Andrew M Bell @andrewmbell.bsky.social Senior Research Scholar, Stanford CISAC
Law of armed conflict/IHL, military ethics, int'l security & law
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Zack Cooper @zackcooper.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Lecturer at Princeton University
Partner at Armitage International
Former Pentagon and White House staffer
Wrangler of children
Jessica Weeks @jlpweeks.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
David E. Sanger @sangernyt.bsky.social White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times. CNN contributor. Adjunct lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Stuart A. Reid @stuartareid.bsky.social Senior Fellow for History and Foreign Policy at
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Adam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim.bsky.social America in the world, past and present / Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, @carnegieendowment.org / Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School / Historian and author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy / Views my own, obviously
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social Fueling pathbreaking social science research that delves deep to examine complex global issues / at Harvard since 1958
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social International Security is America's leading peer-reviewed journal of security affairs. It provides sophisticated analyses of contemporary, theoretical, and historical security issues. International Security is edited at @belfercenter.bsky.social.
Leslie Vinjamuri @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social President and CEO
Chicago Council on Global Affairs;
also Professor of Practice @SOAS University of London
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
Quincy Institute @quincyinst.bsky.social The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft works to build a world where peace is the norm and war is the exception.
Simon Collard-Wexler @scowex.bsky.social Canadian diplomat posted to London. Proud Montrealer. PhD Columbia. Retweets/links/likes/follows ≠ endorsements. Views are my own.
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Sina Azodi @azodiac83.bsky.social Iran ☢️ program. Assistant professor at @GWU. PhD - I read on war and nuclear strategy.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
Boaz Atzili @batzili.bsky.social Political Scientist, borders, territoriality, Middle East, South Asia.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social Harvard professor, realist, FP columnist. Tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, proud dad, & grateful husband. Troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions. For speaking engagements contact John Bute at john@chartwellspeakers.com
Justin @jscasey.bsky.social Swarthmore VAP | Georgetown PhD | International Relations, Propaganda and Subversion, Ideology and the Far Right, Power Politics | they/them | retro games | 1st gen, working class, celiac
abbey steele @abbeyst.bsky.social I research & teach about displacement, civil wars, state-building and Colombia at the University of Amsterdam. AMS / CLE / BOG
abbeysteele.net
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1126-9235
Omar García-Ponce @garciaponce.bsky.social • PoliSci & Int’l Affairs Prof at GWU
• Researching politics, crime, & violence
• NYU & Colmex alumnus
• Mexicano 🇲🇽
• Website: https://www.omargarciaponce.com/
Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social Professor @josefkorble @UofDenver | global politics | climate | technology | security | human rights | democracy | pragmatism. I know, it's a lot. Also ISA, hiking, baking, travel, and #roseistoocute she/her deborahavant.com
Bonnie Glaser @bglaser.bsky.social Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund @GMFAsia, China, Taiwan, Indo-Pac, Europe-China, RT≠ endorsement
Nina Tannenwald @ninatannenwald.bsky.social Political scientist at Brown, focusing on nuclear weapons, WMD, norms and institutions in security, human rights, ethics and laws of war.
Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social Striving for a safer world since 1945
science policy | nuclear weapons | clean energy | STEM education | artificial intelligence | data privacy | much much more
Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging tech threats imperiling humanity.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org The best thinking on existential threats since 1945. Nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the #DoomsdayClock. thebulletin.org
Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation produces knowledge to build a safer world and trains the next generation of security specialists.
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Matt Korda @mattkorda.bsky.social I count nukes for the Federation of American Scientists + the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 🇨🇦 Views my own.
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
Alexandra Chinchilla @achinchilla.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service | International security, security force assistance, NATO, proxy war | Views my own.
https://www.alexandrachinchilla.com
Eric Min @ericmin.bsky.social Associate professor of political science at UCLA (by way of Kansas, NYU, and Stanford). I use a computer to learn things about war and diplomacy.
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org The latest research in Political Science and International Relations from @universitypress.cambridge.org.
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Jennifer Lind @proflind.bsky.social Dartmouth prof. IR, East Asia, US foreign policy. Writes at Blueblaze.substack.com. Ask me about my dogs.
Rachel Metz @profrachelmetz.bsky.social
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social I am professor of political science at Stanford University and an avid nature photographer. All views are my own. More photos at https://kenschultz.smugmug.com
APSA @apsa.bsky.social The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Specializing in sovereignty, armed conflict, international law, and military medicine. Plus LEGOs & chocolate.
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth @dartmouthdickey.bsky.social Educate. Convene. Empower. Globalizing the Dartmouth experience.
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ leads research group at WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'
Liana Eustacia Reyes @lianaeustacia.bsky.social Fellow @ Dartmouth - Dickey Center. Assistant Professor @ Purdue. Director of Law & Conflict Lab. Research on causes & consequences of law, governance, & conflict resolution, emphasis on civil wars. Proud Latina: Cubana/Venezolana/Arubana.
Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government at Harvard University | International relations 🤝 political psychology
jkertzer.sites.fas.harvard.edu
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Hein Goemans @heingoemans.bsky.social Galactic Effectuator (obvious Jack Vance aficionado); Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Interests: war and war termination, territorial disputes, why do leaders and why do individuals fight?
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/
Mike Poznansky @mpoznansky.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Naval War College | CFR Term Member | Author of "In the Shadow of International Law" (OUP 2020) | Views my own.
Oliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social Prof @JosefKorbelSchool.bsky.social @UofDenver
📚Books:
RESISTING WAR (2017)
SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵♂️🖖
linktr.ee/oliverkaplan
Uppsala Conflict Data Program @ucdp.bsky.social World’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war. ucdp.uu.se
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Aidan Milliff @aidanmilliff.com Political Scientist
Rob Blair @robertblair.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science & International & Public Affairs, Brown University. Co-Founder and Co-Director, http://democratic-erosion.com
Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social UCD Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology and Senior Fellow at CNAM, Paris. New books: 'Nationalism as a Way of Life', 'Why Humans Fight', 'Contemporary Sociological Theory', 'Grounded Nationalisms' and 'The Rise of Organised Brutality'.
Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social Professor of International Relations and Political Science. Interests: international order, energy, climate change, historical IR
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social Professor at Yale Law School & Professor of Political Science at Yale University; President, American Society of International Law; Executive Editor at Just Security; former Special Counsel at U.S. Department of Defense. Website: oonahathaway.com.
Paul D. Williams @pdwilliamsgwu.bsky.social Professor of International Affairs.- J Janet I. Lewis @janetilewis.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University www.janetilewis.com
Lisa Blaydes @lisablaydes.bsky.social Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
James Igoe Walsh @jamesigoewalsh.com Professor of Political Science, Data Science, & Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Formerly US National Science Foundation.
https://www.jamesigoewalsh.com
Jessica Chen Weiss @jessicacweiss.bsky.social David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies SAIS Johns Hopkins, senior fellow Asia Society Center for China Analysis, previously Cornell, State Dept, Yale
Page Fortna @pagefortna.bsky.social IR prof (security, civil conflict, peacekeeping, terrorism, climate change), bicoastally migratory (PDX-NYC), dog lover, horse lover, mediocre knitter, avid composter.
Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social Political scientist at Dartmouth. Research interests: International relations, political psychology, foreign policy, public opinion. Non-research interests: cheese, rugby, mountains. Book: http://bit.ly/3lTTScD
Ryan Baker @ryanbaker51.bsky.social Social Science and Defense Policy / Senior Research Scientist at CNA / PhD from GWU / Reserve Marine / Personal account / Opinions are my own
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social Professor of Global Security at Oxford, Co-director of ELAC (IHL, Law & Ethics of War, Attitudes toward Violence)
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.
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
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"
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.
Aila Matanock @matanock.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD. I study political violence & international intervention & order/policing. Opinions are my own.
Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social Historian of imperialism, mass violence and atrocity photography - current project on the My Lai Massacre 1968.
Author of 'Massacre in the Clouds' (2024), 'Amritsar 1919' (2019), 'The Skull of Alum Bheg' (2017) and a few others.
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David Edelstein @dmedelstein.bsky.social •Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Georgetown University
•Professor of International Affairs & Government
Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Bill Wohlforth @wwohlforth.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Dartmouth.
Paul Avey @paulcavey.bsky.social Associate professor of political science at Virginia Tech. IR, foreign policy, nuclear politics. Views are my own & reposts ≠ endorsements.
Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social Promoting scholarly contributions to public debate and decision making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.
Paul MacDonald @pkmacdonald.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. Focus on war, peace, and strategery. Proud father of Field Marshal von 9th Grader and Vice Admiral Lord 7th Grader
Lauren Sukin @laurensukin.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Nuffield College, University of Oxford | Nuclear Weapons | Alliance Politics | Emerging Technology | Contact: lauren.sukin@politics.ox.ac.uk |
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social
Adria Lawrence @aklawrence.bsky.social JHU Professor studying violence, nationalism, and colonialism; cook; mom; singer
Ryan Grauer @ryangrauer.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Writes and thinks about war. Proud Chicago resident. Jayhawks and (Chicago) Sky fan.
Susan Hyde @sdhyde.bsky.social Poli Sci Prof @ UC Berkeley
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.
Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Primarily on LinkedIN.
https://www.paulpoast.com/
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Lulu Garcia-Navarro @lulugn.bsky.social NYT host, former NPR. Both a cat and a dog person.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.