Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social The Journal of Democracy: The smartest analysis on democracy and authoritarianism around the world. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. https://linkin.bio/jodemocracy
Isabella Wilkinson @isabellawilkinson.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @ Digital Society Programme, Chatham House | PhD-ing @ Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford | emerging tech, global governance & security
Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social Security reporter for WIRED Magazine. she/her/my man. Signal +1 (347) 722-1347
Martha Dacombe @marthadacombe.bsky.social Columnist @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
CITP @thecitp.bsky.social The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, funded by the ESRC is built on the precept that trade policy should be inclusive in both policy formulation and outcomes
Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, JGU Mainz
Friedrich Zillessen @fzillessen.bsky.social Constitutional Law, Comparative Politics & Democratic Backsliding
DPhil Student @University of Oxford
Previously @verfassungsblog
(Thüringen-Projekt/Justiz-Projekt)
Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social The official Bluesky page of the world’s longest-running national newspaper.
Join us online and in print for expert opinion, news and unrivalled insight.
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Sophia Gaston @sophgaston.bsky.social UK Foreign Policy Lead at ASPI and Visiting Fellow at King's College London
Research: Euro-Atlantic & Indo-Pacific security, UK's alliances, China, Russia, AUKUS
mail@sophiagaston.com
Sam Dunning @samdunning.bsky.social Director, UK-China Transparency www.ukctransparency.org
Investigative researcher
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Tom Chidwick @tomchidwick.bsky.social Historian | Author of "Now or Never! A History of the First Scottish Devolution Referendum" | Manager of @mileendinstitute.bsky.social
Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social Gina Romero, UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Assembly and of Association | Teaching at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia | Personal opinions, reactions not support - https://linktr.ee/GinaRomero
@akashpaun.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social 
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social EU correspondent Financial Times, covering tech and competition.
Get in touch: barbara.moens@ft.com
Georgina Wright (on leave) @georginaewright.bsky.social Britain, France & Brussels thinking at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of @ecfrberlin.bsky.social. FirstGen. Author of „Wer verteidigt Europa“ published with Rowohlt in January 2026. DB Ruhebereich Ultra and deltidsvärmlänning.
@susanmcvie.bsky.social @susanmcvie.bsky.social 
Brigid Fowler @brigidfowler.bsky.social Policy Analyst, House of Lords European Affairs Committee - so, here mainly to post on the Committee's work @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk & see what others are doing/saying/publishing, re: mainly UK, EU, UK-EU politics, economics, policy, IR, nat sec
Alex Dean @alexdean94.bsky.social Writing and editing at The Economist Group. Formerly managing editor of Prospect magazine. Views own
Chandos. @chandos64.bsky.social Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.
Law, leaseholds, property valuation, and Oxford commas.
European. Lagomorphs, bees, tea & cake.
Louise S @louises.bsky.social Academic teaching law (England and Wales) with obsessive interest in the subject, also general interest in books, philosophy, gaming, history, art. Views my own.
MilesGeffin @milesgeffin.bsky.social Lawyer, specialising in contentious and non-contentious family issues. https://geffinandco.com
One adored wife, two adorable sons. Friend to whippets and lover of music.
Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law | Reposts ≠ Endorsements
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Liz David-Barrett @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex
Cornell Overfield @cornelloverfield.bsky.social Law of the sea, maritime issues, international security, esp. in Europe & Arctic. CNA. Currently: 🇩🇪. Previously 🇰🇬🇺🇸
Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com Weekend News Editor, the Financial Times @financialtimes.com.
I did write the headline.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social We are proud to showcase world-changing social sciences research from across our 5 Schools #TeamUofG
Martin Lodge @martinlodge.bsky.social Regulation, Bureaucracy, Fulham FC, 1. FC Köln, Meinerzhagen
Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social Freelance journalist (mostly for the Guardian Long Read) and author of Karachi Vice. I am also on Substack @samirashackle.
Lucy Bannister @lucybannister.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager at Trussell focusing on social security and employment support. Previously Turn2us, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Living Wage Foundation and local government. Trustee Sufra NW London.
Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social News reporter - Financial Times
Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social FT investigations. Previously defence & security editor, political and home affairs correspondent. Get in touch: helen.warrell@ft.com
Harriet Shaw @shawharriet.bsky.social Researcher (devolution) @instituteforgovernment
Chris Butler @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social Sometime British politico, failing sideways through life. Write a bit about how politicians conceive of public opinion and how that affects their decisions. Fortunate be part of world’s greatest football club Leftfooters FC
Scott Brown @scottawbrown.bsky.social Dad, lecturer, cyclist, karateka - sometimes simultaneously. I work on EU/rope-US-China relations. IR + FPA. Usual disclaimers.
PhD - Glasgow
Postdoc - Nunn School @ GA Tech
Now - Dundee
Herb Hovenkamp @sherman1890.bsky.social University Professor, Penn Law & Wharton. Comments occasionally on antitrust issues and follows news, public law, economics, and legal history. See my substack "The Monopoly Problem" https://herbhovenkamp.substack.com/
Kate Pundyk @katepundyk.bsky.social legal researcher @ The Citizen Lab | formerly, @ Yale Humanitarian Research Lab and @ Oxford Internet Institute | JD/BCL candidate @ McGill Law | currently: digital surveillance, international human rights in frontier tech | katepundyk.ca
Lisandra Novo @lisandranovo.bsky.social international lawyer - law & tech, cyber, human rights, IHL, ICL |
former Judicial Fellow at the ICJ | former Fulbright predoctoral scholar (Spain)
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The Herald comment & analysis @scottishcomment.bsky.social Comment and analysis from HeraldScotland.com - the home of Scottish politics and debate on the biggest issues facing Scotland
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com Assistant Professor, Leiden University. International Relations Theory & History.
Out now:
"The Technocratic International" (OUP)
"Experts in a Turbulent World" (ed) (OUP)
www.janeijking.com
Georgina Quach @georginaq.bsky.social Newsletters at the Financial Times, and archivist of Vietnamese refugee stories at Hackney Archives/An Việt Archives.
Emilio Casalicchio @ecasalicchio.bsky.social POLITICO London Playbook PM Editor. Writing the latest from Westminster in a 5pm(ish) newsletter Mon-Fri. ecasalicchio@politico.co.uk
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants & others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services & better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com. Associate: @aliceolilly.bsky.social
sotf.org.uk
33 Bedford Row @33bedfordrow.bsky.social A leading common law set with expertise in all areas of Civil, Criminal, Immigration, International Law, Human Rights, Employment, Family, Property, Personal Injury, Tax Law.
Kim Richard Nossal @kimnossal.bsky.social Professor emeritus of political studies, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
JRD @jrdoyle.bsky.social Often seen in Brussels, London, The Hague or Edinburgh. 🏴 🇬🇧 🇧🇪 🇳🇱
Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social Journalist interested in anything connected with housing. Which means just about everything. Doctorate in housing since the financial crisis 
Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social Senior Editor @lawfaremedia.org. Previously: Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Yankee Stadium 🌭 vendor. NYC born and bred. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1120939
Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social https://www.routledge.com/Britain-and-Ireland-from-the-Treaty-to-the-Troubles-Independence-and-Interdependence-c-1921-1973/Carr/p/book/9781032879871
History/politics lecturer. My views only.
Books about British-Irish relations, Blair/Clinton, Chaplin etc
Adam Cox @adambcox.bsky.social Co-author of The President and Immigration Law. Professor at NYU Law. I write about immigration law, constitutional law, and democracy.
Tom Kelsey @tomkelsey.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies at the UK Defence Academy, King’s College, London. Writes on industrial strategy, British politics, and the history of technology.
Digdem Soyaltin Colella @digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social Politics @Uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
Global Strategy Reference Group
@anticorruption.bsky.social
I work on politics of corruption and anti-corruption, authoritarian regime survival and illiberal bureaucracies
zohra ahmed @azohra.bsky.social law prof
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Elena Chachko @elenachachko.bsky.social Law professor @Berkeley Law. Inaugural Rappaport Fellow @Harvard Law. Writing and teaching about law, geopolitics, administration and technology.
Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social Professor of Politics Univ Southampton. Likes books, cats, running, piano, swimming, football, coffee, and The Archers. Clapham.
juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social Public Service Fellow - Lawfare
Adjunct Professor - GWU
Former Senior Analyst - CIA
Former Director - NSC
Kiwi Ting @kiwiting.bsky.social Political Scientist | Formerly @lsegovernment.bsky.social @UniofReading | Parliamentary studies | Political career | 🇬🇧 & 🇭🇰 politics | Views are mine
Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA. Civil rights, police accountability, civil procedure. Author of Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (2023). Learn more at: joannaschwartz.net
Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social Law Prof at AUWCL |Exec. Editor at Just Security |Mama of 4 fab young ppl |Fmr Washington Post, Reuters, International Criminal Court| Atrocity prevention, tech, climate |Proud #firstgen | Open water swimmer| 
Lori Ringhand @loriringhand.bsky.social Law professor. Knows things about the Constitution and elections. Author of “We the Voters: The Constitutional Choices that Shape America’s Elections.”
Richard Norton-Taylor @nortontaylor.bsky.social Former Guardian defence and security editor, and deputy chair of Liberty, still policy council member, board member of Declassified UK, spook watcher, fighter against defence budget waste, and entire defence policy, and against official secrecy.
KProfsBlog @kprofsblog.bsky.social The ContractsProf Blog is unofficially the official blog of the AALS Section on Contracts, curated by Jeremy Telman, OCU School of Law. Special attention to arbitration, contacts & constitutional law, and international law whenever possible
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
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. 
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Maayan Niezna @niezna.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at the Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice. Labour exploitation, migration, trafficking, and all things coercion/consent.
Lucien Ferguson @lucienferguson.bsky.social Lawyer & political theorist writing on social mobility and multiracial democracy • Assistant Prof. @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social • Con Law (state and federal), Local Gov, Labor & Property
The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social We expose Big Tech's harms to democracy.
Parents to The Real Facebook Oversight Board & Independent Sage.
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Amanda Pearson @pearson-edits.bsky.social Deputy Editor, @intsecurity.bsky.social, based at
@belfercenter.bsky.social | International relations, comparative politics, history | formerly @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social | X: @Pearson_ink
Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social FT Alphaville reporter. Ex-“veteran” fund manager. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.
petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social 
The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com 🗞️ The best of our journalism
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Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social Lecturer in Scottish History. Social and political history of early modern Scotland. Find me via the University of Dundee: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/allan-kennedy
Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
Alice Semark @alicesemark.bsky.social Researcher at Re:State - the independent, public services think tank!
Specialising in health policy, but broad subject interests. All views my own.
Rowan Wilkinson @rwilkinson.bsky.social Love all things tech, geopolitics, humanitarianism and development policy. Currently at Chatham House 🌍 All views are my own
Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him. 
David Abbott @davidjabbott.bsky.social Charity CEO, experienced regulator. Happily living in Ynys Mon.
Michael J. Kelly @michaeljkelly.bsky.social International Law Professor, Creighton University. Currently in political exile. Also teaching Climate Change & Constitutional Law against new authoritarian headwinds. Master of the Jedi mind trick in class. http://linkedin.com/in/publicinternationallaw- J James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Vicky Elliott @msvkelliott.bsky.social Director of the Institute for Government Academy.
Former Senior Civil Servant. Linguist. Views my own.
Heloise Dunlop @hcdunlop.bsky.social Researcher on the civil service team at the Institute for Government, formerly worked in public sector digital delivery and strategy. Views my own.
Richard Hermer @richardhermer.bsky.social Former Attorney General for England and Wales | Before that, human rights lawyer | Always a Cardiff boy
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion @institute-si.bsky.social We are the first and the only human rights NGO dedicated to working on #statelessness at the global level.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ISI_LinkTree
John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social Professor @cais-exeter.bsky.social University of Exeter, UK. Author of "Security After Christendom" (2024) and "Indulging Kleptocracy" (2025). Academic freedom by/for/of academics.
Laura Dubois @lauramdubois.ft.com EU correspondent for @financialtimes.com doing investigations and covering migration and internal security
Sofia Ropek Hewson @sofiahewson.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in democracy and politics team at IPPR.
SimonFraser @simonfraser00.bsky.social Chair of Chatham House. Founding partner of Flint Global. Former Perm Sec at UK Foreign Office and Business Department.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
@janemanners.bsky.social @janemanners.bsky.social 
Roland Paris @rolandparis.bsky.social Professor and director, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs @gspia-esapi.bsky.social, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Associate fellow, Chatham House.
https://rolandparis.com/
John Pollock @johnpollock.bsky.social Communications for Chatham House (@chathamhouse.org) | Writer @theworldtoday.org | Think tanks and higher education | Posts on international affairs/security | China | Views my own.