Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. Historian of 20thC France/Europe, incl. politics, ideas, (im)migration, empire. Editor, Contemporary European History. "Age of Hobsbawm" out 18 Aug: https://tinyurl.com/mwvt75fs
Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social Co-Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs.
Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow.
International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.
Taylor Barnes @tkbarnes.bsky.social Field Reporter, @inkstickmedia.bsky.social. Equity Rises grantee, Ploughshares Fund. Atlanta.
Military-Industrial America newsletter: inkstick.substack.com/s/taylors-tips
Signal: tkbarnes.10
Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social Fighting #FuelPoverty for an affordable, sustainable & democratic energy system #EnergyForAll. https://energyforall.org.uk/get-involved.html
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
Institut Català Internacional per la Pau @icipeace.bsky.social L'ICIP promou la cultura de pau en la societat catalana i en l'àmbit internacional http://linktr.ee/ICIP
CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social CIDOB is an international affairs think tank that analyses the global issues that affect political & social dynamics, from the international to the local level.
🌍 www.cidob.org
Dan Sabbagh @dansabbagh.bsky.social Journalist @guardian - defence and security editor. Based in London, travel to Ukraine and anywhere else when I can.... signal: londoncalling.77
James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen, writing for a couple of decades or so about the environment, the economy, green politics, and the Climate Theory of Everything
NATO Watch @natowatch.bsky.social NATO Watch is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation that works to promote public awareness and foster debate on the role of NATO in public life. Website: www.natowatch.org
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC054760
Abingdon Peace Group @peaceabingdon.bsky.social An independent community-based group seeking to oppose war and support those who seek alternatives.
Conciliation Resources @crbuildpeace.bsky.social Conciliation Resources is an international organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies. We work with people impacted by war and violence, bringing diverse voices together.
Quaker Truth and Integrity @qtig.bsky.social Quakers have counted Truth and Integrity as one of their key testimonies for over 350 years. The Quaker Truth and Integrity Group aims to uphold our concern for truth especially in politics and the media
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
Annika Bergman Rosamond @a-bergman-rosamond.bsky.social Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in IR and Gender, University of Edinburgh. Director of Students, School of Social & Political Science. Co-convenor Gender and Politics Research Group, UoE. Former Chair of FTGS & Co-convenor GIRWG;FFP; autism advocate
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social Challenging powerful actors involved in human rights violations, environmental harms & systemic injustice.
-Climate litigation & environment
-Abuses in value chains
-Accountability for atrocity crimes
https://linktr.ee/glanlaw
Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social Associate Professor of Astropolitics | Space warfare | Own views
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social Last November top UK experts briefed leaders on the latest science to galvanise genuine emergency action on the climate & nature. The film version of this landmark event launched 7.04.26.
Find a screening near you
https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social.
Annette Idler @annetteidler.bsky.social Associate Professor @UniofOxford, Director @GS_Oxford, former Visiting Scholar @Harvard, #globalsecurity #armedconflict #illiciteconomy author #BorderlandBattles http://tinyurl.com/y2q www.annetteidler.com
Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
Comfort Ero @comfortero.crisisgroup.org President & CEO @crisisgroup
Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @unidir.org Building a more secure world • Director Robin Geiss
ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @aoav.bsky.social Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) investigates and records harm to civilians in conflicts around the world. For press inquiries, please contact
@iainoverton.bsky.social
www.aoav.org.uk
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. 🏳️🌈
Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect.
https://linktr.ee/praxis_uk
Tan Dhesi MP @tandhesi.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for #Slough. Chair of the Defence Select Committee.
Any queries / casework, please email: tan.dhesi.mp@parliament.uk
The HALO Trust @thehalotrust.bsky.social The HALO Trust is an international organisation that clears landmines and other explosives in war-torn areas. Our mission is to protect lives and restore the livelihoods of those affected by conflict. https://www.halotrust.org/
@lazybeds.bsky.social @lazybeds.bsky.social 
@securescotland.bsky.social @securescotland.bsky.social 
Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social The home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change.
Join us to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party.
http://mainstreamlabour.org/
Robert Muggah @muggah.bsky.social Co-founder of Igarapé Institute, SecDev, and Bioverse | Geopolitics, security, technology, cities and nature enthusiast | TED speaker | Lancet Commission | Bosch Academy | Author of Terra Incognita | SuperNature | robertmuggah.org
Critical Military Studies WG at BISA @cmsbisa.bsky.social Critical Military Studies Working Group at the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/cms
Conveners: @gabicosta.bsky.social, @lauramills.bsky.social, Hannah Richards and Alice Cree
Patrick Butchard @patrickbutchard.bsky.social International Law, House of Commons Library
Director, International Justice & Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University
https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-butchard
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/patrick-butchard
United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) @una-uk.bsky.social The UK’s leading source of independent analysis on the UN. We build movements, deliver expert insight, & design campaigns to inspire a global community united in its pursuit of equality, sustainability & peace
una.org.uk
Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social Following Nordic defence and security matters, mostly technical, and am myself based in the Nordics. Yes, I'm aware the pun is stupid ;). He/him.
Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social Feminist lesbian asking queer questions about peace & security | Lecturer at Uni. of Manchester | Jamiejhagen.com | picturesofbirds.tumblr.com/
Queering Women, Peace and Security out now with Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/45NJMBJ
Robin Potter @robinpotter.bsky.social Academy Associate, UK in the World Programme @chathamhouse.org. Former Labour staffer and civil servant.
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/robinjpotter
Ino Terzi @inoterzi.bsky.social Chatham House academy associate.
intelligence · irregular warfare · emerging technology
Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social Scholar-practitioner, contemporary South Caucasus | associate fellow, Chatham House | co-editor-in-chief, Caucasus Survey
Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council/ Prof at U of Mary Washington
Research on NATO/ Transatlantic Security
Trying not to suck at bike racing
Dr Christine Cheng @christinecheng.bsky.social War Studies, King’s College London. Researcher of war-to-peace transitions, civil wars, corruption, elite bargains, statebuilding, and UK foreign policy. Trustee at Conciliation Resources. Defender of democracy. Padel enthusiast.
Alex Gilder @alexgilder.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Law & Security @ University of Reading • Associate Fellow @ RUSI • Associate Faculty @ Royal Roads University • UN peace operations, human security & international law • Views my own
Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social Peacebuilder. 🌶️ 🐕🐝 🚲 lover. Gooner with Glover & Womble tendencies. Dad. Punk’s not dead. White Ribbon UK Trustee.
EliSchweig @elischweig.bsky.social Researching counterterrorism, warfare, silence, international law #postcolonialism, #feminism, #security, views my own, she/her.
New Internationalist @newint.bsky.social ✊ Award-winning global justice magazine. Proudly reader-owned.
📚 #SaveNI and donate today at newint.org/give
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
Independent Peace Associates @indiepeaceuk.bsky.social Research, analysis, training, community development and dialogue facilitation for conflict transformation. www.indiepeace.org
Alex Ballinger MP @alexballingermp.bsky.social Labour's MP for Halesowen, including Cradley, Wollescote, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood.
alex.ballinger.mp@parliament.uk
Promoted by Matt Collins on behalf of Alex Ballinger MP both at 14 Peckingham Street, Halesowen B633AN
Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social Author, researcher and policy advisor. Adjunct Associate Professor Monash Uni, Senior Advisor Smart Energy Council, ‘A Better Australia’ 📕 ‘Sold Down The River’ 📕 #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition
Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House | Europe, geoeconomics of tech, European security | Currently ✍️ a book on subsea cables (Polity '26) | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
TWP Community of Practice @twpcommunity.org Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice https://twpcommunity.org/
Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social One of the first genocide scholars to recognise Israel’s genocide. Author of ‘The New Age of Genocide’, and ‘What is Genocide?’. Sociology/IR professor, IBEI Barcelona/University of Sussex. martinshaw.org, martinshawx.substack.com
@kitdorey.bsky.social @kitdorey.bsky.social 
Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social Conscience campaigns for UK where a taxes are used to nurture peace, not pay for war.
Tipping Point North South @tippingpointns.bsky.social Tipping Point North South is a co-operative that supports and initiates creative, campaign-driven projects that advance the global social justice agenda. https://tippingpointnorthsouth.org/
Nick Buxton @nickbuxton.bsky.social Knowledge Hub at Transnational Institute. Communications Consultant. Expertise #climatesecurity #borderpolitics Posts in personal capacity. He/Him 
Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.
Anne Bennett @annemoira.bsky.social Security sector governance and reform, stabilization; media, human security, democratic transition; currently at DCAF.
Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot @scga.scot First all-Scotland international relations institute.
Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on all aspects of foreign policy.
scga.scot
@glasgow.ac.uk
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social A network of constituents partnering with MPs to get Net Zero sorted.
www.mpwatch.org
Briefings for SAF CCS Water & Planning and infrastructure bill here: https://www.mpwatch.org/climate-briefing
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) @intpeacebureau.bsky.social IPB is one of the world’s oldest and largest international peace network – founded in 1891, IPB won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for acting "as a link between the peace societies of the various countries".
Thomas Cheney @thomascheney.bsky.social Academic, (outer) Space Governance at Northumbria University. Legal geography and environmental humanities of space governance (space resources, planetary protection, astrobiology, settlement etc). Working on project 'Life the Ultimate Frontier'. He/him.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Liana Fix @lianafix.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Europe @CFR_org | Author of Germany Rearmed
| Historian & Political Scientist | #Germany #Europe #Russia #EasternEurope #Security | Views my own, likes and RT not endorsement. Washington, DC.
https://www.germanyrearmed.com/
Kaija Schilde @kaijaschilde.bsky.social Polisci + IR professor + Associate Dean, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies @bupardeeschool.bsky.social, Jean Monnet Chair of European Security and Defense + Global Fellow @Wilson Center
The Edinburgh Peace Institute @edinburghpeace.bsky.social Scottish based human needs charity, with an international focus on solutions policy research, implemented via training, advocacy, and mediation.
Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi Unjust society is unsustainable -> democracy is non-negotiable.
Sustainability transition & modeling circular economy @ Finnish Environmental Institute (Syke) as a profession; defence of Finland and democracy as a hobby.
Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social Unredacted is a research unit at the University of Westminster that investigates and documents secretive UK state and corporate practices in the context of national security. Visit https://unredacted.uk/
Marion Messmer @mgmessmer.bsky.social Programme Director for International Security at Chatham House
Former BASIC, King's College London
Olivia O'Sullivan @oliviaosullivan.bsky.social Director, UK in the World programme, Chatham House. Formerly HMG's Open Innovation Team, Cabinet Office, & DFID. 
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
WILPF UK @wilpfuk.bsky.social We are the UK Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, an international, membership-based organisation working towards feminist peace.
Matt Pollard @mpollard.bsky.social Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social P/T lecturer 0.2 in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, London, + semi-retired. Views my own. Climate Justice, Stop Ecocide, Critical Management Studies, Solidarity Economy, 💙.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/staff/r-hull/
N🚫 DMs - you WILL be blocked
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Raj Thamotheram @rajtham.bsky.social Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations at Dublin City University (DCU) - mostly focused on European security, national strategic cultures in Europe (i.e. France, Germany, UK), European military cooperation, EU, NATO, US strategy
Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) @nfpb1.bsky.social Quakers in the North of Britain working together to promote and take action for peace
http://nfpb.org.uk
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/
Armida van Rij @armida.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & Senior Nonresident Fellow @global-affairs.bsky.social. Ex-Chatham House & King's College London. European security, foreign policy & politics.
🔗 https://www.cer.eu/personnel/armida-van-rij
Nathalie Tocci @nathalietocci.bsky.social Professor at John Hopkins University SAIS Europe. Senior fellow, IeP Bocconi University. Views my own
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Susana Klien @tustuleca.bsky.social Peruvian immigrant wandering around London. Eclectic posts #feminism #peacebuilding #humanrights #activism #socialjustice | personal views| Re post/like≠endorsement
Agency for Peacebuilding (AP) @peaceagency.bsky.social The first Italian think-and-do organization on peacebuilding.
We work to prevent and transform violent conflict while creating spaces for dialogue and cooperation.
We believe peace can be promoted through inclusive, innovative and sustainable means.
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Martin Drewry @martindrewry.bsky.social CEO of Health Poverty Action & campaigner. (Posting personal views.)
Poverty/health... drugs policy... electoral reform & Labour. (he/him)
healthpovertyaction.org
Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Council Member @ecfr.eu. 📸 Stas Kartashov
🎙️ co-host Mildly Alarmed
✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
Club de Madrid @clubdemadrid.bsky.social World's largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers to strengthen democracy, stimulate dialogue and foster sustainable development
Jordan Street @jordanstreet.bsky.social Head of US/UN Program at Saferworld
All things Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Counterterrorism
Based in Washington, DC
Mood still inherently affected by Manchester United's demise
Personal views 
Space Watch UK @spacewatchuk.bsky.social UK Space Watch – scrutinising and resisting the UK's militarisation of space.
A project of Drone Wars UK
Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) University of Kent. Also Prof at University of Warwick.
Have taught & written about political conflict & peacebuilding for last 30 years. Still learning. Living in Peak District England but FROM Belfast in NI.
Politics nerd
Cedric de Coning @cdeconing.bsky.social Research Prof @NUPInytt @ACCORD_online @EffectivePOps @T4PAfrica #Complexity #AdaptivePeace #PeaceOperations #Peacebuilding #ClimatePeaceSecurity #AfricaNordic 🇳🇴🇿🇦