The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.com
Dr. Olaf Bachmann @falo2.bsky.social War Studies PhD KCL, MA War in the Modern World, now retired from African Leadership Centre King's College London and Nairobi, but still consultant on governance of security, Africa and Middle East. German and French citizen, resident in Spain.
Lee Savage @leesavage.bsky.social Reader in Comparative Politics (I think that's like an Associate Professor everywhere else in the world)
Hand of A'dal
https://leemsavage.wordpress.com/
Dr Will Butler @wbutlerhistory.bsky.social Head of Modern Collections @UkNatArchives writing on amateur military tradition and Irish recruiting in #WW1
DHDexter @dhdexter.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Politics (interested in feminist peace), mum, knackered. Here to learn and avoid marking. She/her.
Christian Goeschel @drgoeschel.bsky.social Professor of Modern European History at the University of Manchester.
https://www.chbeck.de/goeschel-hedinger-muenchen-38/product/37979255
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300254730/mussolini-and-hitler/
Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social https://www.routledge.com/Britain-and-Ireland-from-the-Treaty-to-the-Troubles-Independence-and-Interdependence-c-1921-1973/Carr/p/book/9781032879871
History/politics lecturer. My views only.
Books about British-Irish relations, Blair/Clinton, Chaplin etc
Paul Boldrin @paulboldrin.bsky.social Everything that can be electrified will be electrified. Electrochemist at Ironic Metals Ltd - developing low carbon iron production. Post about science, climate, London, cycling, kids, Spurs and politics.
Claire Edwards @clairemichelle18.bsky.social Welsh exile in the Midlands. She/her (mostly). 🌈
Research development, research funding, and equitable research cultures by day. Running, triathlon, books, gin, sports and sff nerdery by night.
Opinions all my own.
Anna Isaac @annaisaac.bsky.social City Editor, The Guardian - aka poking about in the money/power mix
Get in touch with tips: trucker3@pm.me
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social Professor of British History, University of Manchester. Social historian of northern England. Currently partial to a bit of material culture, religion, digital community history, popular culture and boxing. 🗃️
Matthew Grant @mgrnt.bsky.social Historian - University of Essex (currently Head of School, Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies)
Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Political History. The Labour Party and other currently lost causes.
“'Tis a muddle, and that's aw.”
Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
Suzanne Ricketts @suzannericketts.bsky.social 
Paul @g7vak.bsky.social SIGINT/INTEL enthusiast
Number Stations
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Matthew Savill @mtsavill.bsky.social Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute; recovering former civil servant; all views expressed here are my own.
Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Primarily on LinkedIN.
https://www.paulpoast.com/
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com- R Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social Historian, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham. He/him. 🏳️🌈
researchdoom @bananaintherama.bsky.social 'To thine own self be true.' 🇬🇧. Academic, mother, wife, carer, 🐱 mum, tree-hugger. Interested in politics, democracy & civic rights, books, history, disability rights, music, gardening, plants. Follows & RTs not endorsements. No DMs.
Tom F.A. Watts @tfawatts.bsky.social IR scholar working at the intersection of war, technology, and culture | Interested in US foreign policy, military applications of AI, and great power competition
Anna Thalhammer @annathalhammer.bsky.social Chefredakteurin und Herausgeberin des österreichischen Nachrichtenmagazins “Profil”. Threema JRTUBHZD
Emil Stjernholm @emilstjernholm.bsky.social Media scholar | Associate Professor @ Lund University | Propaganda | Visual Communication | Media History | Digital Methods | Preparedness and Civil Defence
Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social Head of Policy Engagement, University of Huddersfield; sociology PhD; advocate of knowledge exchange; co-chair Universities Policy Engagement Network; appreciator of reasonably priced fine wine; understander of the power of football to ruin your weekend.
Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social Tech investor ▫️Ex diplomat, econ & nat sec official, Fortune 100 tech VP▫️“Top” NYT▫️“Leading”Spiegel▫️“Senior” BBC▫️“Valued” FT▫️“Persona non grata” V Putin
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social Pillbox-spotter, Rush-fan, husband to an Irish wife, father of physicists, dancers,human tornados and Action Men called Jonathan. Beer drinking, book reading and thesaurus construction a speciality. Work @HistoricEngland. All views my own.
Tim Benbow @timbenbow.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, King's College London
My research focusses on UK naval strategy and naval history in the Second World War and Cold War.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/benbow-dr-tim
Charlie @charliedmb.bsky.social Political theorist
Kim Willsher @kimwillsher.bsky.social Europe Correspondent - The Observer
Foreign Correspondent - The Guardian
Journalist. News and feature writer.
Former Reporter of the Year: UK Press Awards
IG @kimwillsher_journalist
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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social A.G Leventis Fellow in Greek Studies at the University of Bristol. Julius Pollux superfan. Expert in Ancient Greek jokes.
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
Tilly Blyth @tillyblyth.bsky.social Executive Director, Collections and Curatorial at Imperial War Museums, Trustee @bletchleypark and Blue Plaques Panel for @englishheritage previously Director of Weald and Downland Living Museum, and ex @sciencemuseum
Tom Waldman @tom-waldman.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University | War, Strategy, Security | Author of ‘Vicarious Warfare’ http://bit.ly/3jTF632
Jonty Este @jonty98.bsky.social International affairs editor at The Conversation UK: @uk.theconversation.com. Interests include books, music, cooking, dogs, Tottenham Hotspur FC and travel, not necessarily in that order. And cricket. Did I mention cricket?
Liv Uni Politics @livunipol.bsky.social Expert opinion, news and student stories from the Department of Politics at University of Liverpool.
8-11 Abercromby Square
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/
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Erik R. Scott @erikrscott.bsky.social Historian of Russia, the Caucasus, and the world during the Cold War and after. Editor of The Russian Review. Author of Defectors. 
Dr Catherine Preston @docp67.bsky.social Welsh historian
Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Analyst, Producer Creator+ Host @thestateofthings.bsky.social National security, extremism, global affairs, mis/dis-information | OSINT | DM for Signal |
christysomos.com
Adam Golberg @cash4questions.bsky.social Strategic Research Development Manager (Research Growth) @ University of Nottingham. Occasional Research Professional columnist. Bureaucratic realist. Soft Order Muppet. Runner. Blog at socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk
Hugo Drochon @hdrochon.bsky.social Political Theorist @uniofnottingham.bsky.social | Author of 'Nietzsche's Great Politics' (Princeton 2016) and 'Elites and Democracy' (Princeton 2026)
Charles McPhedran @charliekreuz.bsky.social Australian journalist and filmmaker between Berlin and Kyiv. Focused on spies, special forces, and why justice is so rarely served. Check out my BBC Radio 4 documentary, “Putin’s Blood Feud” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002830j (UK VPN)
Christopher Solomon @chris-solomon.bsky.social Posting about Syria, Ukraine, Russia, and foreign affairs. 🇸🇾🇺🇦
Author of "In Search of Greater Syria." https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/in-search-of-greater-syria-9780755641826/
The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social The History on Film Podcast is an award-winning series that looks at the intersections of history, film and media studies, and more. Our goal is to make the educational parts entertaining and the entertaining parts educational. New episodes Mondays!
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social The Journal of Slavic Military Studies investigates all aspects of military affairs in the Slavic nations of central and eastern Europe, as well as Eurasia, including adjacent themes of history, society, politics, economics, policy, and warfare.
Sven Johanson 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦 @svenjohanson.bsky.social Retired #Veteran USAF and Senior National Intelligence Service Officer. “Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
#DNI. Harvard and MSU #Spartans #Sparty #GoGreen and #Raiders #RNFL.
Exorcise MAGA and vote blue 💙
Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social Historian of politics & ideas at the University of Manchester. Author of Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830-1914: An Intellectual History & The Disraeli Myth: The Making of a Conservative Tradition.
sfoyle @sfoyle.bsky.social she/her
Commissioning Editor for Film & TV and Politics & IR at @edinburghup.bsky.social
Big fan of anteaters, dahlias & knitting huge jumpers.
(Opinions I express and my own and not those of my employer etc)
Get in touch: sarah.foyle@eup.ed.ac.uk
Holly Bancroft @hollybancroft.bsky.social Home affairs correspondent at The Independent
📧 holly.bancroft@independent.co.uk
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social PhD @york.ac.uk on the influence of Hong Kong people upon the handover • Studentship from WRoCAH • Alumnus of @ox.ac.uk @manchester.ac.uk
Patrick Brian Smith @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social Assistant Professor and University Fellow at the University of Salford
// media, forensics, human rights, law + doc/spatial/political theory // orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-7549
Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social SL in Politics. University of Edinburgh, PIR
#PoliticsOfMigration. #MS #Leither 🏴
Own account/(re)posts=interesting
https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/pontus-odmalm
Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social History, strategy & communication | game designer | researcher in applied history | PhD early modern history, MPhil international relations | www.branwenadvisors.com, www.sunkentower.be
Jason Klocek @jaklocek.bsky.social Assistant Professor @uniofnottingham.bsky.social; Faculty Affiliate @notredame.bsky.social; Former Senior Researcher @ U.S. Institute of Peace. Studying religious violence & repression.
Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social assistant prof criminology VUB/replacement lecturer KULeuven - research: digital & green criminology, surveillance, AI, youth justice, human rights
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/rosamunde-elise-van-brakel
Dr Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social Everything Security | Associate Researcher @ RAND Oz | Fellow @ Social Cyber Institute and @ASPI-org.bsky.social | Blogging @atechnolegalupdate.substack.com | Cricket, #Bloods | #KalikaMataKiJai
The Steady State @thesteadystate.org 440+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
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Web: https://www.thesteadystate.org
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John Roth @johnrothdc.bsky.social Former federal prosecutor, former DHS Inspector General. Ethics and compliance leader in the private sector. Interested in governance, corruption, and justice issues.
Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social Executive Director, The Steady State; Former: DHS Intelligence Officer; Chief Counsel, Sen. D. Feinstein; CIA Operations Officer; Assistant District Attorney, New York County. Lots of former.
Margaret Henoch @hgrit70.bsky.social Retired CIA officer; born in Post Office Box 1663
Charles Ray @charlesray45.bsky.social Author, Artist, Photographer, Teacher, Traveler.
Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social Former FSO, Ambassador, Europe & Balkans guy, arms controller. Still uphold my oath to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." @steadystatevets @NSL4America. Views mine. 
@frenchfry56.bsky.social @frenchfry56.bsky.social 
@mattvm4041.bsky.social @mattvm4041.bsky.social 
@flipthebit.bsky.social @flipthebit.bsky.social 
Ned Price @nedprice.bsky.social The personal account of a recidivist public servant — most recently Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, and State Department Spokesperson. Previously with NSC and CIA.
@ashaprice.bsky.social @ashaprice.bsky.social 
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Ambassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social 🏴☠️Former Ambassador, career Foreign Service. Have opinions on foreign affairs, national security. Sometimes dogs, martinis and football. Made Obama laugh once. #Fella🇺🇦
Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social Former U.S. Ambassador, retired career Foreign Service officer, still writing that long-delayed biography of Tudor humanist Mildred Cooke Cecil. Not as diplomatic as I once was.
Kelly @kellywonderwanders.bsky.social Once a Diplomat, now former. Still operating with irreverent tendencies. All views are my own.
Nicki Kenyon @nickikenyon.bsky.social Financial crimes; financial integrity; sanctions; AML/CFT; trainer; Army veteran; former Treasury intelligence officer; immigrant from the former USSR (Ukraine); foreign policy and financial intelligence nerd.
Website: https://irenekenyon.substack.com/
Papi Was Here @leftcoastsharon.bsky.social Looking for those willing to say something to protect and defend our constitution (Papi wouldn't like this). Or just looking for dog treats.
@markgoodman33.bsky.social @markgoodman33.bsky.social 
@mariapty.bsky.social @mariapty.bsky.social 
Bob Cekuta @rfcekuta.bsky.social Diplomat, analyst, focused on development, energy, and figuring out better ways of doing things. When all else fails, have some chocolate.
Jaime @llamasngeese.bsky.social Best friend to many, lover of fun, creator of ideas, solver of problems, and explorer of the unknown.
@Furthepeop11891 on Twitter
David Aaron @davidaaron.bsky.social National Security and Cyber Attorney. Former Department of Justice National Security Division prosecutor and former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. Views my own.
David Christopher Kaufman @kaufmandavidnyc.bsky.social New York Post
Jonathan M. Winer @jonathanmwiner.bsky.social Former Senate counsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Special Envoy, now Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Middle East Institute. Write about law & politics, national & global security, Middle East, financial crime, cross-border issues.
@acesnead.bsky.social @acesnead.bsky.social 
Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social Lawfare Senior Editor - MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst - Former FBI Special Agent
Jessica John @circusmobility.bsky.social Aerial, mobility, & online biz 👑. Formerly of “that CIA.” Feminist AF. PNW. Sko Buffs. On my 9th life. BU Law. GWU GSPM. Show me your kitties. IG: @circusmobility @aerialbusiness
Nate Snyder @realnatesnyder.bsky.social Former Candidate for DNC Chair • National Security Leader • @POTUS/@POTUS44 Admin • @SEIU & @NavalWarCollege alum • @Latinos44 Board • Sayer of 'Wooder'
Christopher Powers @powersglobal.bsky.social International Educator, Assistant Vice President for International Initiatives, Towson University, Baseball Fan, He/him, All views my own
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Mujdat E., PhD @mujdat-2025.bsky.social PhD in Politics & International Studies @UniofWarwick
Interested in politics, intelligence and security studies, Northern Ireland 'Troubles', archival research, research support
British Soldier ⌯ Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @britishsoldier.bsky.social To protect the nation, we step forward and meet every challenge. ⌯ army.mod.uk ⌯ #BritishArmy #MinistryOfDefence
Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Security Challenges https://css.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/harrison-swinhoe/
Co-Host of Insecure: A Security Studies Podcast https://t.co/SMlJtQ6wRS
Halbert Jones @halbertjones.bsky.social Historian of Mexico and US-Latin American relations. A North Carolinian in 🇬🇧. Following US and UK politics, academia and higher education, and UK borders and immigration.
Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social https://threehostages.substack.com/
Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War, knows about War Studies and has an amateur understanding of Space. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social Technology & emerging threats | Research Fellow, Atlantic Council. Views my own. 🇺🇦
Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social CIA analyst, 2003-14. Close Guantanamo. Human Rights. China. My posts reflect only my views.