Bart Thijssen @bartthijssen.bsky.social Master of (Keeping/Stealing) your Secrets | Security Advisor & Intel Analyst | Civil Servant @ BE | Klopjacht-speurder | IT Eng. + Pol. Sci. | Posts my own
Scott P. Johnson, MLIS @scottpjohnson.com Sociotechnical systems analyst, research and data engineering, critical information and data studies
Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Former Congresswoman, CIA Officer, and Federal Agent. Mom.
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Josh Campbell @joshscampbell.bsky.social National security and law enforcement @CNN.com, senior adj national security fellow @CNAS.bsky.social, writer | Past: law enforcement, diplomacy, defense
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
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.
Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social Ocean Gate Elementary School class of 1992. John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
Jeppe Mulich @jmulich.bsky.social Teaching history and politics at City St George's. Work on Asia and the Caribbean. Too much time thinking about RPGs. Currently Brighton, previously Hong Kong, New York, Copenhagen.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social Professor of music and sound in Asia. Editor of @avcx.bsky.social crosswords. Posts about pop music, sound, Thailand, NYC, anthropology, puzzles, TNG.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
School of International Studies @mqsois.bsky.social From international security, politics, and criminology, to languages and emerging global cultures, our world-leading researchers provide policymakers, practitioners and students the knowledge and skills needed to navigate international affairs.
Frank Sauer @drfranksauer.bsky.social 🎙️ Co-Host @sicherheitspod.de
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social Independent scholarly publisher of distinguished books and journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they 🏳️🌈
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College.
利瑪竇中西文化歷史研究所.
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/ricci.html
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social "a Washington lawyer whose practice representing people about security clearances is part of an entire legal subspecialty made possible by the current system." - Politico
Niklas @germannukes.de Deutschlands frechster arbeitsloser Historiker
he/him
Author of https://germannukes.de
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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Law and Political Science at U. of Minnesota. AdLaw, Admin. Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare; Nonresident Fellow at Brookings. Signal: Nbednar.46
Opinions are my own; Not UMN.
The Steady State @thesteadystate.org 450+ former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution."
Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/SteadyState
Web: https://www.thesteadystate.org
Substack: https://steadystate1.substack.com/
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social 
@douglaslondon.bsky.social @douglaslondon.bsky.social Retired CIA Ops Officer and Chief of Station; Georgetown SFS, John Hopkins SAIS, and Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Alexander Rose @alexrose.com Author of "Washington's Spies" (made into the TV series TURN), "The Lion & The Fox," and "Empires of the Sky." America's 78th Most Famous Historian. Writes the freebie Substack, "Spionage" (Ye Olde Worlde spy stories).
Intelligence and National Security @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social #OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de Focusing on current development and emerging topics in Greater China
Publisher: SAGE @sagepub.com
Editors-in-Chief:
Kerry Brown and Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CCA
Conor Tobin @drconortobin.bsky.social Historian/lecturer at UCD and Maynooth University. Previously IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Book project on Carter, Brzezinski, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
https://academic.oup.com/dh/article-abstract/44/2/237/56992
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
Joseph W. Ho @joseph-w-ho.bsky.social Historian of East Asia, visual culture | Associate Professor, Albion College | Photographer | Author of Developing Mission: Photography, Filmmaking, and American Missionaries in Modern China (Cornell, 2022) bit.ly/DevelopingMission
josephweiho.com
@fernandocastro.bsky.social @fernandocastro.bsky.social 
@patrickbury.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social Reader (Snr Assoc Prof) in Warfare + Counter-Terrorism, University of Bath. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Fmr 1 Royal Irish and NATO PA.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) @cefc-fr.bsky.social Created in 1991, the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China, based in Hong Kong and Taipei, is devoted to the study of contemporary China, in the field of social sciences and humanities. It publishes the scientific journal China Perspectives.
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
NSIST @nsistuk.bsky.social National Signals Intelligence and Security Trust (www.nsist.org)
Marieke Krijnen @mariekekrijnen.bsky.social Academic copyeditor, she/her, at www.mariekekrijnen.com. PhD from Ghent University. Specializes in urban studies, urban and human geography, Middle East studies, political economy, Chicago style. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP.
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Stephen Marrin @smarrin.bsky.social Full Prof at James Madison University & Director of Intelligence Analysis program. Former CIA analyst. Editor of journal Intelligence & National Security https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social 
SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social The Society for Military History and the Journal of Military History's Official Bluesky Page.
Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social Americanist Military Historian & Genocide Scholar.
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
Jonna Nyman @jknyman.bsky.social Teach and research international relations at the University of Sheffield. Working on security politics, China, & energy/climate issues. Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X.
https://jknyman.com/
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social Fmr. Nuclear & Missile Operations Officer USAF
YouTuber ~ 700,000+ Subscribers
Keep Defending the Truth
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com Astrophysicist
Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social Fmr US Intelligence +36 yrs. Expert MENA/SWA & US Terrorists | x5 NYT Bestselling Author, Navy Senior Chief, Widower, Ukrainian army Intl’ Legionnaire.
Malcolmnance.Substack.com
Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social Vice Chair,The Carlyle Group; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation Board; PhD; ADM, USN(Ret.) fmr Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Website: AdmiralStav.com
Ben Meiselas @meiselasb.bsky.social Co-Founder of MeidasTouch Network; USC Law Professor
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
Adamkinzinger.komi.io
Adamkinzinger.com
Dave Troy @davetroy.com Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff.
Dr. Allison Roberts @laroberts.bsky.social Trying to re-build reliable community here (vs the current tw!tt3r); post in personal capacity
Sociologist/historian/political scientist interested in world events (current or past), military, disability issues, tech, and more.
Abby Mullen @abbymullen.bsky.social Naval historian, professor at USNA (views are my own), digital historian sometimes.
King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social Ex-Interim Chair. Free puns. Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
Paul Saproza @paulsaproza.com Political Theory / Democratic Innovations
Luiss University, Roma
https://x.com/paulsaproza
https://linkedin.com/in/boscolebrun/
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social New York Times intelligence reporter. 
Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social Intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post. Reach me securely on Signal at Ellen.626.
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for women’s history!
The Women’s History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about women’s & gender history. Also on LinkedIn.
Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org We partner with people, organizations, and the global community to drive global progress in climate change, nuclear weapons, and mass violence and atrocities.
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)
Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/
University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social From Kansas to the world, publishing award-winning scholarly and trade books since 1946 in history, politics, law, military studies, Kansas, and American culture. The scholarly publishing consortium of Kansas’s six state universities.
Joyce Harrison @kansasjoyce.bsky.social Editor in Chief, University Press of Kansas, acquiring in military history. Live, laugh, publish books.
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 
Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
Talking Feds with Harry Litman @talkingfeds.bsky.social Talking Feds is a podcast and YouTube channel featuring former federal officials & special guests in a dynamic discussion of the most important legal and political issues of the day.
Military Historians are People, Too! @mhptpodcast.bsky.social Join Brian K Feltman and Bill Allison for chats with military historians on doing history, BBQ, & other life topics. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Simon Willmetts @swillmetts.bsky.social Cultural historian with an interest in secrecy, intelligence agencies, and their impact upon wider culture and society. I work at Leiden University, but my views here are my own.
International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social Official BlueSky Account for International Studies Perspectives, a Journal of the International Studies Association. Official email: isp@colgate.edu
Website: academic.oup.com/isp
Seán Molloy @seanmolloyir.bsky.social Academic working on IR with occasional forays into other disciplines.
Nikki Ikani @nikki-ikani.bsky.social Assistant Prof Intel & Security ISGA | writer | NWO Veni Laureate | Research Fellow KCL | Snr Fellow NATO Defence College | researching warning | editor Poets Reading the News | @Kortschrijvers | she/her
@theresaafallon.bsky.social @theresaafallon.bsky.social 
Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
Maggie Caroline @maggiecaroline.bsky.social Information War Mage and Harasser of Authoritarians.
Non-State Actress. Making National Security Make Sense. #NatSecGirlSquad.
National Security Fellow, Wilson Center STIP.
Yes, please tell me about your dog🦄
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Designer of the "Littoral Commander" wargame series. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social Author of Early Warning with Juliette Kayyem on Substack. Harvard Professor. Author. CNN Senior National Security Analyst. The Atlantic Contributing Writer.
Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social Nuclear Fellow @ Pax Sapiens, former Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and State Department International Sec Advisory Board, CNAS Sr. Fellow, former National Security Council. No #manels, Yankees/Gunners.
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Fraser Cain @fcain.universetoday.com Space journalist and skywatcher. I'm the publisher of Universe Today (universetoday.com) and co-host of Astronomy Cast (astronomycast.com). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain
Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own. 
David Solimini @commsdirector.bsky.social Fear and bravery are contagious. Be brave. Leading @democracycomms.bsky.social. Previously Stimson Center, Truman Project, ICAN, others. Proudly SAIS Hopkins, William & Mary. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. (Was same name at the bad bird place.)
Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social Engelsberg Ideas is home to great writing from leading thinkers on history, culture and geopolitics, featuring essays as well as regular podcasts.
https://engelsbergideas.com/
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
Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social CNN national security correspondent. Send tips/pics of your dog(s) to Natasha.bertrand@cnn.com
Signal: Natashabertrand.12
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/natasha-bertrand-profile
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
Rachel Vindman @natsechobbyist.bsky.social Wife, mama, sister, friend, suburban woman fighting for democracy. NOT a national security/geopolitical expert but I have a guy for that.