Geopolitical Go-To’s
People l hold in high regard for the accurate and empirically based takes on geopolitics and IR. Will update periodically.
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@pyotrkurzin.bsky.social
@casusbelli.bsky.social
Slightly French Analyst | #OSINT #IMINT and monitoring | Mostly Africa and ex-USSR | RT ≠ endorsement
@denysdavydov.bsky.social
▶️ YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/c/RoadHomeMotorcycleVlogs | 💬Telegram: https://t.me/pilotblog |🇺🇦Ukraine updates
@jjsmart.bsky.social
Джейсон Джей Смарт, PhD. Writes at KyivPost.com. Working with 🇺🇸& 🇪🇺 businesses in 🇺🇦 at http://APServices.Pro
@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/
@ryanmcbeth.bsky.social
Author, journalist, Army Vet, OSINT Intelligence Analyst, Programmer, Cyber guy. http://Ryanmcbeth.substack.com https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming
@frhoffmann.bsky.social
Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. Views are my own. Weekly analysis of missile tech and nuclear strategy 👇 https://missilematters.substack.com/subscribe
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@sambendett.bsky.social
Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
@wartranslated.bsky.social
🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
@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
@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/
@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.
@realjakebroe.bsky.social
Fmr. Nuclear & Missile Operations Officer US Air Force 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 ~ YouTuber ~ 500,000+ Subscribers ~ Keep Defending the Truth ~ Keep Defending Democracy https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe https://www.patreon.com/c/JakeBroe
@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.
@ianbremmer.com
president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author. if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
@tendar.bsky.social
Tyrants are my enemies | Si vis pacem para bellum |🇩🇪🇪🇺| Das Böse triumphiert allein dadurch, dass gute Menschen nichts unternehmen |Military & History
@general-ben.bsky.social
Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
@maxboot.bsky.social
CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. maxboot.net.
@journalistjon.bsky.social
International Editor at The Economist Previously covered Africa, banking, European business & finance
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
@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
@thomasvlinge.bsky.social
Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
@jameskerlindsay.bsky.social
Academic and analyst | Former LSE and RUSI | Conflict and Security | Cyprus and SE Europe | Secession and State Creation (OUP, 2023) http://www.YouTube.com/JamesKerLindsay
@siliconcurtain.bsky.social
@theredline.bsky.social
Geopolitics - History - Economics 3 experts, 1 Story. Doing deep-dives into one big geopolitical issue shaping the news, every fortnight. Hosted by Michael Hilliard
@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
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
@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"
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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.
@pyotrkurzin.bsky.social
Geopolitics, IR, Macro. Follow Global Trends but specialise in Grand Strategy, Great Powers, Economic Statecraft. Host the Global Gambit 👉 https://youtube.com/@theglobalgambit?si=f8CwN1avTyXa-Srm Exp at the World Bank, CrisisGroup, UN. MA from SAIS 🎓