Felix Drost
Twitter refugee @felix_drost, Armchair O7 Once an anthropologist & soldier. 🇪🇺🇳🇱
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Felix Drost foreign policy, defense & intelligence
My feed is a mix of wel informed foreign policy, defense, intelligence community members & key journalists. Still adding many whom I used to follow on Twitter before the dark times.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.social
@FinancialTimes.com science editor. Ex-Nigeria, UAE, Thailand, Belgium & Japan. Latest book: What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British) - https://linktr.ee/whateveryoneknowsaboutbritain. Author of The Fabulists and A Swamp Full of Dollars.
@sylvanasimons.bsky.social
Forest Vixen. Political Braveheart. Bridge Burner. Model Moderator. Dancing Diva. Loving Lioness. Raging Renegade. But most of all, I’m everybody’s favorite know it all grandmother.
@techcrunch.com
Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams. Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
@princetonpolitics.bsky.social
As one of Princeton University's largest departments, Politics brings together the diverse perspectives of nearly 60 faculty, 150 undergraduate concentrators and 140 graduate students.
@rusi.bsky.social
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world. Website 💻: https://rusi.org/ WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
@robjant.bsky.social
Philosopher with some pieces in academic journals. Used twitter to access European current affairs in other languages, idk if can do that here. Pro European, like Churchill.
@admiralstav.bsky.social
Vice Chair,The Carlyle Group; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation Board; PhD; ADM, USN(Ret.) fmr Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Website: AdmiralStav.com
@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.
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
@christophersteele.bsky.social
Director Orbis Intelligence | Former British Crown Servant | Intelligence Professional | Russia Specialist |
@ishaantharoor.bsky.social
Global affairs columnist @WashingtonPost.com, anchor of The Post's WorldView column and newsletter on int'l politics. Dad. New Yorker. Victoria concordia crescit. New to BlueSky!
@felixnuno.bsky.social
Former Portuguese Army SOF NCO/Sniper. Military & Intelligence consultant. Opinions are all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
@rubenbrekelmans.bsky.social
Minister van Defensie | VVD | Brabander | Minister of Defence of The Netherlands | Personal account
@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.
@simonkuper.bsky.social
Financial Times columnist, football podcaster at Heroes and Humans, and author of books including Chums, Good Chaps, Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, Soccernomics etc. British and now French, lives in Paris with wife and kids.
@alemanno.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges Democracy Fellow, Harvard University (2024-25) & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University Founder, The Good Lobby www.albertoalemanno.eu
@starsandstripes.bsky.social
Stars and Stripes provides independent news and information to the U.S. military community from reporters and bureaus located around the world.
@joshualivestro.bsky.social
Author of “A More Perfect Union”, Amsterdam University Press. Member of European Integration Committee, Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs. https://joshualivestro.substack.com
@mccrum.bsky.social
Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
@covertshores.bsky.social
Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos http://www.hisutton.com/
@tilmane.bsky.social
Private views only here, economist, prof politics & negotiation expert previously. Today green supply chain and sustainable food system enthusiast and practitioner as COO in eCommerce.
@daleschenck.bsky.social
Diagnosed AHI (Havana Syndrome) victim and survivor. Jacksonville, FL
@genmhayden.bsky.social
Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
@tendar.bsky.social
Tyrants are my enemies | Si vis pacem para bellum |🇩🇪🇪🇺| Das Böse triumphiert allein dadurch, dass gute Menschen nichts unternehmen |Military & History
@markstout.bsky.social
Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea.
@davidpriess.bsky.social
International affairs, geopolitics, and intelligence | Dir of Intelligence, Bedrock Knowledge | Sr Fellow, Hayden Center | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Love books, the Arctic, space, and dogs
@lsmwilson.bsky.social
Culture editor, New Lines magazine. Writer. https://newlinesmag.com/writers/lydia-wilson/
@newlinesmag.bsky.social
An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays run daily online and quarterly in print. http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
@ianellis.bsky.social
Founder: IEJ Media ➤ https://www.iejmedia.com | Producer: Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific Podcast ➤ @indopacpodcast.bsky.social ➤ www.youtube.com/@ippodcast
@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security. Now a teacher, author, speaker & analyst. Always looking for civility…and new adventures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
@thecipherbrief.bsky.social
The Cipher Brief is the only media outlet focused exclusively on bringing you a higher level of confidence around national security events via news, analysis, and interviews with government and private sector leaders.
@andersostlund.bsky.social
Swede by birth, European by choice. Ukraine will be victorious!
@mikejason.bsky.social
Once a Soldier; NATO and Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Ally. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis stan account. I delete often and block liberally. All views own.
@stephenmarks.bsky.social
🌐 United Kingdom Electronics engineer, wireless communications, applied physics, nuclear science. Likes democracy. Dislikes dictators, corruption and racism. 💙🇺🇦
@nedalalamari.bsky.social
Syrian political activist from #Daraa #Syria Freedom. Ya Hala 👋 8.12.2024 buymeacoffee.com/nedal
@justin-br0nk.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own. RUSI biography and publications: https://t.co/wgeOUvRQdO
@tjeerdb.bsky.social
Professional soldier. Amateur Bsky-er. Multinational by choice. Peak interest in the Baltics. Posts are personal. Repost ≠ endorsement.
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
All the news, opinion and analysis from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
@danlamothe.bsky.social
Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
@philipstephens.bsky.social
Writer, historian, Contrib Ed,FT, Senior Visiting Fellow STG, EUI, author These Divided Isles (Faber August 2025) British, Irish and European. philipstephens@substack.com
@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.