Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social Historian of transnational politics & religion between the US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, @histcatmex.bsky.social. Social Media Officer, @iehs.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie.
https://nathanellstrand.com/
Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
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.
Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social Historian of the intelligentsia. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Deputy Editor @NoemaMag.com. Check out "Children of a Modest Star": https://www.sup.org/books/politics/children-modest-star. Posts my own
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social finance, energy, climate, geopolitics, industrial policy
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
in Australia -> DMs hard to retrieve, best to email
Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social For you
I've saved the descriptions of chicken sandwiches,
teaches at UChicago | editor & indexer | proud member of SEIU local 73
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Paul Adlerstein @pauladlerstein.bsky.social Historian @Colorado College. Aspiring neo-Bundist (the good Jewish one). Main project: how to build progressive internationalist power in the USA? More at: pauladlerstein.com
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Our publications, research, and higher education solutions spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world.
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com A magazine of culture and politics
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Who Makes Cents? @whomakescents.bsky.social A monthly podcast about the history of capitalism. Hosted by @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social and @dygottlieb.bsky.social
Jessica Ann Levy @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social Historian. Professor. Writer. Podcaster | US and/in the World + corporations + post-apartheid/postcolonialism | Author of Black Power, Inc. | Co-host @WhoMakesCents
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
Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social.
Anne Foster @alfhistory.bsky.social Historian. Editor. author Long War on Drugs https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/f5382209-762c-4561-a5e2-4125c1a6613d
Cornell Tech Policy Institute @cornellbtpi.bsky.social
The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social Knowledge Curation Done Well. Non-Profit. Podcasts, videos, books, academic articles, and more. Subscribe: https://www.the-syllabus.com/
Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social European security & defence, global order, EU in US-China competition.
Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich. PhD Defence Studies, King’s College London. Into running, matcha, 中文. Views my own.
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
Evan Procknow @eprocknow.bsky.social French colonial history; all things Algeria and the Sahel. Also tweets about policy, defense, and sports in that order.
Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social Writer and journalist living in Brooklyn; author of No Rain in the Amazon: How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet, see more at www.nikolaskozloff.com, www.nkozphoto.com, www.youtube.com/@NikolasKozloff-q7f
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social adjunct economics lecturer at suny
CENFAD at Temple University @cenfad.bsky.social Housed within the Department of History, CENFAD fosters interdisciplinary research by faculty and students on the historical and contemporary uses of force and diplomacy in global contexts.
Linktr.ee/CENFAD
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Victoria Gonzalez Maltes @vgonzalezmaltes.bsky.social PhD candidate in History - 20th c US immigration and refugee history
@ehess, living in Philadelphia
HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social Historians of the Twentieth Century U.S. (HOTCUS) promotes scholarship in 20th century American history through conferences and awards. Become a member! - https://hotcus.org.uk/
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.
Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social Official journal for the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
https://academic.oup.com/dh
U.S. Institute of Peace @usip.org The United States Institute of Peace is a premier peacebuilding organization. Congress founded USIP in 1984 as an independent nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting peace by preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict abroad. www.usip.org
Mattie Christine Webb @mattiecwebb.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History at VMI | Institute for Global Affairs Nonresident Fellow | Rhodes University Affiliate | Formerly: Yale Postdoc, UCSB History PhD | US Foreign Relations, Global Anti-Apartheid, Labor | Marathon runner
Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social Historian, writer, former bartender.
Author of The United States and the Ends of Empire, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2026, and Disunited Nations, @lsupress.bsky.social, 2021. https://www.seantbyrnes.com
David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social Historian at LSE
www.davidmotadel.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
Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social Senior foreign affairs correspondent and columnist at POLITICO
Alt U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) @altusip.bsky.social
Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. Married. We the People: http://tinyurl.com/yyhxjktb; Of Thee I Sing: http://tinyurl.com/y6hsozjx. #ScholarSunday guru. https://blackwhiteandread.com he/him
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social Energy & Climate Geopolitics
Head of Political Strategy @350.org
Energy Co-Lead, International Climate Policy Hub.
Views = my own
Maryum Alam @maryumalam.bsky.social Rosenwald Post-Doc, Dickey Center at Dartmouth College | Political Science PhD, The Ohio State University | maryumnalam.com | The MESO Lab | IR, FP, decision-making, conflict escalation, causal inference, public opinion, computational social science
James Park @jyjamespark.bsky.social Research Associate for East Asia Program @quincyinst.bsky.social.
Follows, Reposts, Likes ≠ Endorsement. All views are mine.
Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social China & climate reporter @bloomberg.com
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Amanda Waterhouse @amandawaterhouse.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame. Editor, Age of Revolutions. PhD, IU Bloomington. Historian of int’l development + architecture in Colombia & beyond.
@maxhoffmandc.bsky.social @maxhoffmandc.bsky.social
Alex Southgate @arsouthgate.bsky.social Philadelphia/Toronto
20th Cen. International History | Temple University PhD Candidate | Diplomatic History Assistant Editor
https://irw.rutgers.edu/rejoinder-webjournal/issue-9-the-archival-is-political
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
Any tips or info you’d like to share?
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Prem@zeteonews.com
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Mark Schmitt @mschmitt9.bsky.social Political Reform Program, @NewAmerica. Previously, @rooseveltinst; @theprospect; @OpenSociety; US Senate for Bill Bradley, D-NJ.
Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social forumarmstrade.org -- The Forum is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use.
Passport @passportshafr.bsky.social Official Account of PASSPORT: THE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS REVIEW
Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
Eric Hundman @ehundman.bsky.social China analyst and research director at BluePath Labs, scholar, sometime artist. 中文通(非中国通), sci-fi geek, ex-STEM. Security, tech, and foreign policy in China + Taiwan. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
http://www.erichundman.com/
Chicago is home.
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
John Delury @johndelury.bsky.social Living in Seoul... writing on empire, China, and America... watching the two Koreas... reminiscing about Rome
Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb.bsky.social Historian of modern U.S. || Author of YUPPIES (@harvardpress.bsky.social) II Co-host of @whomakescents.bsky.social II Rep'd by Alia Hanna Habib @thegernertco.bsky.social
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
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @keeanga.bsky.social historian, co-founder of Hammer & Hope, @NewYorker, DEI hire
https://www.keeangataylor.com/
King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social Ex-Interim Chair. Free puns. Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
Michael W Chamberlin @michaelwchamberlin.bsky.social Human rights | Derechos humanos.
President @ consultorasolidaria.org | Senior Fellow @
https://bsky.app/profile/cipolicy.bsky.social
New book "Quest for Loved Ones. Learning from the Mothers of the Missing in Mexico"
https://michaelwchamberlin.com
John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social foreign policy, international peace and security, nuclear weapons, antiquity
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
Megan Black @megan-a-black.bsky.social Historian of US environmental management and foreign relations. Author of *The Global Interior* (Harvard, 2018). Nebraskan in Massachusetts interested in connections between past & present, human & nonhuman, and middle & coasts & world.
SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
est. 1967
Caitlin Barker @caitlinbarker.bsky.social Historian of Africa, China, and the Cold War | Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston College | Book review editor, H-Africa
Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social Writer at Eunomia, Responsible Statecraft, and Antiwar
daniellarison.substack.com
Bench Ansfield @benchansfield.bsky.social asst prof of history at temple // they/them
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (W.W. Norton, August 19)
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093510
Mary Wareham @marywareham.bsky.social Arms Director, Human Rights Watch @hrw.org
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
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
Whitney Humanities Center at Yale @yalewhc.bsky.social A hub for the humanities, where intellectual relationships are forged across academic boundaries, within and beyond Yale University.
the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social will index your book in exchange for money, send me a book rec, dissertating at berkeley: history+dams+us foreign policy+india.
linktr.ee/varshaoforange
Sarah R. Meiners, PhD @srmeiners.bsky.social Assistant Professor at James Madison University // Historian of US refugee policy in the US empire, 1975 - present // also writing about unaccompanied minors at Guantánamo
Amna Qayyum @aqayyum.bsky.social historian | health, science, gender, global governance | assistant professor @UGA | prev @Brookings @JacksonYale @PrincetonHist
Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social London Academic- Tracking the American Empire’s foreign policy establishment and its forging through wars and imperial international system building, and its crises; role of Trump and Trumpism in US and globally
James Patton Rogers @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University. War Historian, Author, Policy Advisor, & Broadcaster. I work on the history of drones, precision weapons, and the future of autonomous warfare. www.jamespattonrogers.com
Sarah A. Topol @satopol.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com
Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social co-host Citations Needed podcast.
order my new book ‘How to Sell a Genocide’ here https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide or https://a.co/d/0hl4hmFi
columnblog.com
@juliagledhill.bsky.social @juliagledhill.bsky.social
The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Tuesday-Friday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.
https://linktr.ee/psaki
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
SB @sbridger.bsky.social Tired history prof, #histsci writer of sorts, font of regrets. Author of Scientists at War: The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research (https://www.amazon.com/Scientists-War-Ethics-Weapons-Research/dp/0674736826) Was @bridgebot at the other place.
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump, his administration and circle of friends -- without fear or favor. I write about people and power. My contact on Signal: EricLiptonNYT.01
Laura A. Belmonte @drlauraabelmonte.bsky.social Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech|swimmer|traveler|hiker|golfer|news junkie|dog lover|foodie
Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, lifting, and dogs
Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
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
David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
Jennifer Mittelstadt @jenmittelstadt.bsky.social Historian of politics, the state and movements in the US.
@RUHistoryDept, @SFNDHE, series editor Power, Politics and the World @PennPress
Derek Davison @dwdavison.bsky.social @fxnewsletter.bsky.social
@amprestigepod.bsky.social