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
Domenico Conti @mingus7.bsky.social journalist @ANSA based in Rome, EU
formely @Reuters @CONSOB
econ, central banks, trade, EU, tech
Against all nationalism
Pro science always
Bill Adams @billadamsecon.bsky.social Plano, TX
Philip Shishkin @philip-shishkin.bsky.social former Wall Street Journal reporter; founder of Frontier Research Group; author of Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia
www.frontierresearch.net
Jean-Jacques Mevel @jjmevel.bsky.social Previous life in journalism. Balkans, U.S., China & Brussels.
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Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social SMMT supports & promotes the interests of the UK automotive industry at home & abroad. It acts as the voice of the motor industry in the UK.
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social Media/politics(Washington Corr covered 2 US presidential elections); Fairness - Author of TO BE FAIR https://menschpublishing.com/books/to-be-fair/ Formerly: Chair, Orwell Journalism Prize; FT chief media corr; Telegraph Senior Reporter & DC correspondent
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Tom Burgis @tomburgis.bsky.social Investigations correspondent for The Guardian. Bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland and The Looting Machine. The truth will out, it just sometimes takes a while.
Stories: theguardian.com/profile/tom-burgis
Books: tomburgis.com
Peter Spiegel @spiegelpeter.bsky.social Managing Editor of The Washington Post. Long-suffering Orioles fan.
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing.
Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
Eliot A. Cohen @eliotacohen.bsky.social Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
Gabriele Steinhauser @gksteinhauser.bsky.social Southeast Asia Bureau Chief @WSJ. Previous stops in Johannesburg, Brussels and London.
Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Landsbergis.com Bookings: agent@championsukplc.com
Phil Georgiadis @philgeorgiadis.ft.com Breaking News Editor @ FT
Todd Buell @toddbuell.bsky.social As seen on Estonian, Belgian, and German-language TV. Deputy Managing Editor, MLex. Based in Brussels. Written previously for MNI, Dow Jones Newswires/Wall Street Journal, Law360. From Maine. 'New Belgian.' Co-founder of the EU Journalism Initiative.
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social Calm the FUD down
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Pierre Rousselin @perdreau.bsky.social Ex-Journaliste. Would-be artist.
Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social Weekly geopolitical intelligence • Former WEF MD
https://7thin.gs/
Adrian Woolfson @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social Opinions @WSJ.com & @Science.org. Author of Life Without Genes @harpercollins.bsky.social & On The Future of Species bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (12 Feb 2026) & @MITpress.bsky.social (28 April 2026). www.adrianwoolfson.com. Co-founder & CEO Genyro.com
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
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Jeanne Whalen @jeannewhalen.bsky.social Economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, based in Chicago. Past stints in Moscow, London, NYC and DC.
North Lincolnshire Museum @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social Learn about some of North Lincolnshire’s amazing objects and stories. Explore the geology, local history and archaeology galleries.
Jessica Twentyman @jessicatwentyman.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Dog rescuer. Portugal dweller. Surprisingly chipper 50-something. Just happy to be here, really. ❤️
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson @edgecliffe.bsky.social
Ana Gomes @anagomes54.bsky.social Portuguese ambassador (retired). Former MEP (Member of European Parliament). Living in Portugal.
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Janis A. Emmanouilidis @jaemmanouilidis.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Studies at European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels; RTs no endorsement
Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago.
Steven Everts @sbeverts.bsky.social Thoughts on Europe and the world. Director of @EUISS.bsky.social - the EU think tank on foreign and security policy. Views here are strictly personal - but we can share them.
Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social Dad, cook, pianist, economist, Harvard, King's London, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, podcaster, retired dancer, former Cabinet minister, sometimes on TV & Radio
Marco Incerti @marcoinbxl.bsky.social Skeets in a personal capacity.
Director of the Rectorate @collegeofeurope.bsky.social.
Previously @eui-eu.bsky.social , @ceps.eu
Associate Member, Club of Venice; US International Visitors Leadership Program Alumn.
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia.
Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social Security correspondent for WSJ and author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on war, the Arctic, organized crime and terror. He/him.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
UK Trade Policy Observatory @uktpo.org The UK Trade Policy Observatory offers expertise and services to support the reconstruction of the UK's international trading environment post-Brexit.
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social Has views on banking and finance for Bloomberg Opinion.
Just because you “like” something doesn’t mean you *like* something…
Money. Music. Books and Bad like really atrocious Jokes. Also #COYS
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Mike Dolan @reutersmiked.bsky.social Reuters Editor-at-Large & columnist - macro and markets stuff. Kerryman in London. LFC fan
Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social CBE FREng. Chief Executive of the Met Office. Weather, climate, physics, digital & data, with a scatter of wildlife, Dartmoor, old churches and choral music
Matt Walsh @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. Trustee at The Conversation UK and BJTC. Chair of the judges, 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism. Hacked about a bit.
Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews, Berlin.
Brooke Masters @brookeamasters.ft.com US Managing Editor of the Financial Times
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social News editor at The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social. Host and founder of Asia Matters podcast. Views expressed here are my own.
Isabelle Mateos y Lago @isamateosylago.bsky.social
Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social Founder of @borderlex.net - the leading European trade policy news outlet.
Here only personal views on all things Europe, France, UK, state of world. Occasional personal trade policy takes.
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
Karl Whelan @karlwhelan.bsky.social Professor of Economics, UCD. www.karlwhelan.com.
Macroeconomics, sports betting & prediction markets.
Book: Fine Margins: How Economics Explains Sports Betting.
Details on how to buy it are here
https://www.karlwhelan.com/sportsbetting/about/
Mafalda Dâmaso @mafalda.bsky.social EU cultural/audiovisual policy & cultural diplomacy scholar | Part-time Prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social | Co-chair @forumukeu.bsky.social | Assembleia @partidolivre.pt | PT/UK | 📍London | https://mafalda-damaso.com | Views my own
Martini Seltzermayr @mseltzermayr.bsky.social Former chef de drinks cabinet for Jean-Claude Juncker and Avocaat General. Frothing at the EU bubble.
Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social EGMONT – Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations provides a platform for interdisciplinary research & debate on European & international affairs.
https://www.egmontinstitute.be/
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social Lower value human capital
Stian Eisenträger @eisentrager.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of the Norwegian Nursing Magazine. Former Editor-in-chief of the Norwegian Defense Magazine, Forsvarets forum.
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social UK in a Changing Europe is an academic think tank providing impartial, research-based analysis of the critical issues facing the UK.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/
Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂 @nwhyte.bsky.social He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Alessandro Merli @merlialess.bsky.social Associate fellow, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe. Former London, Frankfurt correspondent, ECB watcher at Sole 24 Ore. Columnist, Tennis Italiano
Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Andrew Hill @andrewtghill.ft.com Journalist, speaker, writer. Forthcoming: 'Take Note: A Nimble History of Shorthand' (Profile Books, 2026)
Simon Tilford @simontilford.bsky.social Director, The Oracle Partnership. Director, Economists & Strategy Council, The Conference Board- L @laurnorman.bsky.social @laurnorman.bsky.social
Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
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/
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
Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social Global Editor, Reuters Breakingviews. Usual disclaimers apply. My free weekly newsletter: https://www.reuters.com/newsletters/the-week-in-breakingviews/
Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, Reach Scotland. Editor, the Daily Record. Also: earlyline.co. Trustee of the Palace for Life Foundation. Previous @ The Scotsman, BBC, WSJ & Guardian.
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social Emeritus Prof of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway University of London, ex-Prof Warwick & Cambridge. FAcSS, FRHistS. Now mainly Brexit analysis including Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Author Brexit Unfolded (Biteback, 2021, 2023).
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social Charlemagne columnist & Brussels bureau chief, The Economist.
Past stints in Paris, Mumbai, London. Français. Personal feed.
Bio 👇. https://medium.com/@spignal/stanley-pignal-bio-2acd9b705ceb
Charlemagne@economist.com
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Ambassador Martin Selmayr @martinselmayr.bsky.social European at heart🇪🇺♥️. EU Ambassador @UN (FAO, WFP, IFAD) & Holy See, Order of Malta in Rome. Professor EU law @Universities Passau, Saarbrücken & Vienna. European Commission Secretary-General 2018/2019, former Chief of Staff President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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https://linktr.ee/robedmunds
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Sebastian Boyd @sebboyd.bsky.social Markets Live strategist at Bloomberg News. Politics and history nerd. Book lover. Opinions are my own (or plagiarized from the wise and witty). Based in Chile. Part-time student at U de Chile.
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.