High North News @highnorthnews.bsky.social International online bilingual newspaper located in Bodø, northern Norway. Together with our correspondents, we bring you news, analyses, and debate about politics and business in the Arctic.
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
Bad Baltic @badbaltictakes.bsky.social “Bad Baltic skewers the lazy prejudices of the foreign commentariat and serves them up sizzling.” - Edward Lucas
NATO Atlas @natoatlas.eurosky.social Providing the best NATO pr0n for every freedom connoisseur to enjoy. I'm not a bot, and reposts can and will happen. Also posting pictures of allied/similiar non-NATO militaries.
Joakim Paasikivi @jpaasikivi.bsky.social Senior geopolitical adviser MSA
Personal account, personal views
Indra Overland @indraoverland.bsky.social Research Professor at NUPI | energy transition | ASEAN | FSU | squash player | foodie | 
Liana Fix @lianafix.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Europe @CFR_org | Author of Germany Rearmed
| Historian & Political Scientist | #Germany #Europe #Russia #EasternEurope #Security | Views my own, likes and RT not endorsement. Washington, DC.
https://www.germanyrearmed.com/
Sasan Zarghooni-Hoffmann @zarghooni-hoffmann.bsky.social Security researcher | Assoc. Prof. at Uni. of Stavanger | First Customs PhD in Norway | National rail accident investigator #samfunnssikkerhet #tolletaten
EU Aerospace & Defence Monitor @eudefence.bsky.social Monitoring European defence procurement, strategy and geopolitical shifts.
Focusing on european aerospace tech, earth observation, ISR and european strategic autonomy.
📍Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina.bsky.social Kyiv-based journalist with Lawfare. I go by Nastya
Co-host of ESCALATION, a podcast about 🇺🇸&🇺🇦
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://yoursukrainian.substack.com/
Palle Ydstebø @pydstebo.bsky.social LtCol (ret.) (PhD), Norwegian Army, Sapper. Teaching at The Norwegian Military Academy. Military historian, subj.: Military strategy and operational art.
Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social Moodboard of late empire. Friction is foreplay for the strategically inclined.
Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social Swedish Armed Forces Communications Analyst @forsvarsmakten.se
Personal account — not an official channel.
Nordic Ukraine Forum @nordicukraine.bsky.social | Swedish Atlantic Council atlantkommitten.se/
Charles Grant @cergrant.bsky.social Director, Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Interested in the EU, Russia and China
Charlotte Lysa @charlottelysa.bsky.social Research fellow, University of Oslo
Sam Lair @slair.bsky.social Fellow at FPRI | MIIS NPTS '24 | RTs/views my own etc. Also @sam_lair on Twitter
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
https://ecfr.eu/
Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social Laws of war, human rights ++. Ex-broadcast journalist (NRK).
He/him. 🇳🇴+🇪🇺 citizen.
Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin
www.gppi.net
Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social Professor, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, (Politics and International Relations of China, Asia-Pacific, Polar Regions); Adjunct Lecturer at Ilisimatusarfik - Nuuk 🇬🇱; traveler, 積ん読, and part-time おたく. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇹🇼
Hallvard Notaker @hanotak.bsky.social Før og nå
hallvardnotaker.com
Professor i historie, Institutt for forsvarsstudier, Forsvarets høgskole
Arctic Relations @arcticrelations.bsky.social #Arctic research & stories | based at Cardiff University | led by @hansenmagnusson.bsky.social & coordinated by @charlygehrke.bsky.social 🌊❄️
www.arctic-relations.info
Rasmus Leander Nielsen @rasmusleander.bsky.social Arctic/IR scholar based in Nuuk. Head of Nasiffik - Centre for Foreign & Security Policy at Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)
Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sdu.dk | Nordic Arctic Programme funded project PI @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social | Managing @SDUArctic.bsky.social | Founder @warcticantarctic.bsky.social
Kristian Åtland @atlandkristian.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Security issues and IR theory; Russia, Ukraine, Arctic, Baltic, Black Sea. Views my own.
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs @norwaymfa.government.no The official Bluesky account of Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aage Borchgrevink @aageb.bsky.social Forfatter og human rights worker at @nhc_no. Siste bok, Krigsherren i Kreml; Vladimir Putin og hans tid, september 2022 (Kagge)
Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhcno.bsky.social Human rights and democracy in Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia.
Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social Forfatter, foredragsholder, samfunnsdebattant. USA-ekspert! ;-) Publiserer på snoen.substack.com. Neste bok: Den borgerlige illusjonen.
Ondrej Ditrych @ditrych.bsky.social Senior Analyst for Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Lukas Wahden @wahden.bsky.social PhD in IR at SciencesPo Paris & Associate Fellow with the Russia Program at George Washington University. Author of the Arctic security newsletter 66° North on Substack. Writing about Russia, China, the polar regions, sometimes the seas and space.
Kari Aga Myklebost @kariagam.bsky.social Outdoor-loving dog-person stuck as Professor of Russian History, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Currently researching contemporary Russian memory politics in the European North, https://uit.no/project/normemo.
Rasmus Raun Westh @rasmuswesth.bsky.social Political reporter & Arctic/Martime editor @altingetdk.bsky.social | Sustainability and Security Nerd, Spreadsheet Fetishist, Occasional Arabist | ’Bombs Awry’ Doc 📽 http://bit.ly/35tc3hj
Fredrik Vamne @frevamne.bsky.social Analytiker vid MTFA, Myndigheten för totalförsvarsanalys. Får vi rätt pang för pengarna?
spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social Deep diving, original analysis and reporting on the Russian Navy and related maritime topics. Views expressed do not reflect those of my current or past employers, nor do they reflect the views of Vova (you know which one).
@vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social Maritime / Shipping / Politics / Defense
Focus on Baltic Sea, North Sea and Arctic
Line Patricia Moreno @linepmoreno.bsky.social https://www.forsvaret.no/forskning/ansatte-FHS/moreno-line-patricia?q=line%20moreno
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
Katarzyna Zysk @kzysk.bsky.social Russian defence, military strategy, warfare, nuclear deterrence, Arctic, defence AI, EDTs
Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, which is a part of the Norwegian Defence University College in Oslo
https://www.forsvaret.no/en
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs @nupinytt.bsky.social The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs does research on international relations and Norwegian foreign policy. Newsletter: https://www.nupi.no/en/about-nupi/signup
Web: www.nupi.no/en
Jette F. Christensen @jettefc.bsky.social Europa-og sikkerhetsanalytiker, Altinget.no
Read & write about democracy, security, geopolitics
Bok: Demokratiet, det er oss. Ti sårbarheter i verdens beste folkestyre:
https://linktr.ee/jette.f.christensen?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Roar Thon @secdefence.bsky.social Fagdirektør i Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM)
Etterspurt foredragsholder som snakker på inn- og utpust om nasjonal sikkerhet, mennesker og teknologi.
Skaper av "Sikkerhetsutfordringer i gamle dager" #vintagesecurity - www.roarthon.no
Tore O. Sandvik @toreosa.bsky.social Minister of Defense Norway
Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet @nasjonalsikkerhet.bsky.social NSM skal bedre Norges evne til å beskytte seg mot spionasje, sabotasje, terror og sammensatte trusler.
Peace Research Institute Oslo @prioresearch.bsky.social The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.
📩 Newsletter: http://bit.ly/49ogaeP
(THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER ACCOUNT AND CURRENTLY INACTIVE)
Dr Viktoriya Fedorchak @vfluft.bsky.social Lecturer in War Studies, Air Operations Division, Swedish Defence University. Research interests in air power and modern warfare 
Markus Balázs Göransson @mbgoransson.bsky.social Associate Professor in War Studies at Swedish Defence University, (post-)Soviet wars.
Elin Berg @elinberg.bsky.social PhD student in War Studies | Gender, Peace & Security at the Swedish Defense University. Previously @GVAGrad & @UU_Peace. Views my own. I like politics, peace, parmesan & Paris (she/her)
Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Stockholm University. Recent joined the Swedish Defence University.
Linnéa Gelot @ligelot.bsky.social Senior lecturer at Swedish Defence University
Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin.bsky.social Writes about research in English and about politics in Swedish.
Game theory | Economics | War Studies
Swedish Defence University | Lund university | Institute for Futures Studies
web: https://sites.google.com/site/karlerikmohlin/
Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social Associate lecturer at @mhafhs.bsky.social; Rettig Fellow. History PhD on the Swedish Empire & identity from St Andrews. Swedish & Sami History, history of empire, science and knowledge. Also expect baking, crocheting and cats 🐈
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.
Julia Zulver @jzulver.bsky.social 📍 Wallenberg Academy Fellow, Swedish Defence University
📍 Senior Researcher at Ladysmith
📕 Author: High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Eng http://bit.ly/36wtfGz Esp http://bit.ly/3BGTNlQ
Ruso Zabakhidze @rusozabakhidze.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Swedish Defence University
Interested in civil-military relations, civil and total defence, non-state armed groups, Eastern Europe
Antoine Bousquet @ajbousquet.bsky.social Martial Empiricist | Author of 'The Scientific Way of Warfare' & 'The Eye of War' | Currently has nukes & AI on the brain | Swedish Defence University
Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social War, Defense, Military Creativity/Innovation.
Senior Lecturer at the department of Systems Science for Security and Defence, Assoc Prof, War Studies, Swedish Defence Uni. @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
Big believer in obscure military theory. Views own.
Swedish Defence University @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social The Swedish Defence University contributes to national and international security through research and education. We are a specialised university that focuses on defence, crisis management and security.
https://www.fhs.se/en/swedish-defence-university
Kostiantyn Hoholenko @hoholenko.bsky.social 
Bjørn Johan Berger @bjornjberger.bsky.social Dislike Putin's invasion of Ukraine (since 2014), disinfo and whatever threatens our democracies. Norsk-ukrainsk venneforening. Humanistprisen 2025.
Trengerkaffe @trengerkaffe.bsky.social 
Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social Mostly in Finglish. Yes, we have few chickens | #fella of sorts | Mainly #russia related | #fuckcancer | RTs, following≠endorsements | @akihheikkinen at X | ❤️ @katiheikkinen.bsky.social
Thomas Vrenngård @vrenngard.bsky.social Officer i annan myndighet (YAM) - Försvarshögskolan. Bedömningar och åsikter är mina egna; förvisso präglade av 35+ år i uniform.
Kalla Kriget, en historia @kallakriget.bsky.social När vår försvarsmakt var en krigsmakt 🇸🇪📸
📸 Instagram - www.instagram.com/kallakrigetenhistoria
🎥 Youtube - https://youtube.com/@coldwarsweden?si=KZEmy2zd97VCpXvU
Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social Still undecided about what to do with BlueSky.
moderation·bsky·app labeled me a spammer for 'Unwanted, repeated, or unrelated actions that bother users'.
They removed the label but didn't say it was unwarranted or give any clue why it was applied.
Berit Rekve @beritrekve.bsky.social Frilans rådgjevar. Tekstterapeut. Master i off. leiing og styring.
Samfunnstryggleik, politikk, kommunikasjon, organisasjon, natur, klima. Leiar Mediemållaget.
Safety, securty, crisis management, communication, language, nature, climate.
Oslo - Norway
Sophia Besch @sophiabesch.bsky.social Senior Fellow Europe @CarnegieEndowment.org, DC
Adjunct lecturer @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
Previously @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social
Bente Sorgenfrey @bentesorgenfrey.bsky.social Former tradeunion leader. Interested in EU, security policy, working conditions and education. Vice President Europeanmovement Denmark #eudk #eupol #uddpol #dkpol #arbejde come on Bluesky🦋21.10.2023 as number 1.685.761
Ross Allen @allenross.bsky.social UK Ambassador to Estonia since 2021.
Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social 🇵🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺⚖️ Senior Research Coordinator at @democracyreporting.bsky.social, re:constitution programme - rule of law in the EU. Lives on a Berlin-Poznań-Warszawa train. "European Elitist". He/him. Full-time nerd. I'm a fan of bios longer than 160 characters.
Perkūnas 🇱🇹 @perkunaslt.bsky.social Former Policy Analyst | Focused on Lithuanian Armed Forces news & military history | Covering national defense developments, NATO & German military deployments in Lithuania
@lagersten.bsky.social @lagersten.bsky.social 
Commander ⚓️ 📖 @commanderslog.bsky.social Per Nilsson, sjöofficer med åsikter om Flottan, försvaret, säkerhetspolitiken, sjöfarten och andra kärnintressen! Ledamot av Kungl. Örlogsmannasällskapet.
Ewa Stenberg @ewastenberg.bsky.social Security policy correspondent at Dagens Nyheter in Sweden.
Posts mostly in Swedish
@forsvarsmakten.bsky.social @forsvarsmakten.bsky.social 
Johan Wiktorin 🌻 @forsvarsakerhet.bsky.social Intelligence & Security Advisor, Co-founder INTIL, OSINT specialist, Fellow Royal Academy of War Sciences, Senior Fellow ISDP, Private account and positions. Regrouped from X early 2025.
Flygvapenchefen @flygvapenchefen.bsky.social 
@flygvapnet.bsky.social @flygvapnet.bsky.social 
Försvarsmakten @forsvarsmakten.se Försvarsmaktens officiella konto. Pressjour finns tillgänglig dygnet runt 08-788 88 88.
Wiseman @wisemanswisdoms.bsky.social Swedish defence and security policy. Politically independent. Member of the Royal Society of Naval Sciences & the Royal Academy of War Sciences.
Adam Schelin @adamschelin.bsky.social (M) Politiskt sakkunnig till ministern för civilt försvar
Sofia ”Greenish” Thulin @soffit.bsky.social Kommer från gamla försvarstwitter. Smyger sig in lite geocaching, svampskog och hunden Ture. @saab och spanar på omvärlden. Täby.
Matti Pesu @pesumatti.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Finland, Northern Europe, NATO
Joel Linnainmäki @linnainmaki.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Foreign policy, NATO and Northern European security. Hamilton nerd in search of cute dogs. 
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
Larisa Brown @larisabrown.bsky.social Defence Editor, The Times. Author, The Gardener of Lashkar Gah
Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social Hoover Fellow, Director Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Stanford University. Research on international security, emerging technology, wargames. Views are my own. 
Angus Lapsley @acwlapsley.bsky.social Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UK to NATO
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
Jon Hawkes @jonhawkes.bsky.social Commenter with regular primers and threads on AFV & Tank technology and programmes. | Blog: https://jonhawkes.wixsite.com/tanknologyinstitute | Views are my own L/RT≠E
Think Defence @thinkdefence.bsky.social UK defence and security blog at www.thinkdefence.co.uk
@eeobroht.bsky.social @eeobroht.bsky.social Former submariner gone academic. Interests: Military and Cold War history, naval matters, technology, NatSec, Nordic and European current affairs
#SlavaUkraina #KeepCalmAndHumiliateRussia
Dr Maria Shagina @mshagina.bsky.social Diamond-Brown Senior Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy, IISS | Ex @FIIA_fi and UniZurich | Economic statecraft, sanctions & energy.
Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are mine
Joshua C Huminski @joshuachuminski.bsky.social SVP of natsec & intel @ CSPC, policy for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI, ret.), book reviewer for the Diplomatic Courier, GMU NSI Senior Fellow & host of ‘Coffee & Conflict’.
Rob Person @rtperson3.bsky.social Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
Mike Petersen @michaelbpetersen.bsky.social Russian military and warfighting analysis at the Center for Naval Analyses; Senior Non-Resident fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute; former Senior Advisor to US Navy CNO; former director of Russia maritime studies at U.S. Naval War College.
Forsvarsdepartementet @forsvarsdep.bsky.social Forsvarsdepartementet har ansvar for utforming og iverksetting av norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk.
Norwegian Ministry of Defence