Mil and Defense writers
Some of the great folks that have been writing smart stuff about war, defense and national security.
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@mikejason.bsky.social
@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social
Political Scientist (all views own), Visiting Assoc Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
@crritic.bsky.social
Advocate, author, professor, essayist, US Army veteran, NGO president
@emceepeteypete.bsky.social
Social worker. Tell the people in your life that you love them. College Station - Austin www.lovingparents.org
@jkdemp.bsky.social
Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee.
@ambassadormoreno.bsky.social
🏴☠️Former Ambassador, career Foreign Service. Have opinions on foreign affairs, national security. Sometimes dogs, martinis and football. Made Obama laugh once. #Fella🇺🇦
@erikthehistorian.bsky.social
Military/Digital Historian and Vietnam War specialist, soccer player, EDM fan, avid gamer, lives with my wonderful wife and a posse of Shih-Tzu's and cats.
@jwvizzard.bsky.social
Political science PhD candidate specializing in civ-mil. Husband, father, former gangster for capitalism. Opinions, jokes, hot takes, and other skeets are only mine and not any current or former employer’s.
@mg1986smitht.bsky.social
Soldier for Life. Retired. The most lethal weapon on the battlefield is your brain. Trust your instincts. I’m probably not what you were expecting. Nice IRL. signal @SmithT1986.56
@reallyseansmith.bsky.social
Author of Even a Dog Enlists, Why Not You? and Rank Absurdity: An Irreverent Military Memoir. Formerly a US Army, MI, UN, NATO, etc. guy. Currently a Regular Human Person goofing off on Bluesky. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sean-Smith/author/B0B6KPP5XL
@djgalbreath.bsky.social
Professor of War and Technology at the University of Bath. Working on digital battlefields. Occasional work on Ukraine.
@kjmcinnis1.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Defense & Security Department & Director, SWSP @CSIS. Priors: Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Chatham House, Kings College London. PhD War Studies. Author. Mom. Herder of cats. NATO nerd.
@michaelneiberg.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, and Historian at US Army War College. Also a Dog Walker, Coffee Drinker, Traveler, Yinzer For All Seasons, and Family Man. Posts are personal and do NOT represent my employer or Army policy.
@drseminnis.bsky.social
Mil-Vet Transition Coach. Certified Vet Support Specialist. HR Prof. Ally. Activist. Conspirator. Hiker. Camper. Rower. Potter. Mom. Caregiver. Aggie. Seahawks. Jeeps. Humanist.she/her/Doc. PNW➡️WNC. No more resisting. It’s time to #FightForward!
@strategerist.bsky.social
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
@motheroftanks.bsky.social
Opinions are my own. Likes, RTs, Follows do not equal endorsement.
@legalleadtheway.bsky.social
| Law of War | LOAC | Int’l Humanitarian Law | 🇺🇸 Army JAG lawyer. Personal opinions, no employer endorsement, nothing here is legal advice. RLTW!
@thestrategybridge.bsky.social
Official account for The Bridge, an org focused on the development of people in #Strategy, #NationalSecurity, & #MilitaryAffairs. Publishing & funding leaders. https://thestrategybridge.org/
@jpclark97.bsky.social
Historian | Educator of strategists | Editor-in-chief @warroomeds.bsky.social | Author "Preparing for War: Emergence of the Modern US Army, 1815-1917" | Now writing “Acts of Madness: US Military Strategy in the Pacific, 1898-1941” | www.jpclark.works
@herreramilhist.bsky.social
Military historian | Early & 19c America | Author | Professor US Army War College | Lecturer US Naval War College Fleet Seminar | Californian | My views mine alone | https://www.amazon.com/author/raherrera
@jsargentr.bsky.social
Military Historian National Security and Strategy Logistics Geopolitical Risk Ask me about LOGPOWER or my urban warfare concept. Better than average insights/running analysis, and a bit different than most. Oh, and my tweets are coming home!
@rtperson3.bsky.social
Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
@nathankfinney.com
Servant of the Republic on the Edge of Empires | Fellow, Duke Program on American Grand Strategy & @AtlanticCouncil.bsky.social | Ed., @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social | Pres, @milwritersguild.bsky.social | Historian of WWI (book @cornellupress.bsky.social)
@tyrellmayfield.bsky.social
|| No Official Statements || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul memoir || Servant of the Republic || Minor Spear Carrier || Will Not Surrender Prematurely || BoD at @thestrategybridge.bsky.social ||
@bonenberger.bsky.social
Writer Editor Local politician (Branford, Connecticut) Army veteran Honorary "top 1% Altmetric author" (not tied to scientific publication) Runs the @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social account here
@krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social
CEO Sparverius @TeamTFButler @VetFightFascism. Research: disinfo+extremism among vets+military (http://vva.org/trollreport). Yes, the Nazi hunter you’ve been looking for. linktr.ee/krisgoldsmith
@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
@chrisgingram.bsky.social
Strategist || Military Writers Guild Board Member || #MilSky Admin || Intersection of Foreign Policy, Conflict, Economics, Politics, History, and Writing || Non-partisan, but not amoral || Opinions my own.
@jjschroden.bsky.social
21 years as a military operations analyst. Lots on DOD happenings, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US counterterrorism in Afghanistan. All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
@stevemetz.bsky.social
Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency.
@drjchernov.bsky.social
Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
@wesleymorgan.bsky.social
Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars and their aftermath https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan Author of THE HARDEST PLACE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/ Evangelist for THE LONG SHIPS Signal wesmorgan.01
@notabattlechick.bsky.social
Purple-haired civil servant. Public Diplomacy person. Historian. Author. Educator. Leader. Tar Heel. COVID Long-hauler. Doodler. Procedural-drama obsessed smart lady. Cat servant. 2x speed audiobook aficionado. Occasional trouble maker. All views my own.
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz. CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
@emsetc.bsky.social
I am not a committee. Defense, lightly eclectic Gen-X interests, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own. What are you reading?
@exum.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/
@eliotacohen.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
@waitmanwbeorn.com
Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him Host of The Holocaust History Podcast TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers Psalm 109: 7-18
@jessicascott.net
Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare. https://jessicascottbooks.com
@drrobthompson.com
Bluesky’s resident Vietnam War historian. Army University Press historian and documentary maker. Author of _Clear, Hold, and Destroy_—a book about pacification in Phú Yên. All views my own. Слава Україні! Web: https://www.drrobthompson.com
@kschake.bsky.social
Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
@johnsipher.bsky.social
Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
@warontherocks.bsky.social
Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
@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
@alexhorton.bsky.social
Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
@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"
@mikejason.bsky.social
Once a Soldier; NATO and Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Ally. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis stan account. I delete often and block liberally. All views own.