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A journal of applied research in contemporary politics Editors-in-chief: Sara Chatfield and Seth Masket Book editor: Phil Chen https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/for/html

Personal Account Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social. Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria

Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh marcusrediker.com

Sci fi and Fantasy Author. Holocaust and Genocide Historian. Host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

I like bears, whales, and cherry cola.

military stuff for a while—now, retired guy stuff•dog dad•snow shoes & mt bikes•sweary & sometimes boozy•just hanging on in the middle of Maine

Housing 🏘️, transit🚇, walking🚶‍♂️ and cycling 🚲 advocate in Woburn, MA, USA Car lite advocate, ebike owner Historic 🏠 owner, renovation amateur, and marriage enthusiast Vegetarian Senior RF Design Eng The opinions on this account do not represent my employer

PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic. 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind), and 2025 International Fellow, British Academy

I'm mean because I grew up in New England. Angletonian acolyte spreading the counterintelligence gospel. “There are tigers roaming this world, and we must recognize them or perish.” -Peer de Silva

Political writer. Covering Congress. Vincit Omnia Veritas. Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power. 🩵 "Freedom is not just an absence of evil, but a presence of good." -Timothy Snyder

Antifascist prof. Political theory, postcolony, anathema, the end of days, demon sperm. Views entirely my own. Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

Freelance Bernard Woolley Impersonator

Professor of the History of War and Society, King’s College London. Co-Director of the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War. President of the Second World War Research Group. FRHistS.

The Walking Museum of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona. Author Forgotten Places: Barcelona&SCW. Also Iberian wildlife and landscape. New book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War " end of November 2025 www.thespanishcivilwar.com

PhD Researcher War Studies, Kings College London Russia | Intelligence | Strategic Culture | Cold War views own

UGA grad. U.S. Marine. Best Boston Celtics and Georgia Bulldog fan you will ever know. Atlanta/Gainesville

Historical and Modern Wargaming, Warhammer, Army Infantry Officer. Irish.

Linking doctrine and military history to create Professional Military Education for Officers and SNCOs in 30 minute bites.

Retired naval officer, PhD candidate exploring maritime strategy for medium powers. President Australian Naval Institute. Interested in naval and military affairs, natsec, history and how our democracy works

PhD 19th Century Military: U.S. Military History, Mexican-American War. Associate Professor of History and Government. Hockey Fan. Tweets are my own

PhD student in Military History (Territorial Force before and during the First World War), Foundation Year Lecturer, Army Reserve. “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty”

Military historian and published author, best known for "Nine From Aberdeen," the WWII history of U.S. Army EOD operations. PhD from WVU (2009). Army veteran, acolyte musician. Proudly anti-MAGA and ex-GOP since 1996.

PhD candidate at Temple University spotlighting the lives of American servicewomen during the Korean War (1950-1953). Helping to build the future of military and gender history through oral histories, archives, and storytelling.

PhD, professor, history- writing on history of Iran, US Iranian relations, and US military relations with Iran. Focus: The forgotten human stories behind international events.

Foreign and Security Policy Researcher/Writer/Editor | Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute | PhD in History from Cambridge University Interests include: Neutrality, Diplomacy, Mercenaries, Warfare, & Military Coups

George Mason PhD Student, 19th Century U.S. Historian of the Civil War and Reconstruction, Labor, military, and religious history.

Army Officer | Infantry Soldier | PhD Student I post my views on leadership, Mission Command, and military history. 🇮🇪

History PhD Student at UNC - Chapel Hill. Contemporary military history, history of airpower, society, and U.S. strategic culture. https://history.unc.edu/graduate-student/jay-bateman/

NCCU Alum 🦅 | Ohio State 🔴⚫ PhD Candidate studying African American Military History.

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.com/

Buffalo gal in SLC "Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing" - Jack Handey

I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography). I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing) Welcome to my place

No longer in good standing with the New York State bar My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net

We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.

Senior Editor, Task & Purpose; former USAF & Alaska ANG Pararescueman. Cited in SCOTUS brief (Nieves v Bartlett). Agatha Christie reader. Teach @unchussman.

Retired Navy and retired civil servant. I love to build stuff and learn history. I love a quiet evening in my library with my books. PNW is home. Vote Blue 🚫 Crypto 🚫 Porn 🚫 Market

Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN

Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member. She/they.

Historian Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW Canberra Director, Second World War Research Group, Asia-Pacific 2026 David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellow, State Library of New South Wales All views my own

- pittsburgh general nuisance - nice (usually) - fix your hearts or die - they/he - 🏴 "You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you allowed to abandon it." "They have the firepower, we have the mass." Signal available over DMs.

Writer. Father. Unwilling tech enthusiast. Veteran. Hiker of mountains. Black belt. ER medic in a prior life. I sometimes think I know what is going on, but probably don’t. In New England until the end. Yes. It is a coup. #WritingCommunity

President, Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism. Founder @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Editor, The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Rightwing populism is the threat of our time to liberal democracy.

Assistant Professor at the Air Command and Staff College in the Department of Joint Warfighting. Writing about Russian media and religion. All posts, reposts, and likes are my own and not a reflection of my employer.

Writer. Editor in Chief of The Tom Beckbe Field Journal and Lethal Minds Journal. Retired Marine. Strong opinions on Labradors, breakfast, music, and bbq. Pretty flexible otherwise.

Yo, this my corner I ain’t running nowhere

Comedian, author of Klopp Actually and Pivot, always wants some distraction…

Journalist

Gardener. Writer. Spanish teacher. Veteran’s advocate for my former SOF spouse #saveourforests

NYC. Turn ons include black coffee, loud guitars, dead lifts, books, Islay whiskey, demonstrations, and anything for the revolution. A Bluesky Low Volume Elder™ Happy to be here. Happy to be anywhere. https://pixelfed.social/Bdonnelly

Juarez/El Paso; NYC by marriage; Romania when possible. Social worker/librarian/grad student manqué

Collects stamps, WW2 pocket guides. WIP about a Vietnam War corpsman in NSA Hospital DaNang (1967). Two middle grade historical fiction books, son of a diplomat in DC (1982-3). Enjoys 📺 classic movies and ⚾️,🏀.

Retired Officer and Military Historian

Utahn. Temporarily retired podcaster. He/Him pronouns in bio

Dad, reader, (board)gamer

Music. Art. Cats. Books. History. Academic stuff: Holocaust Research & Antisemitism Studies. ✡︎

Self determination advocate. Keeping Phoenix families on the road with Consolidated Auto Sales & Service, educating civic leaders with the Libertarian Policy Foundation, providing affordable self-defense with the Altor. https://nsarwark.substack.com/

"Atlantic Furies" coming soon, Scribe UK - early women who flew the ocean. Existing Books: biogs of Amy Johnson, Marie Lloyd, Piccadilly Circus, #POWs ("The Barbed-Wire University") etc. #WW2 Creative writing tutor Cambridge. https://midgegillies.com/

Analysis without Advocacy.

Engages tanks and tank-like targets. Recon and Security enthusiast, Dad, and Packers Owner

I know weird things and I’m scared of the big light.

Failed copy editor who decided to give hockey writing a try.

Executive Director, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. Views are mine, not my employer's. Historian. Writer. Army veteran. Adjunct history instructor. Author of “The Last Lincoln Republican” (University Press of Kansas, 2020). #ParkChat Hall of Famer.

Chaotic good w/ redneck roots. Medievalist/teacher/PhD candidate/worker/overexplainer/aspiring pícara. Personal account; loud opinions (which is all of them) my own. she/her 📍 North Carolina (in the woods somewhere instead of doing my work)

underemployed professor research: music, political culture, history, and identity in medieval England and beyond British-American, based in LA

Sharing the Japanese American experience. Look for programs near you at janm.org/OnTheGo

she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune. -- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.

Editor Warships IFR magazine and its associated guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Killing the Bismarck', plus the novel 'Martin's Eyes', out 10.4.26.

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Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 2nd book, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club. Links: https://linktr.ee/richardfoster

Climate, energy and all things interesting. Just transition and what it means for workers. Living in Puotila, Helsinki with wife and three kids. 🇫🇮🇪🇺 Working: www.sttk.fi/en

pragmatic optimist and well-known email author views are mine alone cohen489.substack.com americandemands.com BOOK RECS THAT PAY ME + LOCAL STORES: https://bookshop.org/shop/cohen489

"A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian ◦ historian of Nazis & USA @ Yale ◦ author, THE HOMELAND (CUP, coming 2026) ◦ host, This Guy Sucked all opinions my own. https://www.ceaubin.com https://thisguysucked.com

Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/ OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/ C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought. Economics, history, theory, politi

Wife, mom, autism advocate, triathlete, Ironman! Love coffee, love beer. Doing my best to stay fit in my 50s! I do no harm, but I take no shit.

I am that “radical left thug guy” the MAGA party warned you about. A New England tick rancher and leaf-farmer and a Once-was Has-Been 11A war-chief of a tribe of G.I. Trunk-monkeys 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱✊👊

Research & write on 30s Britain, Spain, Germany. Britain's Iron Chancellor out now! Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain, The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor

Mid-crash out Field Grade

Historian/Medievalist/Teacher. 14th century Britain, Anglo-Scottish Wars, history of tech, and commerce. PhD Uni of Durham (UK). History Department Chair at an independent school in the South. Opinions my own.

The internet isn’t the only place to surf. Non-work, semi-judgemental account. Powered by coffee. NY to SF

Historian, writer, and voracious reader of science fiction and fantasy. My wife and I have had five cats together that we spoil outrageously. He/him.

Views expressed are my own and do not represent those of any organization I am affiliated with. Like or repost does not mean endorsement.

Come here for a weird nexus of sports fandom, history, especially naval history, and various forms of traditional nerdity.

EMT, veteran, ex-nuclear reactor operator & former genetics researcher. A wandering Texan who loves Minnesota, science, brisket, & @SleepyNeutrons. She/her

ISPK is a research institute affiliated with the University of Kiel. We focus on maritime strategy & security, terrorism & radicalization research, conflict studies & hybrid warfare, and Asia-Pacific security. www.ispk.org www.kielseapowerseries.com

Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki

Retired soldier, historical researcher, and college educator. All views and opinions here are my own. Always looking to learn something new!

Midwest Coast. Automotive industry lifer. Still learning.

Husband | Father | Executive Director | Historian | Author

Historian of the Romanian Army in WW2. Works at US Army Center of Military History.

🇨🇦 Army (armour, 25 yrs, 4 x tours, injured & medically retired), MA Strategic Studies, hate partisan politics. Defence, national security, Ukraine & intl affairs. NAFO Fella. My serious commentary is on Substack: https://blackcloudsix.substack.com

tall, friendly, middle-aged boy former USAF, current cybersecurity guy phillies, eagles, & sixers enjoyer alexandria, va

Soldier, scholar, icee addict. I know *some* things about China, natsec

Long time listener, first time caller

Canadian, Tory, somehow found my way onto Bluesky and am now trapped here. Interested in military history, COIN, foreign military training, jihadism, the KPA, and many others.