World News Starter Pack
Mirror of "Ukraine, Russia etc." Bluesky feed: https://goodfeeds.co/search?q=%22Ukraine%2C+Russia+etc.%22 (Otherwise known as: "How to read international news without having your brain fried".)
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@abajrak.bsky.social
@hoanssolo.bsky.social
Modern Warfare; Defense and Military Analysis; New Book “Die Rückkehr des Krieges” out on October 25, 2024. Link: https://www.luebbe.de/quadriga/buecher/politik/die-rueckkehr-des-krieges/id_10507815
@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.
@kyivindependent.com
Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine Become a member: http://kyivindependent.com/membership/ One-time donation: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/?interval=onetime
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@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/
@pearswick.press
Multi award-losing journalist and European Cybersecurity Correspondent at @Reuters.com, via Hanoi, Seoul and Pyongyang. Now in London. “A bum who wrote an ignominious jumble of stories” - North Korea ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ 📞Signal ID: pearswick.01 💻: pearswick.press
@rvps2001.bsky.social
I run a daily newsletter about Russia, Ukraine, and the war: https://russia-ukraine-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Please consider supporting my work: https://forms.gle/brRPMGDJv7rfYCQE7 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
@meduza.io
Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
@jdcushman45.bsky.social
Defense journalist, Europeanist (🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪), metalhead, not necessarily in that order...
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@aaron-schwa.bsky.social
Political risk and product by day, puns by night. Just kidding, the puns are by day, too. My handle in the bad place is @aaron_schwa.
@dylanmp.bsky.social
Senior Manager for Eurasia Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy. Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center. Posting mostly about Russia.
@joshuakeating.bsky.social
Senior correspondent at Vox Author of Invisible Countries Here, there, everywhere
@explaintrade.com
Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Media and training: explaintrade.com Consultancy network: auroramacro.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
@zachsdorfman.bsky.social
National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House. It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
@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/
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@buddyyakov.bsky.social
Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@littleflyingrobots.bsky.social
takes on drones, OSINT, and aid from @faineg.bsky.social.
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
@dandrezner.bsky.social
Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
@rebel44cz.bsky.social
Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator. http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@rikefranke.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD UniofOxford, previously Sciences Po. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
@vpkivimaki.bsky.social
Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
@lkrozen.bsky.social
Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @APHClarkson@mastodon.social as well as @APHClarkson https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
@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.”
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@olgs7.bsky.social
Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
An unofficial bot of BBC News (World). RSS: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml code: https://gitlab.com/tmaehara/bluesky-newsbots maintainer: @tmaehara.bsky.social
@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
@drfarls.bsky.social
Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
@cherylrofer.bsky.social
Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos. Posting on nuclear issues, war, nature, science, and women's issues. Also cats. She/her. Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money Banner: The invincible summer within
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@seva.bsky.social
Seva Gunitsky, associate professor of political science, University of Toronto. book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG
@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
@fulelo.bsky.social
BBC cog; Russia, FSU, E.Europe, Syria opp watcher. Views own, some humour 🤨 migrant, chatty. Oversharing news. Masto: @fulelo@journa.host prior X @fulelo Work: #TheGlobalJigsaw http://tinyurl.com/4t2vh3e2 BBCNews starter pack https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
@helenebismarck.bsky.social
Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI. All views strictly my own.
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
Reuters Global News Desk editor, Asia. Defense, other stuff. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6 Ad astra per aspera
@abajrak.bsky.social
Pronounced 'bye-rack'. Fail whale expat and former editor, now work in comms. #Coffee enthusiast. Passionately curious; obviously wrong views my own.