuis le 1er septembre 2025.
Official account of the 🇫🇷 Chief of Defence Staff.