Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current
Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social Journalist, writer, musician, DC since 1982. Living with grief since losing my daughter Roxanne in March 2024. Writing on Korea, Japan, Cold War, Capitalism. Crazy Bob Dylan fan. Author of SPIES FOR HIRE. Was just exiled from X by vengeful hacker-thieves.
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.
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos on environmental cleanup, nuclear nonproliferation, and the nuclear fuel cycle.
She/her.
Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Photo: Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
Dave Schmerler @schmerler.bsky.social
Joseph Dempsey @josephhdempsey.bsky.social Research Associate for Defence & Military Analysis,
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social IT/Cloud/SRE/PE, rockets & missiles, nukes not going bang, space, CS, ships. YIMBY & amateur transit geek. Part time adjunct @ miis.edu teaching Missiles & Missile Defense. I speak for myself only not $DAYJOB. V95.45XA I do #OSINT against nuclear missiles.
Nicola Smith @niccijsmith.bsky.social Foreign affairs and defence correspondent at the Australian Financial Review. Previously in 🇰🇷, 🇹🇼,🇮🇳for the Telegraph and Sunday Times
Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
James Pearson @pearswick.press Visual Investigations Journalist at @Reuters.com, via Hanoi, Seoul, Pyongyang and cyberspace. Now in London.
“A bum who wrote an ignominious jumble of stories”
- North Korea ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
📞Signal ID: pearswick.01
💻: pearswick.press
Catherine Dill @catherinedill.bsky.social Formerly known as atomic_pickles, but still thinking about atomic pickles. Fancies: gardens, birds, mountains & rocks, satellites, Delftware, N95s. She/her. Only personal views reflected.
Adam Mount @handle.invalid Deterrence, nuclear strategy, progressive foreign policy.
Fmr. FAS, CAP, CFR, Ph.D. Government, Georgetown.
Bio: ajmount.com.
Banners: @UAHIRISE.
Eric Brewer @ebrewer.bsky.social Deputy VP at Nuclear Threat Initiative. Previously Director for Counterproliferation at the National Security Council and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for WMD at the National Intelligence Council. Personal account/views my own.
Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social Covering defense and diplomacy for @japantimes.co.jp • Signal: jljzen.18 • views my own • Japan resident since 2002 • グリーン車 aficionado
Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser | Hachiman Defense Substack https://hachiman.substack.com/ | Formerly covered defense @ Popular Mechanics. Weapons person.
Shea Cotton @sheacotton.bsky.social
Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Rocket propulsion and radiological security (usually not at the same time). Opinions my own. Faves/RTs ≠ endorsements
38 North @38north.org Informed analysis of events in and around the DPRK. A publication of the Stimson Center. Innovative Ideas Changing the World.
Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social Syndicated foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Taepodong @stoa1984.bsky.social Just a rocket
Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging tech threats imperiling humanity.
NK News @nknewsorg.bsky.social Journalists & analysts covering all things North Korea: Breaking news, culture, opinion & research. Also powering NK PRO. On Mastodon at @nknews@federated.press
Manohar Thyagaraj @mthyagaraj.bsky.social Royal College of Defence Studies. Asian security, international security.
Robert Ward @robertalanward.bsky.social Director of Geo-economics, Japan Chair ジャパン・チェア・プログラム Senior Fellow for Japanese Security Studies at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robert-ward-44286611
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social Astrophysicist
Support the work of Jonathan's Space Report:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Nuclear weapons expert (history, policy, costs, accidents) and tracker of the nuclear “Football.”
🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social Anthro PhD Candidate.
nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threats, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc.
QUEER
RT/Fave/etc ≠agree
he/him
http://patreon.com/nuclearanthro
http://paypal.me/nuclearanthro
https://osf.io/46sfd/
Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social Lecturer in optical Space Situational Awareness at Delft Technical University, faculty of Aerospace. Spy sats, missiles, meteorites, asteroids. Asteroid (183294). Lapsed Archaeologist (PhD). Rowing. CFS. Opinions my own.
blog: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.c
Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor."
Signal: gbrumfiel.13
https://geoffbrumfiel.net/
Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social Nuclear weapons, international politics, and “”emerging”” technology.
Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, University of Oslo
LearnWMD Spreadsheet and Substack: www.jamiewithorne.com- K Katharina Peters @katpeters.bsky.social DER SPIEGEL
Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Working to limit & eventually eliminate the nuclear threat through Congressional & public outreach.
https://armscontrolcenter.org/
UDMH @udmh.bsky.social I'm your friendly local batch of UDMH, looking for some dinitrogen tetroxide friends. Combust responsibly.
Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social Followed U.S.-DPRK relations for 36+ yrs. Met Kim Il Sung in 1994; my NGO met Kim Jong Il in 2005 on U.S.-DPRK ties. Assoc. Ed. Emer., Int'l J. on World Peace. Ph.D., IR, UVa; M.A., Nat. Sec. Studies, Georgetown U. 🇰🇷🇰🇵🇺🇸 📫 m.barry@hji.edu 🌐 mark-p-barry.com
Joon Hetland @joonhetland.bsky.social Here to learn from other people. Posts are mainly for news scrapping.- A Aidan Foster-Carter @aidanfc.bsky.social 56 years as Korea-watcher & sociologist. Hon. fellow Leeds University, also freelance. Heaven in Devon.
Rob York @rjamesyork.bsky.social Think tanker, Korean history PhD, shill for Big Competency and purveyor of snark.
Korea Pro @koreapro.bsky.social Daily analysis on South Korea's foreign policy, politics and the economy. Produced by the team behind @nknewsorg.
Malcolm Davis @drmalcolmdavis.bsky.social Australian Defence and Space Policy Analyst based in Canberra with ASPI. Interested in space policy, defence and national security issues, strategic policy issues, international relations, and personal interests include astronomy and electronic music.
Eric Foley @revericfoley.bsky.social CEO and Co-Founder of Voice of the Martyrs Korea
Robin Christopher Brehm @rcbrehm.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Vienna | Vice-Director at https://ecnk.univie.ac.at | Humanitarian aid and development assistance in East Asia
Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.
James Oaten @jamesoaten.bsky.social North Asia correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, based in Tokyo, covering Japan 🇯🇵+ Koreas 🇰🇷🇰🇵. Previously India 🇮🇳 for Sth Asia. Opinions = my own, not ABC, retweets ≠ endorsements.
John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social foreign policy, international peace and security, nuclear weapons, antiquity
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
Dr Tereza Novotna @terezaanovotna.bsky.social Czech-EUropean academic
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social; Senior Eisenhower Fellow @NATODef_College; fellow @EUROPEUMPrague, @9dashline.com @PacificForum. 🇪🇺 foreign policy in🇰🇷🇰🇵&IndoPac
Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
Célio Fioretti @celiofioretti.bsky.social Journaliste correspondant en Corée @rfi.bsky.social @LaCroix
@tongfi-kim.bsky.social @tongfi-kim.bsky.social https://www.brussels-school.be/team/kim-tongfi
Francesca Frassineti @frafrassineti.bsky.social Non-Resident Fellow at Asaninst & ispionline | Teaching at
Ca'Foscari University of Venice | Research interests in Korean Politics and History, Defense and Security in East Asia | she/her | usual caveats apply
Heejung Chung @heejungchung.bsky.social Professor of Work&Employment &Director of the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership at KCL, views my own
Interests Flexible Working, digitalisation/future of work, labour market (gender/race) inequalities, welfare state/gender role attitudes 한국인
Lokman Karadag, PhD @drlokmankaradag.bsky.social Ph.D. in Political Science | US-China Relations, Great Power Politics, DPRK, Nukes and Geopolitics, in East Asia and Pacific |
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrLokmanKaradag/streams
Juhyun Lee @mariejhlee.bsky.social She, media savvy, Chelsea and Suwon Bluewings
Database Center for North Korean Human Rights @nkdb.bsky.social NKDB was established in 2003 to document human rights violations in North Korea and to provide justice for victims.
en.nkdb.org
David Tully @poliscipunk.bsky.social Former State Department/INR Korea and Southeast Asia politics and public opinion analyst. @polisciatnu.bsky.social PhD.
Scrambler rambler 🏍️, coffee monster, K-popper, knowledge dropper.
Khang Vu @khangxvu.bsky.social Boston College visiting scholar and Ph.D. Korea & Vietnam watcher.
Paul Kerry @iampaulkerry.bsky.social Copy editor for The Korea Herald.
이주민 // Jumin Lee @oldtype9.bsky.social 미국에서 법원다니는 한국인, "왜 차별금지법인가" 저자 // Born and raised Korean, now trying cases in U.S. court.
Arius Derr @ariusderr.bsky.social Director of Communications at KEI- P Philip Turner @philipturner.bsky.social Ex-NZ diplomat, now living in Japan. Curious about international politics, East Asia, trade
Jong Hee Park @jongheepark.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and IR, Seoul National University
http://jhp.snu.ac.kr
Ludovica Favarotto @ludovicafavarotto.bsky.social Junio Research Fellow @ispionline | Emerging Fellow @38NorthNK | IEP @sciencespo | NEREC Fellow @kaistpr
Focus 🇪🇺🇰🇷 & DIGITAL policies
Jacob Bogle @jacobbogle.bsky.social Curator of AccessDPRK, OSINT, and satellite archeology wonk. 🇺🇲🏳️🌈 Open to collaborations.
🌐 JacobBogle.com
Rob Rapson @robrapson.bsky.social Retired U.S. diplomat, Korea/Asia specialist
Thomas Maresca @thomasmaresca.bsky.social Seoul correspondent for UPI, freelance for NBC News, others
* Previously covering Asia for USAToday
* 2019 EastWestCenter Jefferson Fellowships alum
Eric J. Ballbach @ericballbach.bsky.social Korea Foundation Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs - SWP Berlin.
Research on North and South Korean foreign and security policies, EU-Korea relations, identity politics.
Prachi Vidwans @pvid.bsky.social writer based in Brooklyn, NY
Dan Gudgeon @dangudg.bsky.social University of Vienna post-doc. Phd graduate from University of North Korean Studies, former Korean Sharing Movement
Vihar Georgiev @vihargg.bsky.social Advising governments, IGOs and NGOs. Teaching. Learning every day.
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
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
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
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"
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Vera Kranenburg @verakranenburg.bsky.social Policy at Economic Affairs | formerly China Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute
Erik Brattberg @erikbrattberg.bsky.social Managing Partner Brzezinski Global Strategies & Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil. Focus on Europe, transatlantic relations, and geopolitics. Based in DC.
Jakub Jakóbowski @jjakobowski.bsky.social Deputy Director, Head of China Dept. at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
China, Europe, the post-Soviet space. Eurasian connectivity.
- F François Godement @fgodement.bsky.social Historian, Special Advisor Asia & America @i_montaigne, non-resident Senior Fellow @CarnegieEndow until February 2025, #China and in spite of the above attempts at humour.
Elvire Fabry @elvirefabry.bsky.social @DelorsInstitute Senior Research Fellow on Geopolitics of #Trade, rapporteur of the EU-China working group. #EU #US #China
James Crabtree @jamescrabtree.bsky.social Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. ecfr fellow. foreign policy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard.
Björn Fägersten @bfagersten.bsky.social European affairs, political risk, geoeconomics, intelligence. CEO Politea, senior fellow UI Sweden
Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com Geoeconomics & tech @ecfr.eu • Prof. @collegeofeurope.bsky.social
Columnist @foreignpolicy.com • Author, Backfire @columbiaup.bsky.social
Global economy, trade wars, economic statecraft, geopolitics of AI
💌 agathe.demarais@ecfr.eu | 🖥️ agathedemarais.com
Francesca Ghiretti @fraghi.bsky.social Economic security and China
Research Leader China and Economic Security at Rand Europe; Non-resident Fellow at Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies @CSIS; host of the podcast Geoeconomic Competition. Former MERICS, IAI
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Tim Rühlig @ruehlig.bsky.social Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social, Paris/Brussels. Formerly European Commission, DGAP, UI. China, digital technology, EU-China relations. More at www.timruhlig.eu
Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985.bsky.social Director, Global Macro at Eurasia Group. Former RAND China Research Center, Senior Geo-Economics Analyst at Bloomberg, CSIS, DNIO for Economic Issues at NIC, and CIA. All views my own.
Kazuto Suzuki @kazutosuzuki.bsky.social Teaching and learning space policy, economic security, sanctions, export control, geoeconomics etc. Professor of the University of Tokyo and Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics. All tweets are in Japanese.
Janka Oertel @jankaoertel.bsky.social ECFR Asia Director. Personal views only.
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.
Giorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social Military Analyst • Former Senior Advisor at the NSC of Georgia• Focused on Russian Foreign and Security Policy • Views my own https://russiaanalyzed.substack.com
Kirill Shamiev @kirland.bsky.social Civ-mil, public policy & RU politics. PhD in PoliSci. Fellow at @ECFR. Tweets in personal capacity only. Shamiev.org
Michael Kovrig @kovrig.bsky.social Senior Adviser, Asia @crisisgroup.org | Strategic narratives on China, Indo-Pacific, geopolitics, geoeconomics, philosophy and values. Ex-diplomat. Don't start none, won't be none. 实事求是。己所不欲,勿施於人 https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelkovrig
Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social Program Director, Global Issues and Institutions, at Crisis Group.
Mariana Budjeryn @mbudjeryn.bsky.social Researcher of nuclear, Ukraine, and nuclear Ukraine. Author of Inheriting the Bomb. MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy, Brookings and RUSI nonresident, NAS CISAC, ACONA.
Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social Professor of European Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland.
Posts on EU, Balkans and International Politics.
Author: The Eastern Enlargement of the EU.
Director, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/europe
Dr Stefanie Babst @stefaniedrbabst.bsky.social Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General; passionate Ukraine supporter. 🇺🇦💕Author. Speaker. ELN Senior Associate Fellow. DGAP Board Member. Saluki-mum.
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.