Ellen Pasternack @ellenpasternack.bsky.social I work at ESRC - the government body that funds economics and social science. Interested in data, policy, metascience, progress studies, urbanism, & UK politics.
Deye Li @onstatepreferences.bsky.social Notre Dame PhD student. Theorizing state motives and strategic choices.
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social Ast. Prof. of Gov't, Claremont McKenna College. Interested in political reform, public policy process, public administration, electoral institutions, and political behavior. Polling at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. 
Security Studies Program MIT @ssp-mit.bsky.social The Security Studies Program at MIT is a graduate-level research and educational program based at the Center for International Studies at MIT. 
John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social used to think at a tank
Stephen M. Grenier @warprof.bsky.social Faculty Director, Global Security Studies Program @jhu.edu | former soldier | Chair, International Security Section @apsa.bsky.social | long suffering fan of Scottish 🏴 & Welsh Rugby 🏴
Lucas @lmarthur.bsky.social Computational physicist, amongst other things
MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy
Ronan Mainprize @ronanmainprize.bsky.social Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication
Research on intelligence, statecraft, and strategy • Writing a book on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Global Cold War • University of Warwick PhD
Paul Cormarie @paulcormarie.bsky.social RAND Analyst | European defense & nukes | 🇫🇷🇺🇸
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
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
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
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
War Mapper @warmapper.org Mapping conflicts
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social Former UA officer
Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com
To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
@kylejglen.bsky.social @kylejglen.bsky.social 
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Brady Africk @bradyafr.bsky.social Data, maps, and satellite imagery 🛰🌻🔭
viewsfromabove.bradyafrick.com
Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
David B Larter @davidblarter.bsky.social Navy vet. Tweets on Navy, space, watches, scotch, history & other random unserious musings. All opinions mine, not employer's. Formerly Defense News, Navy Times
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social || Pathfinding in a Brave New World || Former Minor Spear Carrier || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul Memoir || Loyal Servant of the Republic || No Official Statements || BoD at @thestrategybridge.sky.social ||
Havoc @havocsix.bsky.social Army Engineer Vet & militant sarcasm enthusiast | Defense, foreign policy, & absurdism | Host Trip Wired: http://linktr.ee/tripwired1 | Historia magistra vitae | Opinions = mine alone |
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social Author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. Teaches at Fairfield University MFA.
Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social Author of the novel, EX SUPRA. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Supra-Tony-Stark/dp/B0B6L9TD6J/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=f9e567ed-9cbb-4a51-9ebe-37646193cff5
Sequel: Duality, coming soon.
Substack: Breaking Beijing.
Podcast: WarTalk (ChinaTalk)
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
Fubar 🇨🇦 @captainfubar.bsky.social Mil-Poster, Black 'n Arab, Unapologetic NATO Shill, Progressive. Proud Canadian; Patch Guy 🇦🇬🇱🇧
Doha @doha104p3.bsky.social Mil-Av, Maritime, Missile, Space, Defense, and some politics related posts | F-35 appreciator | Agile Combat Employment Supremacist | (Not very active here)
Strategic Trends @strategictrends.bsky.social US foreign policy and national security interests in the Indo-Pacific | Maritime minded | | Learning every day | Views my own. | Always humble
Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social Personal Perspectives • Beholding the Pacific • Krulak Center • YCAPS • Allies & Partners • Amphibious Defense • Aloha
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
John Arterbury @johnarterbury.bsky.social Hotline Damascus 
Matt Eminem @legalleadtheway.bsky.social | Law of War | LOAC | Int’l Humanitarian Law |
The steel of freedom does not stain.
Personal opinions, no employer endorsement, nothing here is legal advice.
RLTW!
Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social 
Vodka 🧊 @vodkanon.bsky.social Disavowed Task Force 141 Operator | Disinformation Enthusiast | Anonymous Defence Source | Part-time Marlboro Lobbyist
Ian TB @iantb.bsky.social Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Jeff Meiser @jwmeiser.bsky.social Former war college professor NDU now UPortland. Posts on politics, IR, strategy, hip hop. Book: Power and Restraint. My views rep only me.
Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
Kiran Pfitzner
Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social OIF/OEF vet and Duffel Blog writer. DarkLaughterTDB (at) gmail (dot) com #satire #natsec
AirPower (MIL-STD) @mil-std.bsky.social Old radar types never die; they just phased array!
Aerospace, Defense and NatSec related content
#OpenSource. No affiliations to govt., media or industry
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social Military officer | PhD | Institute head of R&D at the Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Doctrine, planning, and command.
Whatismoo @whatismoo.bsky.social Transatlantic Doctoral Student covering the Cold War to the present.
Logo adapted from that of the Soviet Army Studies Office
Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social Atlantic Council Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Marine Corps Strategist Fellow at Notre Dame | CIMSEC Managing Editor | Personal Account
Confused CPT @josh97.bsky.social Combined Arms, History, Star Wars, and INDOPACOM
Craig Whiteside @craigwhiteside.bsky.social teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo https://theisisreader.substack.com/
John Helin @jjhelin.bsky.social Journalist, Fact checker @ http://HS.fi
Ukraine War Analysis with Black Bird Group
Political History at the University of Helsinki
📞 +358413106215
✉️ John@blackbirdgroup.fi
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Jake Hanrahan @hanrahan.tv Journalist and filmmaker. Anti-censorship.
Popular Front / Away Days / Gargoyle
www.jakehanrahan.com
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
MarQs__ @marqs.bsky.social 
John Ridge 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @johnridge.bsky.social Physics | Weapons Systems | National Security | Foreign Policy | Arms Exports | Security Assistance | Tochnyi Contributor | Donate to Liberty Ukraine Foundation
jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social Writer for Defense Archive, volunteer with GeoConfirmed and contributor to Militaryland.net.
Useful links https://linktr.ee/jeff2146
Hugo Kaaman @hugokaaman.bsky.social Researcher & analyst. Focus on SVBIED design & tactics by non-state actors. Articles @MiddleEastInst @JanesINTEL @EuroEyeRad. IR grad, MENA studies
Mike Nelson @mikenelson586.bsky.social Citizen. Legionnaire.
2 x Time person of the year (2003/2006)
2 x Iranian designated terrorist (2019/2020).
ASR Recipient.
Stacie Pettyjohn @spettyjohn.bsky.social Director of the defense program and senior fellow CNAS
Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Studies @OpenUniversity and Lecturer in Politics at Imperial College London; Peacekeeping, military, UN, gender, global governance, SSR, Classical/Spanish guitar player
William “Balloon Guy” Kim @thekimulation.bsky.social NatSec, memes, and NatSec memes. High-altitude balloon enthusiast and Air Power Metamorphosis enjoyer. Views/memes are my own
Andrea Knapp @andreaknapp.bsky.social Postdoc @UniPotsdam and PhD candidate @Unibo | IR, IOs (UN and NATO), foreign intervention. I use quantitative data to write about #peacekeeping and #civilianprotection.
Hunter Stires @hunterstires.bsky.social History, Strategy, Seapower, Statecraft. Proudly served as the Maritime Strategist to the 78th Secretary of the Navy. Personal Account. Be curious; when you can, be kind.
Like/RT/Follow ≠ Endorsement
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterstires/
Andy Lim @andysaulim.com Deputy Director & Fellow @korea.csis.org
- China's Weaponization of Trade: https://shorturl.at/X3yPG
- Koreanists starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX
- Personal website: andysaulim.com
- Moonlighting at @citylightsofchina.bsky.social- C Conor Perls @conorperls.bsky.social
Cecilia Corsini @cecicors.bsky.social DPhil (PhD) from @Politics_Oxford St Antony’s | Multilateral Effectiveness @OECD-MOPAN| Previously @GVAGrad, @PSIASciencesPo | IOs & humanitarian governance
Casey Dominguez @caseydominguez.bsky.social Political scientist focusing on American politics, presidency, parties. San Diego Padres.
Rita Durão @ritadurao.bsky.social PhD candidate in International Relations at NOVA University of Lisbon, PT • Researcher IPRI • Area studies, focus on security of East Asia, North Korea, nuclear weapons and identity politics • Also interested in EU foreign and security policy to the region
Eyal Hanfling @eyalhanfling.com democracy / technology research
eyalhanfling.com | 📍brooklyn, ny
Alex Bollfrass @bollfrass.bsky.social Nuclear weapons and intelligence history.
Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) at the University of Oxford
Thomas Gaulkin @thomas.gaulk.in Multimedia Editor @thebulletin.org. Something nice for the people.
tgaulkin@thebulletin.org
signal: thomasgaulkin.01
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Kevin Cope @kevinlcope.bsky.social Law Professor & Political Scientist at @uvalaw.bsky.social; working on legal/political decisionmaking, courts, (im)migration, & international law. 🌍⚖️🛂👩🏻⚖️ Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores: www.judjis.org
Daniel Rio Tinto @driotinto.bsky.social Lecturer at FGV RI and researcher at CEI-ISCTE. Former ICCS/University of Birmingham. Interested in IR Theory, Political Violence, Criminal & Rebel Governance, Civil Wars and Nukes. Aviation, food, wine and beer. All the usual caveats apply.
Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social Senior Research Adviser, @apln.network
Adjunct Fellow, @eastwestcenter.bsky.social
Opinions my own, reposts ≠ endorsement.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-o-donnell-b84675158
Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social Comparative civil-military relations, defense manufacturing, political violence, electoral politics, and foreign policy. Regional foci on South Asia and Latin America, but also the "global south."
Harold Trinkunas @htrinkunas.bsky.social Deputy Director at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Usual disclaimers apply.
https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/harold-trinkunas
Andrew Leyden @penguinsix.bsky.social D.C. freelancer photographer labeled a “news influencer” in a recent study who hangs out at the White House, Congress, murder scenes, and fires in Washington, though misses living in Hong Kong. Posts on National Security, Politics, Arsenal, and tech. 
@eileenseitz.bsky.social @eileenseitz.bsky.social 
Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
Hannah Morris @morhannah.bsky.social Director Gov. Affairs at J Street // coalition-builder // natsec thinker // Kensington, MD mom
Blair Tidey @blairtidey.bsky.social Asia-focused Aussie. Read, write & sometimes participate in military history & foreign affairs. Army WO1 (E9), 2019 Chief of Army Scholar, ANU SDSC PhD candidate. He/him.
Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social Lecturer IR / Polic Sci SFSU and Adjunct at the Fall Program for Freshmen at UC.
University of Florida alum. @SFGiants & @Warriors fan.
Air Command and Staff College @theairpowerschool.bsky.social The premier military institution for preparing airpower leaders who solve problems at the operational level of war
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Travis Reese (Against war with NATO) @ctreese2.bsky.social Small town kid. Joined the military. Stuck w/ it for 21 yrs. Stayed in defense. Planner & strategist. Inventor of the coffee egg cream & mocha coffee egg cream
Xhan Paul @ah7546.bsky.social INT/GeoPolitics/NatSec Enthusiast. Still getting comfortable here, never posted on Twitter. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷🇹🇼🇵🇭
Clément Renault @clementrenault.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in Intelligence, War & Strategy @irsem.bsky.social 🕵️🛰️📡 · Visiting Fellow @kcsi.uk · Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) 📚
Website: https://clementrenault.com