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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
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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
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
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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
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social Founder, The Counteroffensive Media Group.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Nada Bakos @nadabakos.bsky.social Former CIA analyst and social media alum. Now I mainly focus on being outdoors.
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social Figuring out post-Army life in the PNW. Lots of Mom-Posting. She/Her.
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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social National Security Coordinating Producer at CBS News | Marine infantryman + Afghanistan veteran | Fan of Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites.
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The Intel Crab @intelcrab.bsky.social Open source investigator. An actual human. Not a real crab, believe it or not. 
Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
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Russell “RPG” Ziskey @rpg-volley.bsky.social We’re in the shit now, somebody’s gotta shovel it.
Paul McLeary @paulmcleary.bsky.social National security reporter for Politico, Buffalo sports fan despite all of it.
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
Jared Keller @laserwars.net Former journalist now working in strategic comms and writing about military laser weapons. Your school has no gymnastics team this is a last resort.
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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.
Mark Mazzetti @markmazzetti.bsky.social Washington Correspondent, The New York Times. Author, "The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth," and currently writing a book about the Middle East. Adjunct professor, Duke University.
The War Monitor @warmonitor.net Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013).
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Jen Judson @jenjudson.bsky.social Defense reporter at Bloomberg News, 115th National Press Club president, Military Reporters & Editors VP, boy mom, Colorado native
Think Defence @thinkdefence.bsky.social UK defence and security blog at www.thinkdefence.co.uk
Brian Everstine @beverstine.bsky.social Pentagon editor at Aviation Week. 
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Leo Shane III @leoshane.bsky.social As seen on Twitter -- Deputy editor for Military Times, former vets reporter for Stars & Stripes. Philly sports fan trapped in DC. Don't judge me by past or future haircuts. https://www.militarytimes.com/author/leo-shane-iii/
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
Zachary Fryer-Biggs @zachfb.bsky.social Supervising Editor, National Security @CNN.com
Travis J. Tritten @travistritten.bsky.social Former Deputy Managing Editor, Military.com. DC by way of Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and Japan.
2023 Ford Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense
Haley Britzky @halbritz.bsky.social Pentagon for @CNN. Was: Army for @TaskandPurpose. Texan. Christian. E-4 Mafia stan. haley.britzky@cnn.com or haleybritzky@protonmail.com
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
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Sam LaGrone @samlagrone.bsky.social Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social Once a Soldier; NATO & Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis and Leo stan account. Delete and block liberally.
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JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Military Times & Defense News. Once a Marine. Would rather be outside.
PowerPoint Ranger @powerpointranger.bsky.social Naval officer, forever staffer nerding out on geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific with a focus on the Korean Peninsula.
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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina.
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Joe Gould @reporterjoe.bsky.social POLITICO Morning Defense anchor. Tips: jgould@politico.com. Ex Defense_News, ArmyTimes, NY Daily News & Hammond Daily Star. BK native.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social New York Times reporter
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social Journalist. Beat reporter covering the court, prison and other aspects of life at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. Former Miami Herald Middle East correspondent. About how to reach me here: https://www.nytimes.com/by/carol-rosenberg.
Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
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Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social I like big navies and I cannot lie. Navy Reservist | CIMSEC | Asian Security | ex-Citi, AEI, USSC, Twitter, Pacific Forum, US Pacific Fleet | Proud Idahoan | Opinions mine, but you're welcome to adopt them
Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social New York Times intelligence reporter. 
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”
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Greg Miller @gregpmiller.bsky.social International Investigations for The Washington Post. Based in London. Author of The Apprentice, Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy. greg.miller@washpost.com; signal/whatsapp: +1 202-494-1545.
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.
Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social ‘Punk' Journalist, Executive Editor
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Kate Brannen @k8brannen.bsky.social Non-Resident Journalism Fellow at NYU’s Reiss Center on Law and Security. Formerly: Foreign Affairs, Just Security, Foreign Policy, and Politico.
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social Christian, husband, father, American, attorney, in that order. Opinionated about coffee. Hybrid athlete (mediocre lifter; bad runner). Guy who parks his truck within the lines.
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Mike Nelson @mikenelson586.bsky.social Citizen. Legionnaire.
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2 x Iranian designated terrorist (2019/2020).
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Jonathan Lord @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social Formerly: CNAS, HASC, DoD. Views mine.