Ulrich Schwerin @ulrichschwerin.bsky.social South Asia Correspondent | Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) | Previously in Zurich and Istanbul | Author of "The Dissident Mullah: Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran"
Contemporary South Asia Journal @csajournal.bsky.social South Asia is internally diverse and part of global flows of people, goods and ideas. Contemporary South Asia seeks to address the issues of the region by presenting research and analysis which is both cross-regional and multi-disciplinary.
The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social Military analyst, economist, historian, enemy of dictators everywhere. Advisor to governments. ‘Devils Advocate Services’. 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍
AVAILABLE ON: TheMilitaryAnalyst.com
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
Fabian Molina @fabianmolina.ch Sozialist · Europäer · Nationalrat @spschweiz.ch · Socialist Swiss MP · Präsident @swissaid.bsky.social
Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social Historian interested in #Worldcommunism esp. in Germany and Denmark.
Danish Refugee Council 1986-2000. Nordic Council 2000-2017.
(Re-)posting about history-in-the-making and #history. Now and then photos. Posting in (not perfect) English / German / Danish
Manuel Puppis @manuelpuppis.ch Professor of Media Structures & Governance at DCM, University of Fribourg. Vice-President Swiss Federal Media Commission.
Doing comparative research on media policy, platform governance, digitalization of the public sphere, Swiss media system.
bmcgil @bmcgil.bsky.social No pasarán.
🇮🇪🏳️🌈 he/him
español 🇨🇴 português 🇧🇷 english
Massachusetts
midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org Author of Naval Fiction, Freelance Defence Journalist – Naval & Aeronautical History
MASKIROVKA my first novel is out !
5.0 out of 5 stars: Page turner, brilliant new Cold War thriller.
Grey ships, black boats
https://www.midshipnews.org/
@ulrichgut.bsky.social @ulrichgut.bsky.social
Maximilian Reinold @maxourei.bsky.social PhD candidate
Center for International Studies, Sciences Po Paris. Maritime security cooperation and ocean governance, the Indo-Pacific region, and security networks
Jonas Mueller-Töwe @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social Senior Investigative Editor @t-online.de, Berlin / Reporting on Foreign influence operations, National security, Lobbying and Crime (Threema: 4E6EXA2Y)
Frederik Hoedeman @longinsights.bsky.social MA in East and Central European Studies/Polish.
Also consultant, Copenhagen City.
Слава Україні!
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social To protect Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is to protect our future on this planet. In this critical decade for action, our science explores the role of the Antarctic region in the global climate system. Led by @utas.edu.au.
🔗 aappartnership.org.au
Zack Labe @zacklabe.com Climate Scientist at @climatecentral.org | PhD | Passionate about improving science communication through data-driven stories | Harrisburg, PA | https://zacklabe.com/
Views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here are only my own.
Fabian Urech @fabianurech.bsky.social Journalist, Africa Correspondent
⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and Taiwan's founding Minister of Digital Affairs. https://cyberambassador.tw/
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.
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Mireya Solis @mireyasolis.bsky.social Director, Center for Asia Policy Studies
Knight Chair in Japan Studies
The Brookings Institution
Views are my own
Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University School of International Service. Senior Fellow @cfr.org. Studies Chinese and Russian politics and foreign policy. 唐志学
Chris Powers @powers.eurosky.social ✍️ Brussels reporter for @kyivindependent.com 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
Otherwise to be found with books📚, coffees ☕️ , or swimming 🏊♂️
Signal: chrispowers.92
Email: c.powers@kyivindependent.com
Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.
Taiwan Security Monitor @taiwanmonitor.bsky.social TSM is a student-powered research initiative dedicated to informing the public on cross-Strait security. Directed by GMU’s Michael Hunzeker. Usual disclaimers.
tsm.schar.gmu.edu
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
FT Weekend @ftweekend.com The best of Financial Times Weekend journalism, from Life & Arts and HTSI magazine to House & Home, FTWeekend Magazine, FT Money and FT Globetrotter
https://www.ft.com/life-arts
Claudia Major @claudmajor.bsky.social Head of @SWP_IntSecurity; Security & Defense, NATO, Europe, 🇫🇷&🇩🇪; via: @CSS_Zurich @sciencepo @EU_ISS @unibirmingham; mom of 3, 🇫🇷 knight, here personal capacity.
Andrew Small @ajwsmall.bsky.social Asia Director at ECFR. Formerly: European Commission, German Marshall Fund. Posting on China / US / Europe Books, articles: andrewsmall.org
Etienne Soula @etiennesoula.bsky.social China-focused researcher at GMF, foreign authoritarian interference, information manipulation, economic coercion, and more. It’s a brave new world out there.
Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social European security & defence, global order, EU in US-China competition.
Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich. PhD Defence Studies, King’s College London. Into running, matcha, 中文. Views my own.
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
Ben Read @benread.bsky.social CTI @wizsecurity.bsky.social
Adjuct at @jhu.edu - SAIS
Nonresident Fellow at @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social - Cyber Statecraft
Previously NSC44, Mandiant, Google
Go Mammoths
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
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.
Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social Assistant Professor at GIS, Hosei University
Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social Georgetown University Security Studies Program. Taiwan's defense and military history, U.S.-Taiwan relations. Detroit Tigers watcher.
中文/上海话/ENG/FR
@samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de Tracking and translating content on censorship and other human rights issues in China. Knows changes aren't permanent, but change is. Will stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Indian Ocean World Centre @iowcmcgill.bsky.social Research centre at McGill University studying the history, economy, & cultures of the Indian Ocean world from China to Southeast & South Asia, the Middle East & Africa.
https://indianoceanworldcentre.com/
UCLA Center for India and South Asia @uclacisa.bsky.social The Center for India and South Asia (CISA) supports research, hosts public lectures and workshops, and collaborates with other institutions and centers to raise the profile of South Asia on campus and, more generally, in Southern California.
Aparna Pande @pandea.bsky.social Director India Initiative, Hudson Institute; Author #FromChanakyaToModi & #MakingIndiaGreat; Stephanian, Delhiite; Bostonian Red Sox Fan; PhD #BU #JNU #DU
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Natalie Mayroth @netizenmay.bsky.social German Iranian Journalist • she/her • covering India/South Asia @taz.de @weltreporter.net • DE/EN • fellow bosch foundation CHN & IND, EJC fellow
Andreas Babst @andreasbabst.bsky.social South Asia correspondent for NZZ.
In Delhi
Andreas Ernst @andreasernst.bsky.social Foreign Editor Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Switzerland
Chris Kay @christopherkay.ft.com Mumbai bureau chief at the Financial Times.
Previously with Bloomberg in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UK.
https://chriskay.co.uk/
https://www.ft.com/chris-kay
Carole Dieterich @caroledieterich.bsky.social South Asia correspondent
New Delhi
Le Monde, Courrier International, RTL
Empire: World History @empirepoduk.bsky.social Podcast on empires and world history 🌎
A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
German Marshall Fund @gmfus.bsky.social The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan organization that advances the transatlantic partnership to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Learn more: www.gmfus.org
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
https://www.csis.org
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.
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
Rush Doshi @rushdoshi.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Georgetown • Director of the CFR China Strategy Initiative • Biden NSC China 2021-2024 • Author of The Long Game
The Decoding China Project @decodingchina.bsky.social Decoding China Dictionary:
A guide to understanding the official Chinese meaning of key terms in international relations and development cooperation.
www.decodingchina.eu
Kai Strittmatter @kaistrittmatter.bsky.social Author. Journalist. Father.
Alicia Garcia Herrero 艾西亞 @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social Geoeconomics of Asia and how it relates to the rest of the world, especially Europe. NATIXIS, BRUEGEL, HKUST. @aligarciaherrero @econtwitter.net
Justyna Szczudlik/詩麗娜 @jszczudlik.bsky.social Deputy Head of Research & China Analyst, former (2016-2021) Head of Asia-Pacific Program, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
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.
Kiel Institute China Initiative @kiel-china.bsky.social Building a network that connects academic and policy experts on #China in the global economy.
@kielinstitute.bsky.social
Kaiser Kuo 郭怡廣 @kaiserkuo.bsky.social Host of the Sinica Podcast (https://sinicapodcast.com), former guitarist of Tang Dynasty, currently of the newly re-formed 春秋 (Spring & Autumn). Living in Beijing. Chinese history, politics, culture, society.
Mirco Günther @mircoguenther.bsky.social Head of Asia-Pacific Department, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung I Previously Singapore, Kabul, OSCE, Ukraine, Central Asia, Harvard Kennedy School | Personal views
Stuart Lau @stuartlau.bsky.social Correspondent, EU-China & NATO, POLITICO Europe
Xifan Yang 杨希璠 @yangxifan.bsky.social Foreign affairs reporter @DIE ZEIT, previously in Beijing
Mareike Ohlberg @mareikeohlberg.bsky.social CCP interference, digital, media, ideology | Permanent email/DM bankruptcy | #peasantpride | Usual disclaimers
Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting.bsky.social China: society-digital-media / Christianity & Poetry & Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at Trier University
Senior Associate Fellow at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Felix Lee @flee.bsky.social Journalist for China.Table
Helena Legarda @helenalegarda.bsky.social Lead Analyst at MERICS. China foreign and security policies. RT ≠ endorsement and other usual disclaimers.
Steffen Wurzel 吳策 @steffenwurzel.bsky.social Journalist ※ Deutschlandfunk-Hauptstadtstudio ※ Zuvor beim SWR und als ARD-Hörfunk-Korrespondent in Shanghai und İstanbul ※ Persönliches Konto
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann @masz.bsky.social MdEP | Mitglied im FDP-Präsidium | Verteidigungs-, Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | Vorsitzende der FDP im Europäischen Parlament | Vorsitzende des Verteidigungsausschusses des Europäischen Parlaments | Bürgermeisterin a.D. | Bikerin 🏍️ | Schreibe selbst.
China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social Chinalawtranslate.com is a cooperative website for translations and commentary on Chinese Law.
Jeremy Daum is a Sr. Researcher at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, focussing on criminal justice and policing.
Roderich Kiesewetter @rodki.bsky.social
James Crabtree @jamescrabtree.bsky.social Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. ecfr fellow. foreign policy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard.
Eva Pejsova @epejsova.bsky.social Japan Chair @ CSDS-VUB, 🇪🇺in Asia, Japan FP, #IndoPacific, #MaritimeSecurity, 🍷
Taylor Fravel @fravel.bsky.social Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
ECFR @ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations: the only pan-European think-tank. We foster coalitions for change and promote debate on Europe's global role.
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
Dhruva Jaishankar @dhruvajaishankar.bsky.social Executive Director, ORF America, Washington DC | Read my book, explaining India and the World: https://www.amazon.com/Vishwa-Shastra-India-Dhruva-Jaishankar/dp/0670091057
@gudrunwacker.bsky.social @gudrunwacker.bsky.social
Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social Lived 10+ years in China, now University of Exeter and ChinaMed Project.
Published a book on China, its military, and its interests overseas (OUP, 2021): https://shorturl.at/S2BjTo
More at https://andreaghiselli.com/
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Viking Bohman @vikingbohman.bsky.social I keep track of China’s sanctions, export controls and other tools of economic statecraft | PhD Candidate @FletcherSchool | Associate @kinacentrum
https://kinacentrum.se/en/medarbetare/viking-bohman/
George Magnus @george17.bsky.social China watcher, ex Chief Economist UBS, now at China Centre, Oxford and at SOAS, London. Rock&Indie music lover. Also golden retriever owner and fan.
Professor Anne-Marie Brady FRSNZ @anne-mariebrady.bsky.social Watching and researching the politics of China, NZ domestic and foreign policy, Arctic, Antarctic, and Pacific politics- U Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck.bsky.social Foreign policy analyst and writer. Weekly analysis for NZZ. Ex: Carnegie Brussels, Transatlantic Academy Washington, GMF Berlin, RFE/RL Prague; PhD in history. Bylines: NYT, FT, Moscow Times, Foreign Policy, Int Politik ...
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
Economics, history, theory, politi
Jerker Hellström @jerkerhellstrom.bsky.social China Fellow, I.D.E.A.
ECFR Geoeconomics and Tech @ecfrgeotech.bsky.social ECFR’s research in geoeconomics and technology explores the impact of global economic fragmentation, Western strategies to de-risk industries from China, and the future of economic statecraft tools.
Xiaoxue Martin @xiaoxuemartin.bsky.social China Research Fellow at Clingendael Institute, think tank in the Netherlands. @clingendael.bsky.social
Find my work here: https://www.clingendael.org/person/xiaoxue-martin
Posts are personal.
Luke Patey @lukepatey.bsky.social Senior researcher and author, 'How China Loses' & 'The New Kings of Crude'
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com Hong Kong's impartial, non-profit, award-winning English-language newspaper: https://hongkongfp.com/about/ 100% independent, backed by an Ethics code and reader-funded: https://support.hongkongfp.com/
Alice Su @aliceysu.bsky.social Covering China and Taiwan & co-hosting Drum Tower pod @TheEconomist. Former Beijing bureau chief @latimes, previously in the Middle East. alicesu@economist.com
Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social Emmy-nominated reporter. Russia Today called me “notorious,” China kicked me out. Formerly Asia, Doha, California, more 🌏. Author of graphic novel YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION out now!
ChinaPower @chinapower.csis.org Unpacking the complexity of China’s rise through objective analysis and data visualization. Follows and reposts ≠ endorsements. https://chinapower.csis.org/
Jérôme Doyon @jdoyon59.bsky.social Chinese Politics I Assistant Prof @CERI/SciencesPo
Manisha Reuter @manishareuter.bsky.social Security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific with a focus on 🇨🇳& 🇮🇳| ECFR Asia Programme Manager | views are personal
Arthur Tarnowski @arthurtar.bsky.social Chief Rep. Heinrich Boell Foundation, Beijing Representative Office
CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social #CEIAS is an #IR and #AsianStudies #ThinkTank dedicated to spreading knowledge about #Asia. Branches in Bratislava, Prague, and Vienna.
SWP Asia @swp-asia.bsky.social Forschungsgruppe Asien, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik @swp-berlin.org – Asia Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
https://www.swp-berlin.org/die-swp/ueber-uns/organisation/forschungsgruppen/asien
Andreas Fulda @amfchina.bsky.social Associate Professor | Author of the Spiegel bestseller "Wenn China angreift" (C.H.Beck, 2026) and "Germany and China" (2024) | Views my own | RTs ≠ endorsements
Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz.bsky.social Director in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Member, European Commission Expert Group on Forced Labor. Research: Xinjiang, Tibet, ILO, state-imposed forced labor, OSINT. https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/adrian-zenz-phd
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