Evan A. Laksmana @elaksmana.bsky.social Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence • Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
evanlaksmana.com
Beverley Loke @beverleyloke.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Australian National University | Co-Convenor of the ANU China Seminar Series | Great power politics, Hierarchies and Hegemony, Global Order, Global IR, China’s foreign policy, US-China, Indo-Pacific.
Daniel Bray @drdanbray.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Rory Medcalf @rorymedcalf.bsky.social Professor Rory Medcalf AM | Head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, Canberra | Indo-Pacific strategy | An independent Australian worldview 
Jon Symons @jonsymons.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Macquarie Uni. Writes about climate change, technology, international relations. 🌈
Sydney | Eora Nation
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social 🇦🇺 🇮🇩 Flat White, Kopi Susu https://flatkopi.substack.com/
Southeast Asia newsletter 🤓 https://darimulut.substack.com
Dr Natali Pearson @sea-greeny.bsky.social ocean + heritage + Southeast Asia
living on Gadigal land
DECRA Fellow 2025-2027 + Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney | President, Indonesia Council | Councillor, Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology | author #BelitungBook
Jeremy Garlick @jeremy-garlick.bsky.social Director, Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies, Prague University of Economics and Business. China's international relations, Belt & Road Initiative, IR theory. Participant in EuroHub4Sino - Horizon Europe project researching China.
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at the Atlantic, reviews books for Foreign Affairs. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
Jeremy Kruse @jeremykruse.bsky.social A learner with diverse interests, including the Renaissance in Rome, contemporary Southeast Asia and the mighty Carlton football club.
@willclapton.bsky.social @willclapton.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Relations UNSW Sydney
Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social #Borders #IR #CriticalSecurityStudies #IPS #Walls Convenor @acbsnetwork.bsky.social MacquarieUni
Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social Academic, Asia-China-Australia
Bridi Rice @bridirice.bsky.social International affairs and sustainable development. Perpetually curious. CEO Development Intelligence Lab
Alexander Arifianto @alexarifianto.bsky.social Senior Fellow/Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University. All views my own/Repost # endorsement 
Shinji YAMAGUCHI 山口信治 @shinji0818.bsky.social Researcher at NIDS
Victor Robert Lee @victorrobertlee.bsky.social Victor Robert Lee reports on the Asia-Pacific region.
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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
Gerhard Hoffstaedter @anthropolitics.bsky.social University of Queensland Academic, Political anthropology, Islam, refugees Southeast Asia
Victor Ferguson @victoraferguson.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Hitotsubashi
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Minran Liu @minranliu.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations, the University of Queensland | Asia-Pacific security, East Asian politics, Chinese politics and strategy
Evan Wasuka @evanwasuka.bsky.social Pacific journalist
Paul K. Smith @paulksmith.bsky.social #Financier of US Startups; & JVs in Asia #Physicist #Author: Strategy. #Playwright: 26 Recent NY Shows (Sarah's Rapture, Pablo's Kisses, Women of Paris, Badass Women, City Suite, Day of Promise, Ritual Cleansing, Rebooting Life, Break-Up, Twilight of Joy..
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
James Crabtree @jamescrabtree.bsky.social Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. ecfr fellow. foreign policy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard. 
Christian Wirth @chriswirth.bsky.social Political Scientist Asia and the Pacific. German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Berlin. Critical Geopolitics, East Asian Maritime Politics, People's Liberation Army, Australia.
Anika Gauja @anika-gauja.bsky.social Political Scientist, University of Sydney.
Christian Downie @christiandownie.bsky.social Professor + policy advisor on global climate politics, energy politics and foreign affairs.
https://www.christiandownie.com/ 
Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social Postdoc SOAS University of London - Global Political Economy, South-South development, China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. With SPERI - Sheffield Pol Economy Inst and Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. (he/him)
Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social A collaborative research centre at La Trobe University catalysing inclusive social change
Jessica Kirk @drjesskirk.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Monash University. ARC DECRA Fellow. Researcher of global health politics, security, expertise, mis/disinformation, and all the spaces in between. she/her
ProfSDodds @sdoddsphilosopher.bsky.social Social and political philosophy|bioethics|animal person|views are my own
Ye Xue 薛野 @yexue001.bsky.social Research Fellow｜The China Institute University of Alberta
Didier Rafi @didierrafi.bsky.social Writing about International Affairs and Defense, focus on 🇫🇷🇺🇸🇦🇺, IndoPacific & AUKUS on https://defenseidentity.fr and https://theaukusobserver.substack.com
UWA Defence & Security Institute @defenceuwa.bsky.social The UWA Defence & Security Institute is focused on investigating Australia’s role in the Indo-Pacific & helping to develop Australia’s defence capabilities- S Sophie Mak @sophiemak.bsky.social Covering Australia and the Pacific islands for Nikkei Asia
William Gallo @williamgallo.bsky.social Europe/Mideast Bureau Chief for Stars and Stripes, an independent newspaper by and for the US military
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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.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Giulia Tercovich @giuter.bsky.social Deputy Director @CSDS.bsky.social and Professor at VUB Brussels. Focus on EU Foreign and Security Policy, EU-Indo-Pacific, Leadership, Teaching & Learning.
Luis Simón @luissimonn.bsky.social Prof & Director CSDS - VUB // Director & Senior Analyst Brussels Office Elcano
Shahar Hameiri @shaharhameiri.bsky.social Professor @POLSIS University of Queensland. Political economist. Asia & Pacific security & development; the 'Second Cold War'; good hummus; bad puns. Unusual disclaimers apply. https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13942 
Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
But prefers dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴
Connor O’Brien @connorpobrien.bsky.social Politics PhD @Cambridge_Uni, alumn @UniMelb. International political economy, global environmental politics, and Australian FP. Like/share ≠ endorse
Lisa Toohey @ltoohey.bsky.social Professor of Law at UNSW Sydney, Fulbrighter, avid traveller and dog lover. I spend my time thinking, teaching and writing on WTO / Trade law, dispute resolution and legal design thinking - an eclectic mix that makes perfect sense in my brain!
Dr Pia Dannhauer @piadhr.bsky.social Researching Southeast Asia and ASEAN from Berlin. Fellow at Perth USAsia Centre 🐨
Posting here privately 🤓
Marion Crawshaw @edithm.bsky.social Former NZ diplomat, focused on the Pacific & geopolitics in the Asia Pacific region with a smattering of economics, technology & balcony gardening.
Finn McHugh @finnmchugh.bsky.social Federal political reporter at @capitalbrief. Views my own. Reposts ≠ endorsements. finn.mchugh@capitalbrief.com
Melissa Conley Tyler @mconleytyler.bsky.social Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D) at ACFID | Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne | AIIA Fellow | mconleytyler@asiapacific4D.com | She | 孔美莉
Al Cook @adbcook.bsky.social Welshman. HADR Research Programme Coordinator & Senior Fellow, NTS Centre | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) | Nanyang Technological University | 🇸🇬 | Non-Traditional Security, Humanitarianism, Disasters, Myanmar, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific
Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social Associate Professor at UT-Austin. I study authoritarian politics, security, & East Asia, especially China and Korea.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social Asst Prof of International Relations, LSE. Deputy Director, LSE IDEAS. Book: Rising Powers and the Politics of Status in Int Institutions http://bit.ly/3AtwLNd. 
The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Taylor Fravel @fravel.bsky.social Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
casey briggs @caseybriggs.com numbers gremlin.
i invented ravioli
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Liane Hartnett @lhartnett.bsky.social Intellectual historian and political theorist. Thinks and writes about love, literature, war, ethics, and empire. 
Naazneen Barma @naazneenbarma.bsky.social Scrivner Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver | Principal, Bridging the Gap | 🏳️🌈
Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social Senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Fellow at Center for Advanced Study and FSI 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.
Oliver Turner @oturner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR, University of Edinburgh.
Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social I research security, war preparedness, and other things related to violence. Swedish Defence University. Publications here: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=llO7DNgAAAAJ&hl=en
Mercedes Page @mercedespage.bsky.social Geopolitics, tech, cyber, China and the Indo-Pacific | ex 🇦🇺 government, think tanker | 
Troy Lee-Brown @drtlee-brown.bsky.social Research Fellow @ UWA Def & Sec Institute | Editor @ Black Swan Strategy Papers | Project Manager @ Blue Security Program | Maritime Security, India FP, Indian Ocean, Defence | avmo
Maria Rost Rublee @mariarostrublee.bsky.social International security, nuclear politics, Indo-Pacific security, diversity & inclusion | Professor, University of Melbourne | President, Women in International Security-Australia
Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Sewing my own wardrobe one garment at a time. Podcaster (Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks). He/him.
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.
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/
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
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Tanvi Madan @tanvimadan.bsky.social Senior Fellow, @brookingsinst.bsky.social. Work on Indian foreign policy, the Indo-Pacific, minilaterals like the Quad
Author, "Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped US-India Rels During the Cold War." Host, Global India podcast
brookings.edu/experts/madant
Fergus Ryan @fergus.bsky.social Wordcel, aspiring prompt engineer & China analyst.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Bill Bishop @billbishop.bsky.social Writes Sinocism, @niubi on Twitter, https://sinocism.com 
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Matt McDonald @mattuq.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, mostly researching climate & security. https://polsis.uq.edu.au/profile/1174/matt-mcdonald
Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social I have opinions & hobbies too, but here I’m a Professor of Political Science a the Swedish Defence University. I study security, power, identity, narrative & emotion in international politics, esp East Asia.
日本語大丈夫!
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Tseen Khoo @tseenster.bsky.social Researcher developer at #DeakinRDA | 1/2 of @TheRealRW | Critical university studies, research culture, academic identities | Creator #SadChairsOfAcademia and #TiredBagsOfMelbourne | tseenster.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-061X
Benjamin Herscovitch 郝杰明 @bherscovitch.bsky.social 🇦🇺-🇨🇳 ties & 🇨🇳 FP. Ex 🇦🇺 gov.
Returning in 2027:
http://beijing2canberra.substack.com/
Writing now: https://benjaminherscovitch.substack.com/
Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.
Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social Writer | Columnist for The Diplomat | Formerly: AP4D, Australian Foreign Affairs, UniMelb.
Substack newsletter and essays: https://www.grantwyeth.com
Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic.bsky.social Foreign Affairs (Asia Pacific) reporter, ABC. Canberra-based. Personal account. Pron: JED-jets
Blue Security @bluesecprogram.bsky.social Building practical collaboration in the Indo-Pacific on issues of maritime security. A Consortium led by La Trobe Asia, UWA Defence and Security Institute, UNSW Canberra, United States Studies Centre, Griffith Asia and AP4D.
Matt Smith @nightlightguy.bsky.social Podcaster and occasional merchant of words. A muppet of a man. I make: Emperors of Rome, When in Rome, Asia Rising, Raising Standards. Carthago delenda est.
Coral Warr @coralwarr.bsky.social Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Research), La Trobe University
Professor of Genetics - molecular and cellular genetics, Drosophila olfaction and neural signalling.
Views my own.
Tim Legrand @timlegrand.bsky.social Professor at Uni of Adelaide: International Security & Public Policy. Researching Authoritarianism and Blacklisting. Follows and posts 🇬🇧 and 🇦🇺 politics. ARC Future Fellow (2025-29).
Danielle Chubb @dchubb.bsky.social Assoc Prof @ Deakin Uni, International Relations 🌏
👩🏽💻: North Korea, Activism, Public Opinion & Aus foreign/defence pol
📚: Columbia UP, Cambridge UP, Routledge
🏡: Melbourne via Canberra & Honolulu
Primrose Riordan @primroseriordan.bsky.social Journalist @FinancialReview covering wealthy families & their businesses. Fmr China correspondent and foreign affairs reporter primrose.riordan@afr.com.
My Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal
My latest: https://tinyurl.com/PowerOfOneInvestigation
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.
Joanne Wallis @joannewallis.bsky.social Professor of International Security at the University of Adelaide and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution interested in security and Australia's strategy in the Pacific Islands. Editor of @austjia.bsky.social. Opinions are my own
Renee Jeffery @reneejeffery.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Griffith University. Human rights and transitional justice in Asia, emotions and international relations, dogs, art, and wombats.
Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social Researcher, educator, enthusiastic but terrible dancer, writing about gender, governance, security, pop culture. Views mine. She/they.
Phil Orchard @philorchard.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, Discipline Leader, Politics & Intl Studies @UOW; Co-Director @FutureofRights. International relations, forced and climate displacement & the R2P. Twitter: @p_orchard.
Kate Clayton @kateclaytn.bsky.social