Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
Sarah A. Topol @satopol.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com
Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social I'm a Dutch journalist bringing you a news selection about the war in Ukraine and Iran, as well as general defence issues. Former correspondent in Geneva, Berlin, Prague, and Brussels. Ex-correspondent of Jane's Defence Weekly. Studied Russian.
UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social Operator of CelesTrak, the world's first source for orbital element sets and related software and educational materials.
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Christian and Miles Cameron @phokion.bsky.social Author, outdoor enthusiast, modern-day knight. Artifact Space, Red Knight, Cold Iron, Tyrant, Killer of Men, Chivalry etc
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
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.
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
The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our news-portal:
barentsobserver.com
The Lost Comms 🇳🇴 🇪🇺 @thelostcomms.bsky.social 🇳🇴 Soldier keeping an eye on stuff.
- Nordics/Scandinavia mainly.
Random posts only for the time.
-Ordo ab chao- слава Україна 🇺🇦
Russia Maritime Watch @rfnosblog.bsky.social Independent maritime intelligence on Russia's naval and commercial fleets. Providing strategic insights, movement tracking, and predictive OSINT reporting.
https://russiamaritimewatch.wixsite.com/home
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
Foreign Policy Research Institute @fpri.bsky.social Nonpartisan foreign policy think tank. Join the conversation: https://fpriinsights.substack.com/
Russian Forces Spotter @tiafarris10.bsky.social 🔍 Maritime OSINT
🚨 Tracking Russian naval and energy flows
🌐 Open-source intelligence
Also on X: https://x.com/TiaFarris10
Heather_at_ACTS @heatheratacts.bsky.social Airpower professor; author of How the Few Became the Proud; all thoughts my own personal opinion, not DOD
Jamming @jamming.bsky.social Tracking Military Aircraft & Activity in Northern Europe, as therapy to feel safe in the Baltics. I am PRO NATO & EU. I have no military background
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
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.
Frederik Van Lokeren @kaptainloma.bsky.social Former officer in the Belgian Navy, freelance writer for Marineschepen.nl and Naval News.
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam @inahpkvam.bsky.social Researcher at Norwegian Defence University College / Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. Specialising on Russian military and maritime strategy. All views my own
but a fly @claudialanz.bsky.social Just like patterns
Ryan Chan 陳家翹 @kakiuchan.bsky.social Truth is still the truth even if nobody believes it. Lie is still a lie even if everybody believes it.
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost...
Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/
Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social Following Nordic defence and security matters, mostly technical, and am myself based in the Nordics. Yes, I'm aware the pun is stupid ;). He/him.
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.
Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia.
I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to.
Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
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#
Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
John Schaus @handle.invalid Indo-Pacific defense issues, among other topics. All views my own. Engagement does not equal endorsement.
Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) @cimsec.bsky.social Non-partisan think tank building a global community of practitioners and academics in maritime security.
CIMSEC is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank.
https://cimsec.org/
John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social Staff Writer at ForeignPolicy.com
Send tips/ideas to john.haltiwanger@foreignpolicy.com
Henrik Paulsson @paulsson.bsky.social Normally @ Swedish Defence University. I mostly study change, tactics, and drones.
Oscar Jonsson @oajonsson.bsky.social Russia, modern warfare and old literature.
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?
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
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.
Jade McGlynn @drjademcglynn.bsky.social Researches and writes on Russia, Ukraine, memory, propaganda 
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
Black Bird Group @blackbirdgroup.bsky.social @Black_BirdGroup
Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don't DM, Email us:
contact@blackbirdgroup.fi
Map:
https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap
Our site:
https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
Karolina Hird @karolinahird.bsky.social Currently studying war @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. Focusing on Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and all things human rights in TOT. Opinions mine, although I’m “not an expert or analyst” according to the Kremlin, so be warned!! 
Julian Pawlak @jupawlak.bsky.social Researcher, @swp-berlin.org
Non-res Associate Fellow, NATO Defense College
Strategy and Defense, Maritime Security, and Baltic Sea Region
Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
Gabriela I. Rosa @gabrielairosa.bsky.social Bori de Toa Alta - Analyst @CNA_org Russia Studies Program - I write about Russia + European Security for the military-intellectual complex - Opinions my own
Aleksandar Matovski @amatovski.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. Author of “Popular Dictatorships” @cambridgeup.bsky.social. All views are my own and not USG/DoD policy.
Website: aleksandarmatovski.com
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
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
Fabian Burkhardt @faburkhardt.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies |
Russia & executive power, elites, digital authoritarianism | "post-Soviet" space |
Co-Editor at Russian Analytical Digest, Russland-Analysen, Ukraine-Analysen
Andrew Winner @acwinner.bsky.social Adjunct Professor, SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Views are mine own. Umarell in training.
Stacie Pettyjohn @spettyjohn.bsky.social Director of the defense program and senior fellow CNAS
Eliot A. Cohen @eliotacohen.bsky.social Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
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.
Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
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…
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com
MT Anderson @mtanderson.bsky.social 🇺🇸 husband, girl dad, son, brother 🇺🇸
••• Opinions are my own •••
Dmitry Stefanovich @dvsteff.bsky.social Nukes, missiles, military, space, tech, music, cats, #STRATDELA and #HYPERHYPE 
Fabian Hoffmann, PhD @frhoffmann.bsky.social Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy.
Weekly analysis of missile tech, nuclear strategy, and European deterrence 👇
https://missilematters.substack.com/subscribe
Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social Prof of Totalitarian Studies @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
Fabrice Deprez @fabricedeprez.bsky.social Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
Otto Svendsen @ottosvendsen.bsky.social Associate Fellow at CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program. Dane in DC. European defense, transatlantic affairs, the Arctic. Views my own.
Hugo Sedgwick @hugogeorge.bsky.social JFC Norfolk #NATO #VBStrong
🇬🇧🇳🇴🇩🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪🇮🇸🇺🇦
Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) @archer83able.bsky.social Providing in-depth news coverage about the armed conflicts and crises all around the globe (focus on 🇺🇦 Ukraine).
📨 archer83able@gmail.com
YT: www.youtube.com/@archer83able
☕️ KoFi: https://t.co/zRfCNxRSdu
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
Eric Robinson @ericrobinson.bsky.social associate director @ RAND | defense strategy | data science | special operations | former OSD policy | usual caveats
Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social Fellow @epik-ukraine.bsky.social & Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646.
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
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
max seddon @maxseddon.bsky.social moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
На войну мы все насрем @dm-e.bsky.social Журналист, zona.media
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
Jonathan Caverley @jcaverley.bsky.social Political scientist who is a visiting senior fellow at IISS and professor (on leave) at the US Naval War College. Sure it works in practice, but how does it work in theory? Opinions are mine.
H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
http://www.hisutton.com/
Anatoly Zak @anatolyzak.bsky.social RussianSpaceWeb.com
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
Niklas Granholm @niklasg.bsky.social Deputy Director of Studies Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI. Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (KÖMS), Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (KKrVA). Certified Polar Bear guard.
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/- L Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick @lizwish.bsky.social Researcher on China, Russia, Sino-Russian relations, Central Asia, Arctic, resources, non-traditional security.
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social Professor and Head, Defence, Investment and Innovation, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano.
More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki 
Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
https://x.com/MrFrantarelli
Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War, knows about War Studies and has an amateur understanding of Space. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London