Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social Journalist at the Financial Times, ex London Centric. Not the chancellor. Email me on rachel.rees@ft.com
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.
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social News from King's College London | King’s is a multi-faculty research-led institution & one of the top 10 UK universities in the world | Contact: comms@kcl.ac.uk
Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social I(i)mpact and engagement for my brilliant colleagues in politics, economics, social sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Often I dream of islands.
🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Mujdat E., PhD @mujdat-2025.bsky.social PhD in Politics & International Studies @UniofWarwick
Interested in politics, intelligence and security studies, Northern Ireland 'Troubles', archival research, research support
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
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"
the5krunner @the5krunner.bsky.social Reviews & Opinions on Running, Triathlon & Fitness Tech - drop by for a look http://the5krunner.com
Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
Matt Legg @matthewlegg.bsky.social PhD Researcher at KCL.
Opinions are my own. Likes and Reposts are not to be considered endorsements.
War Studies | Intelligence | Conspiracy Theories 
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
Christopher Burgess @burgessct.bsky.social 30+yrs w/CIA🕵️♂️ | ✍️ Burgess Writing: NatSec/Espionage/Insider/Cyber and more | Co-Author Book 📕 Secrets Stolen Fortunes Lost
https://www.burgessct.com/about/bio-christopher/
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Lars Berger @larsberger.bsky.social Professor, Federal University of Administrative Sciences/Berlin, Research and teaching on US foreign and counterterrorism policy, Islamist terrorism, MENA international politics, Views my own.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Relapsing lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social Historically grounded approaches to enduring geopolitical problems
Pauline Blistene @paulineblistene.bsky.social 
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is an international forum for new research and analysis of contemporary security issues. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpic20
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
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.
Riley Linebaugh @rileysline.bsky.social
historian, archivist
global history @ uni potsdam
she/her
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.
Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social b9a45e5942ca3940f7a811fc93e4ffd0
Sian Cleary @clearys.bsky.social PhD Researcher History of Digital Policy UK.
The Strand Group, Policy Institute @KingsCollegeLon. Interested in how government works, technology and digital policy. Tech Professional. Avid Hammer 🛠️ Sea Dipper 🌊🏊♀️ https://siancleary.co.uk/
Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social Author of The #SpyWhoLoved (freedom), #WomenWhoFlewForHitler (but ended their lives on opposite sides of history), #WomanWhoSavedTheChildren (but didn’t like them much). #AgentZo (what a hero).
Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social I write books about spies.
Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co Congressman (NY-10); Former Lead Counsel, Trump Impeachment 1.0; AUSA, SDNY. Proud husband & father of 5 children.
https://www.dangoldmanforny.com/
Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org A rigorous, policy-relevant journal on national & international security, brought to you by The University of Texas System | tnsr.org
Alexander Martin @alexmartin.bsky.social Journalist covering cybersecurity and intelligence. UK Editor at The Record from Recorded Future News. Dad of two.
🏠 Sheffield
📧 alexander.martin@therecord.media
📱 Signal: AlexanderMartin.79
Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow. Plot twist: not from Åland. 📸 Stas Kartashov
🎙️ co-host Mildly Alarmed
✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
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.”
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social Historian of modern Italy, Associate Professor at UCL, researching history of Italian emigration, the First World War, and difficult heritage of Italian Fascism.
https://selenadaly.com
Rachel Midura @rmidura.bsky.social Digital historian of early modern Europe in Virginia. Posts on historical travel, mail, diplomats, spies 🕵️ Author of Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell, 2025). Now on #17thC conspiracy.
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Andrew Graham-Dixon / Vermeer
Dr Robert T. Foley @robertfoley.bsky.social Reader in Defence Studies, King's College London, at the Joint Services Command & Staff College. Sometime writer on warfare and strategic thought, particularly Germany in the First World War. Occasional runner of longish distances. Views my own.
Calder Walton @calderwalton.bsky.social Harvard Kennedy School | Intelligence & National Security | Author | PhD & Former Attorney (Barrister) | Husband, Father
Kiril Avramov @avramovok.bsky.social Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Non-Resident Fellow to the Intelligence Studies Project @LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Kate Doyle @katidoyle.bsky.social Declassified documents nerd, senior analyst National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social, Latin America, human rights
Annette Idler @annetteidler.bsky.social Associate Professor @UniofOxford, Director @GS_Oxford, former Visiting Scholar @Harvard, #globalsecurity #armedconflict #illiciteconomy author #BorderlandBattles http://tinyurl.com/y2q www.annetteidler.com
Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-nominated Historian & Author FRHistS
WW1/WW2/20thC Royalty
Runs @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
@15minutebook.club 🎧
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Adam D.M. Svendsen @intstrategist.bsky.social (Prof./Dr.) // An international intelligence + defence strategist, researcher, educator (Oslo | Georgetown | Salamanca), analyst, adviser + consultant - learn more via: http://www.intstrategist.com
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
@faisalislam.bsky.social @faisalislam.bsky.social 
Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
Buy my book👇
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Prof. Aleksandra Gasztold @agasztold.bsky.social University of Warsaw | Editor-in-Chief ACIG | IVLP Alumni | WIIS Poland #terrorism #women #radicalisation #security #counterterrorism
The Steady State @thesteadystate.org 425+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/SteadyState
Web: https://www.thesteadystate.org
Substack: https://steadystate1.substack.com/
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
Ronan Mainprize @ronanmainprize.bsky.social Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication
Research on intelligence, statecraft, and strategy • Writing a book on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Global Cold War • University of Warwick PhD
Buckingham Centre for Security & Intelligence Studies. @bucsisintel.bsky.social BUCSIS offers a range of security and intelligence programmes - taught & online including research degrees. #HUMINT #CovertAction. https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/research/bucsis
Joe Maiolo @joemaiolo.bsky.social Professor of International History, Department of War Studies, King’s College London & co-editor The Journal of Strategic Studies
James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
David Clay @davidclay.bsky.social British diplomat. Currently Consul-General in Boston. Posting occasionally about the history of diplomacy, negotiation and great books.
@douglaslondon.bsky.social @douglaslondon.bsky.social Retired CIA Ops Officer and Chief of Station; Georgetown SFS, John Hopkins SAIS, and Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Dr Clare Stevens @doccstevens.bsky.social Lecturer in IR @CardiffUni dabbling in cybersecurity politics, STS, tech in global politics; secrecy studies; and a High Admiral of nerding out
Larry Pfeiffer @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social Personal Account / Hayden Center Director / Led White House Situation Room / Fmr CIA Chief of Staff / Nat'l security & intelligence commentator / Speaker
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
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social 
Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social Historian (PhD) at Sweden’s National Defence University. Dabbles in Memory/Intelligence Analysis/Peace and Conflict Studies but would much rather be an Unspeakable at the Department of Mysteries.
Jennifer Davis @jadavisdc.bsky.social Associate Professor of Intelligence Analysis, Faculty Advisor for JMU WINS, James Madison University. International law and human rights sections, ISA, research on social media and democracy, war crimes, and European affairs. jadavisdc.01 on Signal
Mindy Haas @mindyhaas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at SPIA, Univ. of Pitt. Studying covert action, US FP, int'l security & int'l law. PhD from Princeton Politics, JD from Penn Law. Mom to Amelia & kitty cat crew. She/her.
Torbjørn Kveberg @tkveberg.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at NTNU. Cyber and influence. These are my own not very thought through views.
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Dr Ioanna Iordanou @ioannaiordanou.bsky.social Organisational historian, Venetianist, early modernist, academic, mum
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
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
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) @soc-ace.bsky.social SOC ACE research generates evidence that aims to support the development of politically feasible approaches for countering organised crime, illicit finance, kleptocracy & corruption around the world.
https://www.socace-research.org.uk/ 
Prof Heather Marquette @hamarquette.bsky.social Director, Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) - https://www.socace-research.org.uk/ & @soc-ace.bsky.social
| Professor, University of Birmingham | Substack newsletter - https://substack.com/@profheathermarquette
Joshua Rovner @jrovner.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social Assoc Prof at the University of Exeter's Strategy and Security Institute. Also currently: NATO Defence College, RN Strategic Studies Centre, UofE Press (co-edit the 'Exeter Strategic & Security Studies' book series). @blagden_david on The Other Place.
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
Paul Lay @paullay.bsky.social Senior Editor, Engelsberg Ideas, author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate. Opera tragic. Formerly WBCU-C. Who/He.
Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social New York Times intelligence reporter. 
Rest Is Classified @restisclassified.bsky.social Espionage is a world of shadows, it’s time to bring it to light.
Dr Hannah Wilson @drhannahw.bsky.social MA, PhD, AFHEA. Lecturer (NTU) and Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Manchester with focus on Holocaust studies, material culture/transgenerational memory, and Sobibor Death Camp. Outreach Officer for Generation 2 Generation.
Military Intelligence Museum @milintmuseum.bsky.social Official page for the Military Intelligence Museum. Learn about the history of British Military Intelligence, from the Boer War to the current day.
https://www.militaryintelligencemuseum.org/book-your-visit
https://linktr.ee/MilitaryIntelligenceMuseum
Defence Studies @dsdkings.bsky.social The Defence Studies Department at King's College London. World-leading research on #war & #conflict | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dsd
Professor Brooke Rogers OBE @profbrookerogers.bsky.social Professor of Behavioural Science & Security, Department of War Studies/School of Security Studies, King’s College London.
Deputy Executive Dean and Vice-Dean People & Planning in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Views expressed are my own.
Amy Zegart @amyzegart.bsky.social Stanford professor and Hoover senior fellow. Co-chair of Stanford Emerging Tech Review. I study U.S. intelligence, emerging tech, and geopolitical risk. Latest book: Spies, Lies, & Algorithms. Views are my own.
Cheap Indie Vinyl @cheapindievinyl.bsky.social Hi, I’m Tom. I share links to sales and cheap vinyl records from independent record shops in the UK. he/him
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
Andrew Riley @andrewriley-001.bsky.social Archivist. Works on modern political papers. (Views are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.)