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@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
@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
Senior National Security & Intelligence Analyst NBC News, MSNBC. Retired FBI Assistant Director. Author, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; and, The FBI Way.
@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/
@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.
@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
@ridt.bsky.social
Author of ACTIVE MEASURES, RISE OF THE MACHINES, CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, "Attributing Cyber Attacks," more. Johns Hopkins, Alperovitch Institute.
@johnsipher.bsky.social
Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
@markzaidesq.bsky.social
National Security Attorney, Comic Book Historian, University of Rochester Alum
@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
@secretsandlaws.bsky.social
Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
@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
@covertshores.bsky.social
Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos http://www.hisutton.com/
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@ihr.bsky.social
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
@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.
@markstout.bsky.social
Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea.
@rgblights.bsky.social
Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
@davidpriess.bsky.social
International affairs, geopolitics, and intelligence | Dir of Intelligence, Bedrock Knowledge | Sr Fellow, Hayden Center | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Love books, the Arctic, space, and dogs
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@dovlevin.bsky.social
Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
@asaflubin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Indiana University. Faculty Affiliations: BKC Harvard, ISP Yale, & HUJI Cyber Law. Writes and Teaches about International Law 🇺🇳, National Security 🪖, Cybersecurity 👾, Law and Tech 🤖, Espionage & Intelligence🕵️♂️, Torts 🏛️. 🏳️🌈
@thomasjuneau.bsky.social
Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
@samplereality.bsky.social
Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies at Davidson College. Maker of @mobydickatsea.bsky.social and @clipart.bsky.social. Teaches, researches, and practices computational creativity. Other things I've made: https://samplereality.itch.io
@alexzfinley.bsky.social
Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com alexzfinley.substack.com
@haydencenter.bsky.social
World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
@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
@jamesbarr.bsky.social
I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA. More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org Signal - jamesbarr.62 Currently reading: Ed Conway / Material World
@spytalker.bsky.social
Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance
@coldwarpod.bsky.social
Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost... Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/ Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
@jessmarindavis.bsky.social
PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
@wylienewmark.bsky.social
cyber(punk) threat intel. cyber operations, counterintelligence, russia, iran. i see kanly today in everything. “bloody inertia interspersed with bouts of bloody frenzy.” creator: #FUZZYSNUGGLYDUCK, drilangleton, Beff Horn. opinions are my own.
@intelhistorian.bsky.social
Director Nat. Cryptologic Museum, NSA. Formerly IntlSpyMuseum; Miami native living in DMV; Author - Nuking the Moon, The Nuclear Spies, and Covert City; has “Grave Lack of Discretionary Judgment”-The Catholic Church; lesser half to @jordanspeak.bsky.social
@nsarchive.bsky.social
An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu
@matthefler.bsky.social
Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
@mpolymer1.bsky.social
Once worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. MSNBC ntl security contributor. Atlantic Council non rez sr fellow. Agora Strategy Institute expert. TBI Survivor. Author/Leadership speaker. Obsessive Boston RedSox fan. Heavy Metal. Dive bars.
@tim-weiner.bsky.social
Author & journalist. New book -- THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century -- coming in July. https://www.amazon.com/Mission-CIA-21st-Century/dp/0063270188/ref=sr_1_1?crid=244QZ5FP3OQIG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sg7scw46b-qcO0cLOReCrUfrMvIOVWPmbD5cYUXt4oNZtHQNyjUCAp
@rmidura.bsky.social
Digital historian of early modern Europe in Virginia. Posts on historical travel, mail, diplomats, spies 🕵️ Author of Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cornell, 2025). Now on #17thC conspiracy.
@secretsandspies.bsky.social
A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
@nenazhivina.com
👩🎨 Artist📍Based in NYC 🗽 Freehand dip pen сontemporary ink on paper 🖋️ Mostly drawings ✍️ Vegan 🌱🫶 nenazhivina.com/hi No DMs. Any enquirers: olga@nenazhivina.com
@hostilespectrum.bsky.social
Former intel, now academic @NDU_CIC, @TheKrulakCenter, @SIWPSColumbia @ColumbiaSIPA, @CyberStatecraft, @ElliottSchoolGW, @PAISWarwick. Apolitical, views=own
@rorycormac.bsky.social
Professor: Intelligence, Covert Action | Author: Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, and Dagger
@gailhelt.bsky.social
CIA analyst, 2003-14. Close Guantanamo. Human Rights. China. My posts reflect only my views.
@alexaobrien.bsky.social
Analyst & writer focused on intelligence and espionage. alexaobrien.com/about Send tips via @signal.org ➜ @alexadobrien.357
@jmuellertoewe.bsky.social
Senior Investigative Editor @t-online, Berlin / Reporting on Foreign influence operations, National security, Lobbying and Crime (Threema: 4E6EXA2Y)
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