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@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@helenebismarck.bsky.social
Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI. All views strictly my own.
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@constelz.bsky.social
Director CUSE, Germany explainer etc. @ Brookings; FT contributing columnist; Wizards Fan (I know). When the going gets tough, the tough go blonde. Pic: Marc Darchinger. Views my own, people.
@anandmenon.bsky.social
Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
@lottelydia.bsky.social
Historian. Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin, 2023). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024). Work stuff here: https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley repped by Carrie Plitt @ FBA pronouns are she/her and views are my own 💫
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Europe correspondent for The Economist. If you don’t use your real name, the bar for mute/block is low. Send me tales of corruption, the most important story in the world.
@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.
@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.
@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Senior visiting research fellow @ Kings College London. I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com
@dlknowles.bsky.social
Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC. Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV Reach me on Signal: dlknowles.12
@timbale.bsky.social
Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (out in pbk soon!). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
@sophiepedder.bsky.social
Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation” (Bloomsbury)
@davidgauke.bsky.social
Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
@cathhaddon.bsky.social
Programme Director for IFG Academy @instituteforgov.bsky.social + history, Whitehall geekiness and constitutional agony aunt Subscribe to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/3dxiJ5J
@albertonardelli.bsky.social
Reporter at Bloomberg. In Europe, mostly. I have strong opinions about food and football. DM for Signal.
@brunotertrais.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique. Non-Resident Fellow, Institut Montaigne. Geopolitics, strategy and stuff. Personal account. b.tertrais@frstrategie.org Books: tinyurl.com/bdzbxnyx
@simonhix.bsky.social
Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, at EUI. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
@yuanyiz.bsky.social
Assistant professor of international relations and international law | sometime political advisor | All views mine alone | find me on Twitter at @yuanyi_z
@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.”
@philipoltermann.bsky.social
Culture editor for Europe, The Guardian. Ex-Berlin bureau chief. My book The Stasi Poetry Circle (Faber & Faber) is out now
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era. Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@colmpm.bsky.social
Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
@gesineweber.bsky.social
European security & defence, geopolitics, EU in US-China competition. Research Fellow at German Marshall Fund of the US (Paris), almost PhDone at Defence Studies Department, KCL. Into running, matcha, 中文. Views my own. geopoliticaleurope.substack.com
@elisabethbraw.bsky.social
Atlantic Council, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe. Author of The Defender's Dilemma (2022), Goodbye Globalization (2024) and Undersea War (2026). Geopolitics & globalisation/greyzone aggression/total defence/societal resilience. Own views
@petermandler.bsky.social
Professor of Modern Cultural History, Cambridge University; Bailey Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College
@robrakove.bsky.social
Historian at Stanford University, author of "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World" and "Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion." It's good to have options.
@kristianulrichsen.bsky.social
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
@dmk1793.bsky.social
Historian, think tank researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
@jfb1066.bsky.social
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2025?). Next: Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
@morganj0nes.bsky.social
writing a book on the 2nd referendum campaign and co-editing @renewaljournal.bsky.social. formerly LabourList, UK Labour. email me @ morgane.h.jones@gmail.com
@susancolbourn.net
Historian at Duke. Latest book: EUROMISSILES. Still writing about NATO and European security since 1945.
@jmacd.bsky.social
Historian. Author of When Globalization Fails: The Rise and Fall of Pax Americanan, and of A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Demcracy.
@engelsbergideas.bsky.social
Engelsberg Ideas is home to great writing from leading thinkers on history, culture and geopolitics, featuring essays as well as regular podcasts. https://engelsbergideas.com/
@myhist.bsky.social
Podcasting since 2006. Providing historical context to today's politics. Knows a little about a lot. SUBSCRIBE APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-history-can-beat-up-your-politics/id169078375 (myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com)
@jacobjudah.bsky.social
Journalist. Find me in The Economist, New York Times, Haaretz, The Times, and elsewhere!
@bbaxendalesmith.bsky.social
Defence Studies PhD student at King’s College London researching UK, Australian and Canadian Indo-Pacific strategies.
@gabrielmilland.bsky.social
Mainly research for strategy. Former senior UK government comms official and adviser. Once a journalist. Further back, a historian of the media, war and public opinion. Halberdier. Aggro-centrist. Bristol City FC.
@murielzagha.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster; film specialist – BBC, TLS, ENGELSBERG IDEAS, APOLLO, SPECTATOR and others; French Londoner Garlic&Pearls podcast @garlicandpearls.bsky.social Instagram @murielzaghawriter http://muckrack.com/muriel-zagha-3
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@angusreilly.bsky.social
Writing a book about Henry Kissinger in World War II and a biography of David Owen.