Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
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Re-posting is not by definition endorsement
Lloyd's List @lloydslistdaily.bsky.social Lloyd's List Telegram: https://t.me/LloydsListDaily
Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx OSINT Specialist @ DR Verificerer (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
Prefers Signal over DM/chat: panton.01
Personal, long form, seldom updated: https://christian.panton.org/
All posts and views are my own, and might contain traces of nuts.
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Pieter Zhao @pieterzhao.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam | IWI Fellow | History, International Relations and Geopolitics, particularly in Maritime Domain | MA in International Security @SciencesPo & JohnsHopkinsSAIS | MA Global History @EUR | Rotterdammer
Starboard Maritime Intelligence @starboardintelligence.com World-leading maritime intelligence platform enabling governments, defence & industry to understand activity across the world’s oceans.
The White House @whitehouse-47.bsky.social America First.
Department of War @deptofwar.bsky.social Official U.S. Department of War
Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social Let’s chat about ships: starboardintelligence.com, linkedin.com/in/mark-douglas-480953141, https://douglas-maritime-research.gitbook.io/
Owner of @shipbot.bsky.social and @bosunbot.bsky.social.
Blue Marine Foundation @bluemarinef.bsky.social Working globally to protect and restore life in the ocean. 🌊
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: john.ismay@nytimes.com
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social Mariner, Historian, Firefighter, Host of What's Going on With Shipping
Alert5 @alert5.com 
Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social @Libdems.org.uk MP for Honiton & Sidmouth
Contact: Richard.Foord.MP@parliament.uk
Promoted by Honiton, Sidmouth and Tiverton Lib Dems, Unit 2B, Oaklands Court, EX16 6TG
Tim Edmunds @edmundsprof.bsky.social Prof of International Security and Head of School, Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol. Co-Director, SafeSeas. Working on maritime security and ocean governance.
William D. James @wdjames.bsky.social Asst. Professor in Strategic Studies at NTU Singapore. Author of British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony (OUP, 2024). Research: Alliances, grand strategy, UK defence policy, European security & transatlantic relations.
www.williamdjames.com
Ben Baxendale-Smith @bbaxendalesmith.bsky.social Defence Studies PhD student at King’s College London researching UK, Australian and Canadian Indo-Pacific strategies. 
Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social Associate professor at the University of Waterloo (Canada); visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin (Poland); and author of Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century (Polity, 2022).
www.alexlanoszka.com
Paul Mason @paulmason.bsky.social 📖 Writer 🌏 Security & Resilience 🚩Labour 🏭 Industrial strategist 🐾 Wheaten Terrier owner 📖 https://t.co/BjHB4lzjMG
Ben Coxon @bskcoxon.bsky.social Research Officer at the Council on Geostrategy - Areas of focus: conflict, geopolitics and climate security
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Kevin Rowlands @c21st-sailor.bsky.social Editor, RUSI Journal
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Charlotte Kleberg @charlottekl.bsky.social Maritime researcher & ship enthusiast. Board & advisory roles in the RoRo shipping sector. Associate Fellow at the RNSSC & Council on Geostrategy. Views are my own.
Mann @mannvirdee.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in science, technology, and economics at the Council on Geostrategy. Previously at RAND Corporation and House of Commons. PhD from University of Birmingham. Reposts and likes =/= endorsements.
Angus Lapsley @acwlapsley.bsky.social Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UK to NATO
George Magnus @george17.bsky.social China watcher, ex Chief Economist UBS, now at China Centre, Oxford and at SOAS, London. Rock&Indie music lover. Also golden retriever owner and fan. 
Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social Dedicated to making Britain and other open nations stronger and greener. Co-founders: James Rogers and Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė
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WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social Watching webcams & social media for views of combat ships - happy to share photos with full credit given.
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Wayne Metcalf @waynemetcalf.bsky.social 🇬🇧 #NAFOfellas #OSINT #Astonomer
Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social Harvard professor, realist, FP columnist. Tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, proud dad, & grateful husband. Troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions. For speaking engagements contact John Bute at john@chartwellspeakers.com
Michael Peck @michaelpeck.bsky.social Defense writer and analyst. Editor of Uncommon Defense: www.theuncommondefense.com. Email: mikedefense1@gmail.com
Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social Lapsed geologist, Chief Scientist at @oceana.bsky.social, dog mom. DC born and raised. Philly is my 2nd home.🖖
Skeets my own, *not* my employer’s. Mostly oceans + science + climate + policy. A little politics (sorry) and Phillies (not sorry).
David Kroodsma @davidkroodsma.bsky.social Chief Scientist, Global Fishing Watch. I lead a team that uses satellites and AI to reveal all major human activity at sea. globalfishingwatch.org
Paul Woods @paulwoods.io Founder of Global Fishing Watch, sci-fi lover, python developer, arduino hobbyist globalfishingwatch.org
Jamie Gibbon @jgibbon.bsky.social International Fisheries & Seaweed Farming at the Pew Charitable Trusts | Working to build transparency and accountability across the world’s high seas fleet and a sustainable and inclusive mariculture industry | Wake Forest and Bren alum
Nikolas Evangelides @evangelides.bsky.social My two cents on 🐟 business. All opinions my own. Officer with the @pewtrusts.org International Fisheries/Ending #IllegalFishing & Fisheries #Subsidies teams.
Isabel Leal @isabelleal.bsky.social 🇪🇺 All things strategic comms & policy #wildlife #ocean #environmentaljustice | Views mine, etc. | Italo-Spanglish | ‘A ciascuno il suo’
Pronouns: 1st person, singular.
Julian Jackson @allatsea.bsky.social Ocean governance, biodiversity, climate, multilateralism. Work Pew Trusts, all posts my own etc.
Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org The Environmental Justice Foundation exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.
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Dan Steadman @danjsteadman.bsky.social Working towards improved ecosystem conservation and fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic for Pew. Former fisheries lead at Fauna & Flora. Views my own.
Francisco Blaha @franciscoblaha.bsky.social “We have two choices: to abandon hope and ensure that the worst will happen, or to use the opportunities that exist and contribute to a better world. It is not a very difficult choice.”
Fisheries, science, 🌊 🏊🏼♂️ , 🏄🏽♂️, 🚲 & Dub
http://www.franciscoblaha.info
High Seas Alliance @highseasalliance.bsky.social The High Seas Alliance is a partnership of organizations aimed at building a strong common voice and constituency for the conservation of the High Seas. highseasalliance.org
Marvourneen K. Dolor, PhD @mkdolor.com Helping leaders understand what's actually going on in their organizations and focus their energy where it matters.
My full "Leadership Operating System." No email address required: https://articles.mkdolor.com/leadership-operating-system
Tony Long @ceo.globalfishingwatch.org The official CEO account of Global Fishing Watch. Former Royal Navy officer.
Dan Skerritt @drdanielskerritt.bsky.social Working for sustainable & transparent fisheries w/ @oceana.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social.
+ FiTI International Board @fiti-global.bsky.social.
+ Associate Editor & Editorial Board w/ Marine Policy.
+ I run, read non-fiction & collect records
Maisie Pigeon @maisiepigeon.bsky.social Retired pirate hunter & current Director for the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency. 🌊🐠🌍Inspired by the ways we work together to protect the oceans and the people who rely on them. All views are my own.
Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social linktr.ee/taotaotasi
Chamorro dude in DC
Savage and Restless
More Fish, Less Pollution
Decolonize the Ocean
Mediocre Ukulele Player
Gina Fiore @marsecgina.bsky.social Spreading the good word about fisheries (and financial) transparency. Maritime domain awareness forever. Posts are not the opinions of my employer because they don't care about football
Al Cook @adbcook.bsky.social Welshman. HADR Research Programme Coordinator & Senior Fellow, NTS Centre | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) | Nanyang Technological University | 🇸🇬 | Non-Traditional Security, Humanitarianism, Disasters, Myanmar, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific
Adrian Ang @auj-ang.bsky.social Research Fellow and Coordinator of the US Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | US Politics | US Foreign Policy. All views are my own.
TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com Trusted by maritime insurers, oil producers & traders, finance, governments and top news orgs to track down oil shipments. Vessel pronouns are she/her. Got it?
Emilio Rodriguez-Diaz / Mr. Ship @mrshipderiparia.bsky.social Prof. @univcadiz & OF @armada_esp. Maritime Safety & Security; Open Registries (Flags of Convenience); MARPOL; SOLAS; Maritime Transport… VESSELS #Atleti
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.
Frode Weierud @frode-weierud.bsky.social Retired CERN engineer seriously interested in cryptology and its history. Enjoys ham radio, code breaking, programming, reading, walking and good coffee. AKA LA2RL.
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Tony Comer @tonycomer.bsky.social Former Departmental Historian at GCHQ.
Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
Cindy Storer @cindystorer.bsky.social Former counterterrorism intelligence analyst now working as an intelligence educator. I have a tendency to end up in documentaries.
Also single childless woman dog lady who people say achieved something meaningful.
Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social CIA analyst, 2003-14. Close Guantanamo. Human Rights. China. My posts reflect only my views.
Rachel Midura @rmidura.bsky.social Digital historian of early modern Europe in Virginia. Posts on historical travel, mail, diplomats, spies 🕵️ Author of Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell, 2025). Now on #17thC conspiracy.
Alan Cunningham @cadetcunningham.bsky.social International Relations Afficionado | Aspiring Novelist | Book & Movie Lover | Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@alanthecommentariat
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk KCSI is a diverse group of leading intelligence scholars & practitioners working together to better understand the evolving global security landscape. https://kcsi.uk/ 
Fraser McGowan @drmcgowan.bsky.social Historian • Postdoctoral Researcher • Ph.D. on the early history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council • Interests: intelligence, 19-20thC history & culture, film, theatre and football • Glasgow, UK • Here since Aug '24 🌅
Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social Associate Prof/SL in Intelligence Studies @warstudies @kcl.ac.uk www.KCSI.uk
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
Author of 📙 #WatchingTheJackals
👉 https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals
David Strachan-Morris @drdavidsm.bsky.social Lecturer in Intelligence and Security. Links to recent work on Combat Intelligence at https://shorturl.at/pBDjL and warning intelligence at https://shorturl.at/waeL2
Keen rugby fan and supporter of Ulster Rugby and Ireland.
Jeff Rogg @jrogg.bsky.social Historian, academic, fisherman. “Better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.” —Georges Danton
Lewis Sage-Passant @encyclopediageopolitica.com Global Head of Intelligence @ big European corporation, Adjunct Prof in Intelligence at Sciences Po Paris. Author on private intel. Podcasting on dangerous stuff and writing about geopolitics @ EncyclopediaGeopolitica.com
Yusuf Ozkan @yozkan.bsky.social Working at Imperial College London & doing data stuff | PhD researcher at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social War Studies in intelligence history | Member @kcsi.uk | Founder @intelarchive.io | Love🚴♂️
https://linktr.ee/yusufozkan
Melanie Brand @melaniebrand.bsky.social Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Associate Editor, Intelligence & National Security; JPICT. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.- G Gill Bennett @gillhistory.bsky.social Intelligence historian, music-lover
DavidRetherford @historydavid81.bsky.social Historian of US Army in The First World War. Interested in intelligence and learning development. Available for book reviews. Social media manager at the Strategy Bridge. 🇺🇸&🇬🇧
Aaron Bateman @aaronbateman.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of History & Intl Affairs at George Washington U. | Book #1 : "Weapons in Space" | Book #2 "Wiring an Empire" (contracted w/ MIT Press)
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Vince Houghton @intelhistorian.bsky.social Fmr Dir Nat. Cryptologic Museum, NSA. Formerly IntlSpyMuseum; Miami native living in DMV; Author - Nuking the Moon, The Nuclear Spies, and Covert City; has “Grave Lack of Discretionary Judgment”-The Catholic Church; lesser half to @jordanspeak.bsky.social
Joshua C Huminski @joshuachuminski.bsky.social SVP of natsec & intel @ CSPC, policy for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI, ret.), book reviewer for the Diplomatic Courier, GMU NSI Senior Fellow & host of ‘Coffee & Conflict’.
David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social Intelligence, geopolitics, and the Arctic | Vice President of Strategy, Emergent Risk International | Senior Fellow, Hayden Center | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets
JD Work @hostilespectrum.bsky.social Former intel, now academic @NDU_CIC, @TheKrulakCenter, @SIWPSColumbia @ColumbiaSIPA, @CyberStatecraft, @ElliottSchoolGW, @PAISWarwick. Apolitical, views=own
Diana Bolsinger @dianabolsinger.bsky.social Public Policy scholar; Assistant Professor, @UTEP Intelligence & National Security Studies (INSS); @ClementsCenter alum; @SocIntelHist; IC veteran.
Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
Hedvig Ördén @hedvigorden.bsky.social Assistant Professor, International and Regional Politics, Department of Political Science and Public Management.
Critical Security Studies & Intelligence Studies.
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller @sarahloumiller.bsky.social Author, Historian, Presenter, Broadcaster, Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Website: https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
Larry Pfeiffer @larrypfeifferdc.bsky.social Personal Account / Hayden Center Director / Led White House Situation Room / Fmr CIA Chief of Staff / Nat'l security & intelligence commentator / Speaker
Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Melbourne. Formerly of other places. Research: war, intelligence, innovation, and normative change in international politics. Cat paparazzo. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈✡️
Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social Insights in Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and Top Level Telecommunications. Also tweeting in Dutch and sometimes in German.
SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance
Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost...
Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/
Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
Dr Matthew Hefler @matthefler.bsky.social Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
Dr Steven Wagner @stevenbwagner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Security at Brunel University
Women's Intelligence Network @womenknowintel.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the Women's Intelligence Network (WIN). WIN aims to connect, promote and support female scholars and practitioners working within the field of Intelligence Studies. Contact via chat or e: womenintelnetwork@gmail.com
Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social Intelligence History | Published first book on Cold War South Asia, published another on Spying in India, writing a third on Indira Gandhi & Margaret Thatcher
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Dr Thomas Eason @thomaseason.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University. Does Interpretivist Research on Foreign Policy Analysis. Currently working on Political Myth in diplomacy and foreign policy.
thomaseason.co.uk
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.