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Cheryl Rofer

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Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos. Posting on nuclear issues, war, nature, science, and women's issues. Also cats. She/her. Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money Banner: The invincible summer within

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143,422 followers, 4,254 follows, 5,614 posts

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Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.

Spencer Ackerman

@attackerman.bsky.social

86,533 followers, 1,426 follows, 2,570 posts

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Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81

Kelsey Atherton

@atherton.bsky.social

31,502 followers, 1,004 follows, 17,304 posts

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War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2. Front takes towards enemies.

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californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair. edu coalition (dm for details) go bears!

Lawrence Freedman

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54,672 followers, 117 follows, 587 posts

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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/

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@justinling.ca

51,141 followers, 1,532 follows, 6,975 posts

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Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Justi... Signal: JustinLing.42

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Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.

Kori Schake

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33,674 followers, 927 follows, 967 posts

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Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/ko...

Sharon

@sharonk.bsky.social

41,911 followers, 7,839 follows, 54,101 posts

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political theologian at the ministry for the future interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan) words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents

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29,897 followers, 3,971 follows, 10,912 posts

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Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales

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28,271 followers, 1,400 follows, 7,215 posts

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Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social; Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7VOA on ham radio

Gerry Doyle

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19,330 followers, 727 follows, 12,124 posts

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Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6 Ad astra per aspera

Alexander Clarkson

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33,026 followers, 1,018 follows, 13,462 posts

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Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @APHClarkson https://www.ullstein.de/werke/...

Judah Grunstein

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Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle. https://www.worldpoliticsrevie... @wpr.bsky.social

Tom Pepinsky

@tompepinsky.com

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Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican. tompepinsky.com

Geoff Brumfiel

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15,491 followers, 740 follows, 1,595 posts

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I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else. ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor." Signal: gbrumfiel.13 https://geoffbrumfiel.net/

Ankit Panda verified

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18,579 followers, 279 follows, 1,575 posts

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Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford) Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/

Dan Nexon

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14,570 followers, 2,629 follows, 6,679 posts

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Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Power Politics | Empires | International Order dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneybl... | duckofminerva.com

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13,329 followers, 1,417 follows, 7,466 posts

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research on the UN, peacekeeping, peace processes, and international relations. interested in joy, screwball comedy. custodian of world’s sweetest dog. opinions mine! 🧿🦒

Ruth Deyermond

@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social

17,056 followers, 949 follows, 1,623 posts

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Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.

Stephanie Carvin

@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social

15,122 followers, 891 follows, 2,909 posts

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Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦

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@nuclearanthro.bsky.social

13,466 followers, 1,691 follows, 36,172 posts

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Anthro PhD Candidate. nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threats, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc. gonzo journo QUEER RT/Fave/etc ≠agree he/him http://patreon.com/nuclearanth... http://paypal.me/nuclearanthro https://osf.io/46sfd/

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International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net

Paul Musgrave

@professormusgrave.bsky.social

7,268 followers, 877 follows, 1,795 posts

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Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com

Nate Schenkkan

@nateschenkkan.bsky.social

5,615 followers, 1,171 follows, 8,851 posts

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Independent human rights expert working on global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia. Ex-Freedom House, SPLC. https://tcf.org/content/report...

Decker Eveleth

@dexeve.bsky.social

7,908 followers, 420 follows, 877 posts

Registered:22 Jun 2023 17:54

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PRC and DPRK strategic forces analyst with CNA. BA Reed College, MA Middlebury Institute. NSF GRFP.

Juan Cole

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7,357 followers, 1,441 follows, 5,883 posts

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Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics; Signal: Juan Cole

Aaron Stein

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3,525 followers, 267 follows, 377 posts

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President/CEO @fpri.bsky.social; Podcast w/ blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social; Recent Substacker; Author: US War Against ISIS. Views are all my own

Mike Eckel

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4,517 followers, 1,424 follows, 1,235 posts

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Opponent of Quiet Desperation. Contains Multitudes. In Search Of Meanness Or Sublimity. Former Moscow Correspondent. Vladivostok Fanboy. Chaotic Good. @RFERL

Robert Farley

@drfarls.bsky.social

5,692 followers, 523 follows, 4,630 posts

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Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky

Mark Fitzpatrick

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3,875 followers, 74 follows, 276 posts

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Grandpa. Ex-expat in UK. Former State Dept.

Charlie Thomas

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9,450 followers, 906 follows, 5,073 posts

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Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/97...

Queer Hand Luke

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5,770 followers, 6,114 follows, 18,658 posts

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CEO, @outinnatsec.bsky.social · Cask-strength gay · Homosexual professional / professional homosexual 🏳️‍🌈 · Monitoring straight culture since 1999 · Books, comics, policy, and whatever else I feel like

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@queenofthinair.bsky.social

8,048 followers, 2,124 follows, 14,023 posts

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Montanan now home. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Act III Learning, charitable discussion, exploring ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Recovering Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #Achilles I say what I want.

Dalia Dassa Kaye

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2,622 followers, 257 follows, 710 posts

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Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net...

CK DexterHaven

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4,617 followers, 1,448 follows, 25,259 posts

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Chief Cat wrangler @HouseOfPotats. I foster cats and tiny kittens. I also do pet hospice mentoring. companionanimalpawspice@gmail.com Home of KittenHappyHour/Emergency Kitten ♿️ Long🦠,🐈, TexPat, CO, Wx junkie, news https://ko-fi.com/houseofpotat...

Gregory Koblentz

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891 followers, 474 follows, 721 posts

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I research, teach, and write about about the causes and consequences of the proliferation of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological (CBRN) weapons to states and terrorists. Views are my own.

Al Mauroni

@progmil.bsky.social

1,341 followers, 1,223 follows, 679 posts

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NatSec analyst, WMD and nukes, sci-fi enthusiast, gamer

Shashank Joshi

@shashj.bsky.social

66,044 followers, 141 follows, 4,210 posts

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Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/...

Dr Emma Salisbury

@salisbot.bsky.social

6,694 followers, 684 follows, 1,795 posts

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Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert Foreign Policy Research Institute, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, War on the Rocks

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27,538 followers, 15 follows, 864 posts

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Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.

Caitlin Talmadge

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5,764 followers, 224 follows, 293 posts

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MIT professor, Brookings senior fellow, series editor at Cornell Press ⎮ Foreign policy, military operations, civil-military relations, nuclear weapons, authoritarianism ⎮ Views are my own ⎮ Book: The Dictator's Army https://www.caitlintalmadge.co...

ringwiss

@ringwiss.bsky.social

8,575 followers, 55 follows, 3,056 posts

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🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him. Armchair parliamentarian. I type at 140 wpm.

Kristin Wilson 📎

@kristin-wilson.bsky.social

8,488 followers, 712 follows, 1,630 posts

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Recovering Capitol Hill journalist. More opinionated than I used to be. Forever commenting on House procedure and Rules.

AccuWeather

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3,397 followers, 148 follows, 343 posts

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Where weather comes to life - your ultimate source for breaking stories, expert insights, and natural wonders.

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15,135 followers, 843 follows, 63 posts

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Law prof at Cardozo Law. Former U.S. State Dept a few times over. Writes on international law, war powers and national security, presidential power and bureaucracy. https://cardozo.yu.edu/directo...

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U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov