Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social I like 2 make light of things 2 brighten up a dark world.
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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social Military & Animal Historian🗡️ 🇲🇲🐴
Author
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PhD candidate KCL
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Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War @smhcentre.bsky.social The official feed for news and information about the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War, King's College London.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/sir-michael-howard-centre-for-the-history-of-war-3
Deborah Haynes @deborahaynes.bsky.social I am security and defence editor at Sky News. My email is Deborah.Haynes@sky.uk
Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
Kiran Pfitzner
Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social Director, Converging Risks Lab, within the Council on Strategic Risks.
Former DASD(FE&T) and RAND policy wonk.
Come for the foresight, stay for the fun.
Yes, I took that photo. It was even cooler than you think.
https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/crl/
Michael Allen @ma-allen.com IR Scholar Professor• War, US Foreign Policy, Basing, Troop Deployments, Data, and Political Economy • @boisestate • International Relations • SciFi • Gaming • www.ma-allen.com • https://tinyurl.com/GoogleScholarAllen
Patrick Porter @patporter76.bsky.social Prof, Int Security, @unibirmingham. Contributing ed, @TheCriticMag. @RUSI_org. @CatoFP. @RANDEurope. The Case for Realism, Stanford UP. Book on Churchill w/Polity, on the way. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
Naval Review @navalreview.bsky.social The Naval Review is a community drawn from those interested in naval and maritime matters. Wholly independent the Review is funded by members' subscriptions and exists on line and through a quarterly journal.
https://linktr.ee/NavalReview
Rebecca Ingber @becingber.bsky.social Law prof at Cardozo Law. Former U.S. State Dept a few times over. Writes on international law, war powers and national security, presidential power and bureaucracy.
https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/rebecca-ingber
War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social The Department of War Studies at King's College London | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: kcl.ac.uk/warstudies
Podcast: https://bit.ly/WarStudiesPodcast
@corbettandy.bsky.social @corbettandy.bsky.social 
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.
Evan Wilson @evanwilson.bsky.social Naval historian. Professor at US Naval War College. Views own. Latest book with Paul Kennedy: Planning for War at Sea: 400 Years of Great Power Competition.
David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social Assoc Prof at the University of Exeter's Strategy and Security Institute. Also currently: NATO Defence College, RN Strategic Studies Centre, UofE Press (co-edit the 'Exeter Strategic & Security Studies' book series). @blagden_david on The Other Place.
Dr. Anna Brinkman @annakbrinkman.bsky.social Associate Professor in the History of Strategy and International Law at the University of Lincoln. Director of the Maritime Studies Centre
Book: Balancing Strategy
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/balancing-strategy/305960D358172DBCF641320024BFF71D#
Defence Studies @dsdkings.bsky.social The Defence Studies Department at King's College London. World-leading research on #war & #conflict | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dsd
Wavell Room @thewavellroom.bsky.social British Defence Security Perspectives - by practitioners, academics, industry insiders.
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@armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social 
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Don Winslow @donwinslow.bsky.social 
Bored Cormorants @boredcormorant.bsky.social Multi-domain cynicism.
Not affiliated, merely prisoners, of the Defence Academy of the UK (chill out mate). Views are irrelevant and you should probably not take this so seriously.
Andrew Livsey @andrewlivsey.bsky.social PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.
Stevie Martin @5teviem.bsky.social I’m a comedian and writer and hello hi hello
Come see me live March 3-5 in london. Tickets and everything else I do here: https://linkin.bio/5teviem
Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️(Fjords Deep and Oceans Blue - Bloomsbury).
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
Kevin Rowlands @c21st-sailor.bsky.social Editor, RUSI Journal
(Views are my own)
Iain Ballantyne @iainballantyne.bsky.social Editor Warships IFR mag and its guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Killing the Bismarck', plus the new novel 'Martin's Eyes' published by Chiselbury. Web site www.iainballantyne.com
Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social Military Historian
-NatSec & Strategy
-Logistics
-Geopol Risk
-Urban Warfare
-LOGPOWER
-Rapid Analysis
Ukraine Adventure: https://www.patreon.com/TheAdventurousHistorian?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
Dr Phil Weir @navalhistorian.bsky.social Historian, author and (occasional) broadcaster.
19th/20th Century naval history, particularly naval aviation.
"Dunkirk & the Little Ships" Shire Library https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dunkirk-and-the-little-ships-9781784423766/
Navy Records Society @navyrecords.bsky.social Publishing British naval documents and history since 1893. Discover more:
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine.
Stephen Fisher @seaspitfires.com Author, historian & archaeologist, Lindblad Expeditions guide, National Geographic expert. Has a soft spot for WW2 Coastal Forces, landing craft, LCT 7074 & D-Day. Servant to Flynn. Writes books for Penguin.
www.seaspitfires.com
Al Murray @almurray.bsky.social Tickets to my brand new tour on sale NOW via my website!
Andreas Koureas FRAS FRSA 🇬🇧 @andreaskoureas.bsky.social Historian
Words in The Spectator, National Interest & more
Founder of Veritas Britannia Ltd.
Cigar Aficionado
Studying Political Economy BSc, King’s College London
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Will Reynolds @anglo-japan45.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies Education at KCL, @dsdkings.bsky.social | Doctor in War Studies, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social | Associate @csns-uk.bsky.social | Anglo-Japanese grand strategy post-45 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | Views my own
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
Robert Lock @robertlock.bsky.social Amateur Naval History enthusiast . Often found digging into odd corners of WW2 Naval History - very slowly writing book on Hertfordshire's Navy 
Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social Professor of History, Swedish Defence University
Research & Teaching:
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713)
- History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD
- Atrocity & the Conduct of War
Late onset academic
#Dyslexic
Peter Johnston @peterajohnston.bsky.social Director, Narrative and Content at Imperial War Museums. Military historian, museum professional, and frequent explorer of museums, memorials and battlefields. All views here are mine alone
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.
Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
https://linktr.ee/jerijerod14
Justin Pyke @justinpykehistory.bsky.social MA in History. Studies intelligence, sea power, air power, and the Asia-Pacific War. Researching U.S. intelligence assessments of Japanese air and sea power, 1919-1941. Andor appreciator, PC gamer, mediocre miniature painter, and musician.
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Megan Hamilton @meganahamilton.bsky.social Historian • PhD student at King's College London & Imperial War Museum (CDP) • Researching SWW army training across the British Empire • 🇨🇦 living in 🇬🇧
Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social Sr. Historian, George Washington Leadership Institute, GW Presidential Library | Prof., ret., US Army War College | Military historian | 18c & 19c America | Author | Angeleno in PA | My views mine alone | https://www.amazon.com/author/raherrera
Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-nominated Historian & Author FRHistS
WW1/WW2/20thC Royalty
Runs @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
@15minutebook.club 🎧
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social Saarf-Londoner. Cat Dad. Assoc Prof at the Swedish Defence University. PhD from KCL. Associate, IWM Institute. Senior fellow at Global & National Security Institute, Uni of South Florida. ex-West Point fellow. FRHistS. Series editor @Hurst Publishers
Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, writing on British defence since 1945. In south Wales, an archive or a military museum. Permanently grateful to archivists and librarians.
Dr Victoria Taylor @spitfirefilly.bsky.social Military Historian & Analyst | Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain' (out now!) | Broadcaster | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel
www.spitfirefillyaviation.com
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
| #PomInOz
@mpmfinch.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social War, and people who thought about it.
https://experts.deakin.edu.au/60034-Michael-Finch
Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social Military History & other stuff. Visiting Prof, Defence Studies Dept, KCL. Husband, father, grandpa. Christian. Arsenal. Labour. Spaniel magnet. All opinions are just mine. Reposts do not = endorsement.
Dr Rob Thompson 🇺🇦 @drrobthompson.com Bluesky’s resident Vietnam War historian. Army University Press historian and documentary maker. Author of _Clear, Hold, and Destroy_—a book about pacification in Phú Yên. All views my own.
Слава Україні!
Web: https://www.drrobthompson.com
Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social Humboldt fellow at Bamberg, FRHistS | Historian of early modern French global commerce - political/economic/social/maritime history 🇫🇷🌍🏳️🌈 | Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France out now - download for free http://t.ly/NMc17
Nick Hewitt @nickhewitt4.bsky.social #naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
British Journal for Military History @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social The British Journal for Military History is the scholarly journal of the British Commission for Military History.
Website: https://journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/
Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Paul Hansen @paulhans.bsky.social Systems Administrator. Military History. Counter-Terrorism. MTB/Gravel Cyclist. Native Plants, Ecoregion 25l (High Plains, Front Range Fans). Strategy board games. Native of Rocky Mountains and still there.
Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in other stuff
Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social Host C4N Fourcast Indicators pod, writing @Sunday Times, ex-BBC guy covering war & peace + sometime Newsnight presenter 1990-2024, IWM trustee, author Big Boys Rules, Generals, Rifles, Task Force Black, The Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils, Tank & more!
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
Bantshire University @bantshireuni.bsky.social We throb knowledge, we pulse excellence. Ranked No.1 in the UK for Canteen Facilities (CEF, 2024). Vice-Chancellor Vince Chancelier (He/VC). Parody.
Huw J. Davies @huwjdav.bsky.social Professor of British Military History @kcl.ac.uk | Associate Dean Professional & Online Education SSPP | Award-Winning Book: Wandering Army | Next one: Forging Armageddon @YaleBooks.bsky.social | FRHistS
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Louis Halewood @lmhalewood.bsky.social 
Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com Rage, rage against the Lying of the Right
Writer/Actress
Sober 11/96
Born '68
Traverse City, MI
https://www.instagram.com/maryscottoconnor/
READ THE ALT TEXT
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social Anonymous opinions written by YOU - sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and often niche. Edited by @robmanuel.b3ta.com - add yours: https://bit.ly/addanonopin
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR @ St Andrews | Historian of War | next book strategy & seapower in the FWW | own views
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/
Dr Ross Mahoney @airpowerhistory.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of 'From Balloons to Drones.' Specialist in Air Power History, Transport History, & Heritage. Brit in Brisbane, QLD. Posts ≠ endorsement.
https://drrossmahoney.substack.com/ & https://balloonstodrones.com/
Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR at University of St Andrews | Historian of war | Award-winning author | Series editor, War & the British Empire (McGill-Queen's UP) | I research the First World War, military innovation & learning, and gossip in the armed forces.
Dr Robert T. Foley @robertfoley.bsky.social Reader in Defence Studies, King's College London, at the Joint Services Command & Staff College. Sometime writer on warfare and strategic thought, particularly Germany in the First World War. Occasional runner of longish distances. Views my own.
Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.
Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social You will know me.. I’m Sander from the Netherlands
Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social Military Historian. Author, ‘The Age of Mammon and Mars: Money and War in the Twentieth Century’ (OUP, March 2027). IEconomic Statecraft; Strategy; Money.
Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
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.
Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
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/
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
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
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
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.