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@adamposen.bsky.social
President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
@japantimes.co.jp
News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan. JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
@lizsly.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
@lilkuo.bsky.social
Washington Post China bureau chief. https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/lily-kuo/
@george17.bsky.social
China watcher, ex Chief Economist UBS, now at China Centre, Oxford and at SOAS, London. Rock&Indie music lover. Also golden retriever owner and fan.
@emilyzfeng.bsky.social
NPR correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Now DC-based. My book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom" is now out: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724947/let-only-red-flowers-bloom-by-emily-feng/
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@zeyiyang.bsky.social
🖊 Writing about China and Technology for WIRED. Reporting on everything because everything is computer. ✉️ zeyi_yang[AT]wired.com 💬 signal: zeyiyang.06
@jwassers.bsky.social
Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia out in June https://indiepubs.com/products/the-milk-tea-alliance?srsltid=AfmBOoot8bW8ddRXno-tjJbRKTV99aXVFPFQn-Q8KaAAQixLtka0HWxd
@elimeixler.ft.com
Hoping this place is better than the last one. @financialtimes.com Asia world news editor in 🇭🇰, bagel dogmatist. Usual business, DM’s open
@kfriedhoff.bsky.social
Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
@minseonku.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow with the Diplomacy Project, Global Research Institute, William & Mary Incoming Assistant Professor of Applied Diplomacy at DePaul University in Fall 2025 Writing a book about summitry and US & East Asia foreign policy.
@joshchin.bsky.social
Senior global correspondent for WSJ covering collisions of geopolitics, tech, and power. 15+ yrs in Asia, mostly China. Co-author of SURVEILLANCE STATE: https://www.josh-chin.com/books Signal: joshchin.86. Also: [email protected]
@edwardgoldring.bsky.social
Lecturer at University of Melbourne. Comparative authoritarianism, elite politics, and North Korea. A political science account with some sport 🟡🟢
@jamiedoucette.bsky.social
Reader in Human Geography @ University of Manchester. Author of The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea (Michigan: 2024, OA). Co-Editor: Developmentalist Cities? (Brill/Haymarket 2019). North sea surfer
@ritadurao.bsky.social
PhD candidate in International Relations at NOVA University of Lisbon, PT • Researcher IPRI • Area studies, focus on security of East Asia, North Korea, nuclear weapons and identity politics • Also interested in EU foreign and security policy to the region
@nknewsorg.bsky.social
Journalists & analysts covering all things North Korea: Breaking news, culture, opinion & research. Also powering NK PRO. On Mastodon at @[email protected]
@g4oeu.bsky.social
Interested in Korean Peninsula & humanitarian issues in DPRK. Active volunteer with Distributed Proofreaders (pgdp.net). Radio Amateur (UK). Blog at nkhumanitarian.org. Photo of North Korean children on rollerblades, Chŏngjin city centre, May 2013.
@poliscikeith.bsky.social
Incoming teaching assistant professor in political science at East Carolina University (ECU). I research economic sanctions and statecraft, tariffs, economic security, foreign policy, DPRK, and EU. http://www.poliscikeith.com
@arecibotv.bsky.social
Journalist of sorts. Interested in data, Asia, techno & cheesecake. Reposts ≠ like. Even likes ≠ like. Opinions represent no-one & could doubtless be improved upon. よろしくお願いします。
@elizabth-e.bsky.social
UW Seattle Political Science Ph.D. student | Investigating non-state actors’ role in critical minerals / energy transition governance
@smartel.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Studies (IR), Queen's University | IR; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; diplomacy; discourse. Mom of Esther and Marcus. She/Elle.
@bryanbetts.bsky.social
🧑💻 Managing Editor at NK News & NK Pro 📍 Based in Seoul 🏠 https://bryan-betts.com/
@yingaa.bsky.social
Leiden University, Professor of Chinese History 🐌 🇳🇱 🇨🇳🇩🇰 Joint PhD in History & Women’s Studies (Univ of Michigan) Premodernist, 14-18th century political culture, gender, family, bureaucracy, religion, etc.
@benforney.bsky.social
Author of The Spy Hunter newsletter: http://thespyhunter.substack.com. Tracking industrial espionage and economic security trends. PhD on Chinese economic espionage @ Seoul National University Formerly Asan Institute for Policy Studies
@kovrig.bsky.social
Senior Adviser, Asia @crisisgroup.org #China #IndoPacific hand. Ex-diplomat. Historical nihilist. Don't start none, won't be none. Seek truth from facts. 己所不欲,勿施於人 | https://x.com/MichaelKovrig | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kovrig/
@nicolamonaghan.bsky.social
Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester teaching Criminal Law and Evidence. Author. Research interest in the jury. PhD student at the University of Northampton.
@aparc.stanford.edu
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) is @stanford.edu's hub for research and education on contemporary Asia. We're part of @fsi.stanford.edu. Reposts ≠ endorsements. Visit us at aparc.stanford.edu
@franciswshin.bsky.social
Author and analyst. Alum of Atlantic Council, @rusi.bsky.social/FFIS, YPFP, and @cnas.bsky.social. Personal website: FrancisShin.com
@grantrayner.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary professional based in Asia for 20+ years. Founder of Spartan9, crisis management consultant, author, and creator of Station XV bags. Passionate about resilience, travel, and photography.
@junotane.com
Junotane Korea: Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Fiction Academic living life one day at a time, writing commentary, analysis, and fiction about Korea and the region on Substack at Junotane.
@ottolanza.bsky.social
Reporter and geopol analyst. Words @ AdnKronos. CED Senior Fellow. Formerly CEPA, Formiche, Decode39. World/EU affairs, energy, tech, society. Made in Milan. https://x.com/otto_lanza
@belenlisoni.bsky.social
East Asian Archaeology and Global Studies. From the land of Violeta Parra. Currently in South Korea. Art exhibitions, films, pilates and tea.
@cffominaya.bsky.social
Dog lover, writer, human rights supporter, yoga lover, Ed in Chief Social Movement Studies, founding ed Interface, author of Democracy Reloaded (Oxford University Press), Prof. Global Studies, Aarhus U, PhD@UCBerkeley Book cover pic is by Olmo Calvo (crop)
@dest-pyongyang.bsky.social
Asst. prof. @UniLeiden. Analyst @CrisisGroup.org. @Sino_NK & fmr. @The_Daily_NK. Dilettante translator. RT≠endorsement. #NFFC.
@mitchelllerner.bsky.social
Diplomatic historian, Director of East Asian Studies at Ohio State. Former director of Institute for Korean Studies, former SHAFR president. Boxer, hockey player, beer drinker, Democrat, Red Sox fan. Gets hurt a lot (especially lately).
@ian-j-stewart.bsky.social
🏴🇬🇧ExecDir James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies DC @miis Past @DefenceHQ, @warstudies. Nonpro, emerging tech, China. Nuc engineer. Phd War Studies. http://nonproarchive.com
@jljzen.bsky.social
Covering defense and diplomacy for @japantimes.co.jp • views my own • Japan resident since 2002 • グリーン車 aficionado
@remcobreuker.bsky.social
Ongenuanceerde Koreanist des moederlands | (N-)Korea/history/human rights/Prof Leiden 한국/고려/북한/역사/레이덴대학교수| boek-De Koreaanse golf | #WOinActie | editor Korean Histories | https://linktr.ee/remcobreuker | https://www.amboanthos.nl/auteur/remco-breuker/
@sofialsribeiro.bsky.social
Phd Candidate Political Science & International Relations at University of Minho, PT • Research interests in East Asia; the US presence in the region; Memory, Identity, and Narrative analysis; with a dash of Portuguese politics • PT+EN
@laureneloiserob.bsky.social
University of Central Lancashire - Korean Studies PhD Candidate 🇰🇵🇰🇷 | Research: Climate Change and Development in North Korea 🌏 📍Preston
@lauraluehrmann.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science and Chair, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University (Dayton, OH). Modern Chinese politics and foreign policy, social movements, political ideologies. Ph.D., Ohio State University #FirstGen
@dpinkston.bsky.social
KCPC expert advisor, IR scholar, Yonsei University, Troy University, NE Asian security and political economy, WMD nonproliferation. USAF veteran and VFW member. Former state powerlifting champion and casual judo player. Cat man and life-long Laker fan.
@opietrewicz.bsky.social
Senior Analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Korean Peninsula, East Asia Private opinions
@apln.network
A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.