Niels Ockelmann
Retired datawarehouse architect. Posts mostly about Ukraine but also more generally about the perils of the rules-based international order.
Also found on X as @UndercoverDane
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@ukrainewarpod.bsky.social
Rob Gaudette on Twitter. Hosted by a Ukrainian and produced by an American with a PharmD. thepeoplesmedia.substack.com
@bjornjberger.bsky.social
Dislike Putin's invasion of Ukraine (since 2014), disinfo and whatever threatens our democracies.
@uacontrolmap.bsky.social
Ukraine Control Map at http://uacontrolmap.com showing geolocations, frontlines, and unit positions during the war. DM for contact / media
@emilkastehelmi.bsky.social
Military analyst, military history expert. Co-founder of Black Bird Group. Focusing on Ukraine, Russia and northern Europe. Contact: +358 407388158 emil.kastehelmi@gmail.com
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
@chriso-wiki.bsky.social
Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki
@geoconfirmed.org
Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/ Managed by volunteers. You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
@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.
@marqs.bsky.social
@nlwartracker.bsky.social
Tracking usage/capture/destruction of weapon systems in #Ukraine theater of operations. Sharing combat footage and more follow @nlwartracker to keep up-to-date!
@defmon3.bsky.social
@madskorsager.bsky.social
Defence correspondent | Danmarks Radio - Danish Broadcasting Corp. | Afghanistan veteran | 👉 mkor@dr.dk & forsvar@dr.dk
@andreykazankov.bsky.social
Ukraine and Russia correspondent at Denmark's leading weekly, Weekendavisen - ankv@weekendavisen.dk. Reporter at TV 2 / TV 2 NEWS - akaz@tv2.dk
@mariadrutska.bsky.social
Thoughts on Rus-Ukr war updates. I speak fluent sarcasm. https://linktr.ee/maria.drutska
@alanderminna.bsky.social
Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Senior Fellow Frivärld. Nordic-Baltic-Arctic security, NATO, European affairs. Plot twist: not from Åland. 📸 Arno Mikkor/ICDS ✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
@pstyleone1.bsky.social
I was cool, but then Russia invaded Ukraine. Expert in economics & history & international relations. I am not an academic here.
@cerianbond.bsky.social
Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
@mijrahman.bsky.social
Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth https://www.eurasiagroup.net
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@efinkel.bsky.social
Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Historian of WWIII. Study horrible things that happen to good people, write books, despair. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna. Intent to Destroy is out: https://tinyurl.com/ybfn7
@maksymeristavi.com
#RussianColonialism storyteller-in-chief. author of award-winning “Russian Colonialism 101”🪆🪓
@radchenko.bsky.social
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
@colinlebedev.cpesr.fr
Enseignante chercheuse en science politique @ U Paris Nanterre. Russie, Ukraine, guerre. Quitte définitivement X le 20/1/25. colinlebedev.fr
@samagreene.bsky.social
Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@bctallis.bsky.social
Intl Politics, Security & Strategy Director, Democratic Strategy Initiative, Berlin @DSI-Strategy.bsky.social #NeoIdealism | 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #BerlinsideOut Pod Co-Host [T=personal. RT≠agree]
@euanmacdonald.bsky.social
Freelance journalist living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine BBC local radio freelance reporter, sometimes heard on LBC radio Very biased: against fascist and authoritarian regimes; for democracy, rule of law, and human rights.
@stefsiohan.bsky.social
Reporter in Ukraine since 2013 for Libération @libe @lesoir. Based in Kyiv. Author of a book about Zelensky. Writing about Ukraine, Central & Eastern Europe + Black Sea space in FR, EN & UA. Media Development expert. Love creative docs
@olyaoliker.bsky.social
Europe & Central Asia Director @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / ❤️ punk rock / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/olga-oliker
@timfrye.bsky.social
Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Political economy, autocracy, and the NBA, and not always in that order. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia.
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Fellow with Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@gwendolynsasse.bsky.social
Director@zois.bsky.social, Prof @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-res.Senior Fellow @carnegieeurope.bsky.social Author „Russia‘s War against Ukraine“ @politybooks.bsky.social @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social
@natashakuhrt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Research interests: Russian foreign, security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping.
@okhromeychuk.bsky.social
Historian of East-Central Europe, PhD. Author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022), ‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians (2013). Director of Ukrainian Institute London. www.olesyakhromeychuk.com
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
@sashaetkind.bsky.social
Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war. I ban, with or without warning
@maxhess.bsky.social
Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty. Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West: https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
@camukrainistyka.bsky.social
Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. Advancing new approaches to teaching and researching Ukraine since 2008. www.CambridgeUkrainianStudies.org Posts by Rory Finnin
@shekhovtsov.substack.com
PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
@dovzhyk.bsky.social
Ukrainian killjoy. Based in Lviv after 10 years in London. Writing in New York Times, CNN, Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc. http://sashadovzhyk.com
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
@jpaulgoode.bsky.social
Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy Editor of Communist and Post-Communist Studies (@cpcs.bsky.social) Co-lead of East European & Transatlantic Network (@eetn.bsky.social) McMillan Chair of Russian Studies, EURUS, Carleton University
@rtperson3.bsky.social
Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
@kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social
Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
@jeffkopstein.bsky.social
Historian, social scientist, low talent fitness fanatic. Dean's Professor of Political Science. UCI Recent book: *The Assault on the State* https://www.amazon.com/Assault-State-Global-Government-Endangers/dp/1509563156/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U0B_8
@grudkevich.bsky.social
Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.