Mick Ryan's Starter Pack
My favourite feeds & people in the national security and war studies (including #Ukraine) community.
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@warinthefuture.bsky.social
@kyivpost.com
Ukraine's Global Voice since 1995. The first and oldest English-language newspaper about Ukraine.
@antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Support my team of volunteer translators: http://patreon.com/TwitterAG
@rusi.bsky.social
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world. Website 💻: https://rusi.org/ WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
@intelnightowl.bsky.social
RePost ≠ endorsements | OpenSource Researcher / Developer | OSINT COMINT SIGINT CYBINT ELINT GEOINT ADINT MetaData | ADSB AIS SAT | SDR IoT Arduino | Linux | COFFEE 🔥 Follow OSINT Starters 🔥 go.bsky.app/TSvKc6o go.bsky.app/NKZeoR9 go.bsky.app/PzSSWrC
@ukdefencejournal.org.uk
One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites. ukdefencejournal.org.uk
@warontherocks.bsky.social
Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
@foreignaffairs.com
A magazine of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, founded in 1922. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ Sign up for our newsletters here: http://foreignaffairs.com/newsletter
@kirichenko.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American freelance journalist | Associate Research Fellow, Henry Jackson Society https://youtu.be/Rz5tYcQDzuE
@emilkastehelmi.bsky.social
Military analyst, military history expert. Co-founder of Black Bird Group. Focusing on Ukraine, Russia and northern Europe. Contact: +358 407388158 emil.kastehelmi@gmail.com
@militarynewsua.bsky.social
🇺🇦Ukrainian blogger.. 🪖Military analytics and weapons.Geopolitics.. Monitoring of global conflict zones ||🇺🇦~🇷🇺||🇮🇱~🇮🇷||🇹🇼~🇨🇳|| Ukraine will win
@florencegaub.bsky.social
Director Research Division NATO Defence College, member WEF Global Future Council on Geopolitics, author of Zukunft: eine Bedienungsanleitung
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@stratcomcentre.bsky.social
The Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security of Ukraine.
@pravda.ua
Official English page of Ukrainian media outlet "Ukrainska Pravda" https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
@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
@jseldin-news.bsky.social
VOA National Security Correspondent, former Pentagon Correspondent Ex WTOP/Federal News Network | Syracuse University-Newhouse (RTs ≠ endorsement) Email: jseldin@voanews.com / DM for Signal
@mclark.bsky.social
National Security Fellow researching the Russian military at the Institute for the Study of War
@katstepanenko.bsky.social
Russia Deputy Team Lead & Analyst @TheStudyofWar.bsky.social | Russian Information Space, Kremlin Drama & Force Generation | opinions my own https://www.understandingwar.org/press-media/staff-bios/kateryna-stepanenko
@karolinahird.bsky.social
Currently studying war @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. Focusing on Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and all things human rights in TOT. Opinions mine, although I’m “not an expert or analyst” according to the Kremlin, so be warned!!
@georgewbarros.bsky.social
Russia Team & GEOINT Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War. I study war, 🇺🇦, 🇷🇺, & 🇧🇾. Maker of maps and fan of GIS. Led grassroots effort to provide Ukraine Javelins in 2014. W&M alum. https://understandingwar.org/press-media/staff-bios/g
@nlwartracker.bsky.social
Tracking usage/capture/destruction of weapon systems in #Ukraine theater of operations. Sharing combat footage and more follow @nlwartracker to keep up-to-date!
@theukrainianreview.bsky.social
Ukrainian perspective on the media worldwide 🌎 Website: https://theukrainianreview.info/
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Fellow with Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@johnridge.bsky.social
Physics | Weapons Systems | National Security | Foreign Policy | Arms Exports | Security Assistance | Tochnyi Contributor | Donate to Liberty Ukraine Foundation
@alexward.bsky.social
National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
@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.
@timkmak.bsky.social
Founder, The Counteroffensive: Compelling human stories to illustrate news of the war in Ukraine. Fmr US Army medic. https://www.counteroffensive.news/
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@csis.org
A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world. https://www.csis.org
@ragnarbjartur.bsky.social
My day job involves making sense of data. In my spare time, I apply these skills to Ukraine's fight for freedom.
@elintnews.bsky.social
Independent in-depth coverage & analysis of current geopolitical & geostrategic developments. Proxies & weapons. RT/like/follow/media use≠endorsement.
@maks23.bsky.social
☕️ buymeacoffee.com/MAKS22 🇺🇦 PayPal: maksmu24@ukr.net ✅ patreon.com/Maks24
@defmon3.bsky.social
@ianellis.bsky.social
Founder: IEJ Media ➤ https://www.iejmedia.com | Producer: Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific Podcast ➤ @indopacpodcast.bsky.social ➤ www.youtube.com/@ippodcast
@texty.org
Texty.org.ua — leader in data journalism in Ukraine Support us via Patreon: patreon.com/textyorgua Buymeacoffee: buymeacoffee.com/textyorgua
@philippreese-ch.bsky.social
Swiss, from neutral to NAFO. Supporting Rebekah Maciorowski and the medics of the 53rd Brigade.
@matisaksk.bsky.social
#StandwithUkraine. Journalist, deputy head of foreign desk, Slovak daily @pravdask.bsky.social. The usual caveats apply. #TheGlobalAgora #podcast https://ko-fi.com/amatisak
@archer83able.bsky.social
Providing in-depth news coverage about the armed conflicts and crises all around the globe (focus on 🇺🇦 Ukraine). 📨 archer83able@gmail.com YT: www.youtube.com/@archer83able ☕️ KoFi: https://t.co/zRfCNxRSdu
@jjhelin.bsky.social
Journalist, Fact checker @ http://HS.fi Ukraine War Analysis with Black Bird Group Political History at the University of Helsinki 📞 +358413106215 ✉️ John@blackbirdgroup.fi
@irehman.bsky.social
Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Applied history, grand strategy and Asian security.
@blackbirdgroup.bsky.social
@Black_BirdGroup Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Don't DM, Email us: contact@blackbirdgroup.fi Map: https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap Our site: https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
@geoconfirmed.org
Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/ Managed by volunteers. You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
@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.
@friendlykozak.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American | Данило | he/him | Acceptance of your fellow beings is non-negotiable 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally | frequent posts about Ukraine but also retro gaming, software development, and my very important cat, Wilbur.
@sambendett.bsky.social
Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
@margogontar.bsky.social
Swearing Ukrainian Queen from Kyiv | next My K.Y.I.V. live show dates : Lendwirbel 2025 at Graz, Austria May 1 and May 3 Support my reporting⬇️ https://buymeacoffee.com/margogontar Listen to My K.Y.I.V. 🎧 https://margogontar.ffm.to/my-kyiv
@christianthiels.bsky.social
Civil Servant in Defence 🇩🇪 | he/him | 4mer Spoxperson & (prior to that) Journalist | No official German MoD account | personal views only | RP&FAV ≠ I agree | 🦊🐿️🦅🦇🦉🐦⬛🌳🐕🦺🦝 📷 🏃 🏍️
@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
@fheisbourg.bsky.social
Senior adviser (Europe), IISS, Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
@meanwhileua.bsky.social
🇺🇦 An independent media that acquaints the world with Ukrainian culture, history, past and present. Fb: fb.com/MeanwhileUA X: x.com/MeanwhileInUA YouTube: youtube.com/@MeanwhileUA Support us: bmc.link/meaninuak patreon.com/MeanwhileinUkraine
@reshetz.bsky.social
23, ukrainian-american Print FPV drones like money and we’re hyperinflating
@olgs7.bsky.social
Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
@tendar.bsky.social
Tyrants are my enemies | Si vis pacem para bellum |🇩🇪🇪🇺| Das Böse triumphiert allein dadurch, dass gute Menschen nichts unternehmen |Military & History
@covertshores.bsky.social
Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos http://www.hisutton.com/
@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]
@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
@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.
@general-ben.bsky.social
Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
@massdara.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia.
@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
@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.
@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
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@wartranslated.bsky.social
🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
@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
@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/
@tatarigami.bsky.social
Former UA officer Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@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/
@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social
@warmapper.org
Map updates for the war in Ukraine with occasional updates for other conflicts. Official Soar.earth Ambassador 🏆 helping build the new atlas of the world 🗺 If you would like to support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/warmapper
@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"
@kyivindependent.com
Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine Become a member: http://kyivindependent.com/membership/ One-time donation: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/?interval=onetime
@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
@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
@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.
@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."
@darthputinkgb.bsky.social
Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. YouTuber. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
@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