Paul M Kearney
US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Student @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Starter Packs
Created by Paul M Kearney (2)
Reasoned & Researched
This is my starter pack of academics whose work I admire and whose reasoned and researched opinions I value. Most credentialed PhDs in Political Science, History, or security-related fields.
Strategy & Wargaming
This is a starter pack of strategist and wargamers who I follow and respect. They’re worth your time too.
@sodrock.bsky.social
The foreign policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️ https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
@tnsr.org
A rigorous, policy-relevant journal on national & international security, brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin | tnsr.org
@joestieb.bsky.social
Currently asst prof at US Naval war college, soon Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill (incoming, Fall 2025). Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
@wickedwisdom.bsky.social
I don't suffer fools lightly| Civil War buff| Raconteuse| #blm| The UNOFFICIAL official Gilded Age Fans discord |https://discord.gg/gaEyF2FD | Star Trek nerd.
@jenmittelstadt.bsky.social
Historian of politics, the state and movements in the US. @RUHistoryDept, @SFNDHE, series editor Power, Politics and the World @PennPress
@pspolisci.bsky.social
PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson.
@respol.bsky.social
Quality, Speed, Openness: Research & Politics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on research in political science and related fields. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/RAP
@promontory55th.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather | Retired lawyer | #BoilerUp | @UChicagoLaw | #avgeek | non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 15 years in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
@jepsjournal.bsky.social
The Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) features cutting-edge research that utilizes experimental methods or experimental reasoning based on naturally occurring data. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-experimental-political-sc
@defencestudies.bsky.social
Defence Studies is a scholarly journal aimed at the study of contemporary defence and emergent warfare from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fdef20
@ajpseditor.bsky.social
The AJPS is the official journal of the MPSA, committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. Co-Editors: Kathleen Dolan, Jennifer L. Lawless.
@stevenbeynon.bsky.social
National Security reporter for Military.com | Afghan vet | Prev: Politico, Stars and Stripes, Fox 19 Cincinnati | Steve.Beynon@military.com | Adopt not shop | DM for Signal https://www.military.com/author/steve-beynon
@aevansaun.gobirds.online
Philly fan in Jersey. Interests a mile wide but an inch deep, so apologies if you found me on a specific starter pack.
@kejamieson.bsky.social
Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. PhD Student @ Exeter Uni. Day Job in Offshore Security. Rower. Owned by a Dog 🐾 katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
@adamjschmidt.bsky.social
Husband, father, UMD MBA, recovering political junkie, former 68W, current EMT, and all around beer enthusiast. @U2 fan. Grateful @Heidijschmidt.bsky.social puts up with me.
@sefrench.bsky.social
Philosophy Prof, International Ethics Center Director, Author of Code of the Warrior. Military Ethics, Ethics & Technology. Views I post are mine alone and not any employer’s or sponsor’s, etc.
@augustcole.bsky.social
Writing #FICINT http://useful-fiction.com #BurnInBook (2020) http://bit.ly/2sYB7gy #GhostFleet (2015) http://bit.ly/2usdwFC Fellow: RUSI & Atlantic Council
@t0r0.bsky.social
I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast planes, whiskey, and you...what else you need to know? RIO/WSO • attorney • dread pirate • opinions own #AnytimeBaby
@bwj77.bsky.social
@jaylyall.bsky.social
Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen Website: www.jasonlyall.com
@tcwittes.bsky.social
President of National Democratic Institute. “I believe in democracy, because it’s the only system that believes in us.”-Madeleine Albright
@areddie.bsky.social
Associate Research Professor @goldmanschool @ucberkeley; Founder @berkeleyrisk
@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
@warprof.bsky.social
Faculty Director, Global Security Studies Program @jhu.edu | former soldier | Chair, International Security Section @apsa.bsky.social | long suffering fan of Scottish 🏴 & Welsh Rugby 🏴
@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. 🚰 🏗
@emocentrist.bsky.social
Husband to the amazing @beehiveurmess; Girl Dad; a dabbler in strategery.
@hilarymatfess.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, biking, and my dogs
@bradduplessis.bsky.social
Views my own. Recently DOGE'd. Army brat ➡️ retired soldier. PoliSci PhD student @ George Mason University. Doctrine and Military Effectiveness. #GeauxTigers
@guws.bsky.social
The Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) provides a venue for current and aspiring wargamers to learn more about wargaming and build their professional networks. 🔗 www.guwargaming.org
@heingoemans.bsky.social
Galactic Effectuator (obvious Jack Vance aficionado); Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Interests: war and war termination, territorial disputes, why do leaders and why do individuals fight?
@maurogilli.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH-Zurich). Great powers rivalry, future of war, tech competition, innovation & creativity. Born🇮🇹, 9y 🇺🇸, 8y & counting🇨🇭 https://sites.google.com/site/maurogilli2/
@danzhukov.bsky.social
program coordinator at Berkeley Risk and Security Lab • he/him • nuclear arms control researcher • formerly at UCLA, Stanford CISAC, and KCL • all views mine
@marksbell.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minneota, mostly studying nuclear weapons, international security, and US foreign policy. Opinions mine. www.markbell.org
@theairpowerschool.bsky.social
The premier military institution for preparing airpower leaders who solve problems at the operational level of war
@headlinesandhistory.com
Intelligence Technician. Former narco investigator. OIF, OEF, OSS veteran. Podcast host. *Not DoD page. All opinions/posts/links are my own.* https://headlinesandhistory.com patreon.com/c/HeadlinesandHistoryPodcast youtube.com/@headlinesandhistory
@nktpnd.bsky.social
Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford) https://panda.substack.com/
@rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social
Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own.
@jwalterskirchen.bsky.social
PhD Student, Dep. PolSci University of Gothenburg Interested in Conflict, Security, Cooperation, Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and quant. Methods. ORCID: 0000-0002-5587-7075
@slfoster22.bsky.social
Husband, GirlDad, Soldier-thinker || Recovering XO || Strategist in a Tactical World || GMU @ScharSchool MPP || Opinions Mine and Not Representative of Army or DoD
@ianplatz.bsky.social
Security Governance | Irregular Warfare | Nordics/Baltics and East Africa/Red Sea | Aspen Strategy Rising Leader ‘23 | Be a grizzly | Views are my own | He/Him