Ben Friedman
Policy Director at Defense Priorities. Columbia Heights resident. Supporter of restraint in US foreign policy and the Boston Celtics.
@martinrjay.bsky.social
Owner of maghrebi.org and Levantis.me, ex award winning journalist with big media, love dogs, lives on the edge of the sahara. The truth really is easier to remember. Patreon: https://t.co/Vpq9ghX3wf
@nickclevelandstout.bsky.social
Researcher at the Quincy Institute. Avid proponent of hyphenated last names and Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana.
@thecynicist.bsky.social
Political analyst focused on global conflict and security, Afghanistan, the Middle East and US politics. Purveyor of quality nonsense. Rare Afghan with two names. Previously HRW, ICTJ, Amnesty, OSF and ECFR. Always clean on OPSEC. "All the pieces matter."
@charlicarpenter.bsky.social
only-slightly-mad scientist, int’l law prof, author of books on civilians & war. fears tyrants & nukes; welcomes spiders & refugee children. loves whitewater.
@kingstonareif.bsky.social
Senior International/Defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. Former DASD for Threat Reduction and Arms Control + Arms Control Association. Wisconsin sports fanatic. Personal account.
@fravel.bsky.social
Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
@joekatz45.bsky.social
Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results. Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him. Activist. Linktree.com/joekatz45.
@patporter76.bsky.social
Prof, Int Security, @unibirmingham. Contributing ed, @TheCriticMag. @RUSI_org. @CatoFP. @RANDEurope. The Case for Realism, Stanford UP. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@peacefare.bsky.social
Prof Johns Hopkins SAIS, former VP @USIP and MinCounselor @StateDepartment. Blogging multiple international conflicts @ www.peacefare.net
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC 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."
@pcfox.bsky.social
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Future of Progressive Politics - Realism and Restraint with a little bit of Navalism - formerly JQAS & Security Dilemma
@stephenwalt.bsky.social
Harvard Prof, realist, FP columnist, tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, Proud dad, & grateful husband. Collector of lucky breaks, troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions.
@connorechols.bsky.social
Managing Editor @nonzeronews.bsky.social. Foreign policy journalist. Cover image by Nikita Petrov. Podcasts and newsletters at nonzero.substack.com
@jetcitystar.bsky.social
Chief Content Officer Hype.aero & EiC JetCityStar. ✈ Aviation , ➤ Defense & 🚀 Space News. Global Aerospace Chat & Global Military Aviation Chat Host
@davidroza.bsky.social
USAF, USSF reporter, Air & Space Forces Magazine. He/him DRoza_CTR@afa.org/Signal: DavidRoza.19
@fcnl.bsky.social
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). A nonpartisan Quaker lobby in the public interest working for 80+ years for peace and justice. www.fcnl.org
@matthewkendrick.bsky.social
Senior Writer, GZERO | Formerly Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, Aspen Public Radio | Fulbright Korea 2014-2015 | 🇺🇸/🇦🇹 via 🇨🇱🇨🇳🇰🇷
@zoemclaren.bsky.social
Associate Prof. @UMBCPubPolicy. Formerly @UMichSPH. Econ PhD @UMich. Health and economic policy to fight HIV, TB & COVID19.
@stephenlosey.bsky.social
Air warfare reporter for @defensenews.bsky.social; president of @sightlineunion.bsky.social
@ryanevans.bsky.social
Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Co-host, The War on Cars. Writer, TV producer, advocate, runner, Disney parks fan. Born at 330.21 ppm. (he/him) Pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars," coming in October from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. https://linktr.ee/brooklynspoke
@vespertinklynd.bsky.social
Political questions are far too serious to be left to politicians. Hannah Arendt
@aslipeker.bsky.social
NYU prof, teaching and research in comparative and regional politics, statecraft, Middle East pols, critical security studies.
@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social
National political analyst/strategist. Author of Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts, co host of This is America on The Cycle on Substack 👇🦆🏈 I watch the news so you don’t have to. https://thecycle.substack.com/
@opinionhaver.bsky.social
Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center. Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗
@dassakaye.bsky.social
Longtime Middle East/global affairs/diplomacy observer. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. New book out Dec 2! https://www.sup.org/books/politics/enduring-hostility
@outerspace-mike.bsky.social
He/him. PhD in science and technology studies. Research Specialist at New Mexico Tech. Writer and researcher. Democracy and technological development. Likes space, trains, and Japanese urbanism. Read my substack: https://tamingcomplexity.substack.com/
@jakob92.bsky.social
Interested in politics, culture, and literature. Letterbxd: https://letterboxd.com/Johnny1992/
@nedprice.bsky.social
The personal account of a recidivist public servant — most recently Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, and State Department Spokesperson. Previously with NSC and CIA.
@clementrenault.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow in Intelligence, War & Strategy @irsem.bsky.social Visiting Fellow @kcsi.uk & Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po (PSIA) 📚 I ✍️ about Espionage🕵️ in the Information Age 📡 🛰️
@jonostrower.com
Endlessly fascinated by things in the sky. Editor-in-chief of @theaircurrent.com, co-host of @theairshowpodcast.com and co-founder of @yawmanflight.com. CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal alum. Standby for news...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@stowetallyho.bsky.social
St. Louis boomerang. Former reporter. Working mom. Wife. Activist. Lots of opinions.
@elgindy.bsky.social
Middle East analyst | author, ‘Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump’ http://tinyurl.com/y5qpl6bb
@hillmanje.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Former advisor to Secretaries of Commerce, State, and USTR. Author, THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD: http://bit.ly/ChinaDSR
@winwithoutwar.bsky.social
Win Without War is a diverse network of activists and organizations working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy. https://winwithoutwar.org/
@bennozogg.bsky.social
Head of Strategy & Foresight, State Secretariat for Security Policy SEPOS, Swiss Ministry of Defence丨former think tanker @CSS_ETHZurich on European security, E. Europe
@gesineweber.bsky.social
European security & defence, geopolitics, EU in US-China competition. Research Fellow at German Marshall Fund of the US (Paris), almost PhDone at Defence Studies Department, KCL. Into running, matcha, 中文. Views my own. geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
@zurilinetsky.bsky.social
Think about foreign policy, military affairs, and war fighting.
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty. UnPopulist contributor. Writing about political ethics. Buddhist and radical liberal. He/him. My podcast and blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com