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@andrewperpetua.bsky.social
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@jkaarsbo.bsky.social
Foreign, security and defence policy analysis. 15 yrs @ Danish Defence Intelligence Service. Sportsnerd.
@malcontentnews.bsky.social
We are an international team of journalists. Creators of the Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast, Can You Hear Us? BLM documentary, conflict reporters, and internationally recognized investigative work. https://linktr.ee/malcontentnews
@ryanmcbeth.bsky.social
Author, journalist, Army Vet, OSINT Intelligence Analyst, Programmer, Cyber guy. http://Ryanmcbeth.substack.com https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming
@ehunterchristie.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, FIIA @fiia.fi Adjunct lecturer, Sciences Po PSIA Former NATO official PhD VUB & Royal Military Academy of Belgium Views my own
@jeff2146.bsky.social
Writer for Defense Archive, volunteer with GeoConfirmed and contributor to Militaryland.net. Useful links https://linktr.ee/jeff2146
@polidemitolog.bsky.social
Political analyst. Former assistant professor at RUDN Moscow. PhD in political science. Bylines in Euronews, Bloomberg, Novaya Gazeta and Radar. Views my own.
@vladvexler.bsky.social
Philosopher - ethics, politics, music | Slowly writing a book on Isaiah Berlin | Born in USSR, home is London | Living with ME since 2003. youtube.com/vladvexler (main channel) youtube.com/vladvexlerchat (chat channel) youtube.com/@vladvexlerphilosophy
@sariarhohavren.bsky.social
Geopolitics, China analyst. Geopolitical strategic foresight. China’s foreign policy. History,International Relations PhD. RUSI Associate Fellow. Opinions mine. 🇨🇳🇪🇺🇭🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧
@tomminieminen.bsky.social
Feature writer @ Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Helsinki Finland. Society. Politics. Investigative. South Asia. Mobile + Signal: +358 407357796
@tbenner.bsky.social
Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin www.gppi.net
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
Guest Prof Sc Po, Sr Fellow CEPA, Chair CERAP, Sr civil servant Blogger IR https://tenzerstrategics.substack.com/ Derniers livres : Fin de la politique des grandes puissances, Notre Guerre Ed. l'Observatoire #HumanRights #InternationalAffairs #SlavaUkraini
@mykolabielieskov.bsky.social
Research fellow at National Institute for Strategic Studies under UA President, senior analyst at UA NGO “Come back alive”; all ideas tabled here are private position
@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.”
@irgarner.bsky.social
Russian Prof @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
@teoyaomiquu.bsky.social
A Ukrainian combat veteran (2014), a father, living in the USA since 2019. WA. Supporting Ukraine. Freedom, liberty, strength.
@anderspucknielsen.dk
Military analyst, naval officer, based in Denmark, mostly #Russia and the war in #Ukraine. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@anderspuck Newsletter: https://www.logicofwar.com
@faytuks.bsky.social
Fast & reliable news provider || Covering geopolitical incidents as they happen 🌍 BNONews collaborator. Want to support the channel? ko-fi.com/faytuks
@thelookout.bsky.social
Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank. Special interest: The Russian Navy. Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own Contact: the.lookout.n@protonmail.com
@frhoffmann.bsky.social
Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. Weekly analysis of missile tech, nuclear strategy, and European deterrence 👇 https://missilematters.substack.com/subscribe
@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@tendar.bsky.social
Tyrants are my enemies | Si vis pacem para bellum |🇩🇪🇪🇺| Das Böse triumphiert allein dadurch, dass gute Menschen nichts unternehmen |Military & History
@johnridge.bsky.social
Physics | Weapons Systems | National Security | Foreign Policy | Arms Exports | Security Assistance | Tochnyi Contributor | Donate to Liberty Ukraine Foundation
@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
@jmkorhonen.fi
Unsustainability is not an option. Unjust society cannot be sustainable. -> democracy is non-negotiable. In sustainability from 2007. Now Senior Researcher @ Finnish Environmental Institute (Syke); circular economy, raw materials. Opinions 100% my own.
@johnsipher.bsky.social
Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
@defmon3.bsky.social
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/
@avindman.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Doc of International Affairs. Senior Fellow, FPI SAIS, JHU. NYT Best-selling Author.
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
Security & geopolitics | Previously based in 🇦🇫🇨🇳🇲🇲🇷🇼🇬🇧🇺🇸 | Capital Germany 40 under 40 | ☕ http://buymeacoffee.com/jberlin | Don’t just get mad, get busy | https://berlinbridge.substack.com
@vatniksoup.bsky.social
Creator of Vatnik Soup (www.vatniksoup.com) and The Soup Central (https://youtube.com/@TheSoupCentral)
@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.
@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.
@tatarigami.bsky.social
Former UA officer Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
@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]
@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
@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
@tristansnell.bsky.social
Lawyer, commentator, fighter for democracy. Prosecuted Trump University @ NY AG. #NAFO Fella. Author of Taking Down Trump. Host of the Tristan Snell Show on Apple and Spotify. Substack - tristansnell.com
@oalexanderdk.bsky.social
All Source INT Analyst watching Twitter burn from across the street.
@umland.bsky.social
Analyst, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, UI: bsky.app/profile/sceeus-ui.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
@covertshores.bsky.social
Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos http://www.hisutton.com/
@ozkaterji.bsky.social
Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement. https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
@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
@rebel44cz.bsky.social
Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator. http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
@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.
@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"
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@noelreports.com
Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
@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
@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
@kevinrothrock.me
Russia watcher supreme. @meduza.io English-language managing editor. Based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
@dmitri.silverado.org
Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber Chairman @silverado.org Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS Co-Founder CrowdStrike @DAlperovitch elsewhere
@osinttechnical.bsky.social
PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social
Former US Congressman, Proud RINO, husband, and military man. Fighting the MAGA brain worms daily! Adamkinzinger.komi.io Adamkinzinger.substack.com
@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
@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."
@warinthefuture.bsky.social
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
@joniaskola.bsky.social
Finnish PhD candidate and geopolitical analyst. Trying to help Ukraine with the 69th Sniffing Brigade https://www.youtube.com/@askolageopolitics