Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Some say reading is dead… but perhaps not quite yet… 121
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Volume 39 Issue 3 for 2027 is out… so check it out all these articles here www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3... If they aren’t open access… reach out to authors and ask for a pre-print copy. I’m sure they’d oblige.tandfonline.comThe Journal of Slavic Military StudiesVolume 39, Issue 3 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 142
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Second issue of the year… is a special issue on Ukraine, "Lessons from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022,” guest edited by Deborah Sanders here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Dr Sanders also covers the naval situation in "Maritime lessons from the war in Ukraine"tandfonline.comLessons from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022Published in The Journal of Slavic Military Studies (Vol. 39, No. 2, 2026) 183
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Meet the sideshow FREAKS who REFUSE to use the work-stealing, planet-burning, minority-choking, teen-killing, water-guzzling, brain melter that gets most things wrong and makes the user decide whether they give a shit enough to do their job correctly or if they've given up completely on themselves. 623564
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can 243575926
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 12/04/2026If you’re using the word “marathon” in a context with Iran, for God’s sake look up the fucking etymology you ignorant churls 3676
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/04/2026We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...snyder.substack.comThe Next Coup AttemptAnd How to Stop It 31185393914
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/03/2026Holy shit, this Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge found "AI" bullshit in briefs filed by the lawyers in this case and was having utterly and completely None Of It. Fucking *Love* to see it. 11834236
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/03/2026In all my years at WaPo, this happened to me twice, and it was a huge Marty-Baron-is-calling-your-boss-level deal. Now that I’m indy, it’s three times in a month, that I know of! It’s fucking disgusting. I made $220 from paid subscriptions last month and a salaried journalist is stealing from me. 141696207
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesMotria Oleksiyivna, PhD @motria.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Petition End Russia's Academic Privilege: Remove 'Russia' from Titles at University Studies Centers the time of privileged exclusivity should have been over years ago. Now is the time to stop spotlighting Russia at academic resource centers. c.org/rMvkBvtCbNc.orgSign the PetitionEnd Russia's Academic Privilege: Remove 'Russia' from Titles at University Studies Centers 046
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Oh look, Ukraine has cards! 48722208
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The world is finally seeing what Ukraine deals with every single night. The chaos caused by a few hundred drones across the entire Middle East last weekend is what a single Tuesday in Kyiv looks like. Russia has launched tens of thousands of shaheds since this started 321776
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesIlana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026hire 👏 copy 👏 editors 👏 for 👏 your 👏 substacks (I know I know most people can't afford that shit but ugh it drives me nuts) 3226
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/02/2026“It is a hallmark of fascist politics that the ruling party becomes a kind of institutionalized gang…with cruelty and brutality as the organizing principles and violent bravado as the main form of political expression.” www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-state...liberalcurrents.comTrump’s State of the Union Reminds Us The Republican Party Is Truly LostMore evidence that the Republican Party has been entirely transformed into the party of violence and authoritarianism. 17785249
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19/02/2026🧵 It is important to point out that the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany were very similar to these. The so-called "wild camps" were located in all kinds of diverse locations (basements, warehouses, even boats.). They were characterized by varying levels of violence and almost no oversight. 59231
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability. 6154922993
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 18/02/2026First issue of the year, with pieces on nuclear threats, strategic planning, siloviki, but also reaching down into southeast Europe as well... Moving from articles to reviews, you are indeed seeing double when you check out vol 39 iss 1... www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Slavic Military StudiesVolume 39, Issue 1 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 152
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDr Erika’s (Too) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 25/01/2026Some real Swan Lake shit 181
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDoctor Jeff Hawn 🌻🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦 @jhawn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026And I don’t bloody care if the guy who got killed was the worst criminal ever we have laws we have rules you do NOT get to kill people in the street. JFC 🤬 www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...startribune.comLive: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses sayA video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. 2379
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit. 509207056983
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 16/01/2026If you’d like to review this, drop a message… Got this book in: The Siege of Mariupol: The Azovstal Steel Plant and Ukraine’s Battle for Survival by Christopher Lawrence and Stefan Korshak. www.penandswordbooks.com/978139903420...penandswordbooks.comThe Siege of Mariupol - Pen and Sword BooksThe Siege of Mariupol details Ukraine’s heroic defense, civilian suffering, and Russian forces’ eventual capture.On 24 February 2022, the President of Ru... 031
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJoey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 16/01/2026was in a meeting recently and someone pitched making trailers with AI for a book and I cut them off and said absolutely not and they dropped it. not hard! do not use the tools of the enemy! 2907
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTerrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Sure sounds familiar! From Robert O. paxton, Anatomy of Fascism (Vintage, 2004), p. 142. 084
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Last issue of the year for JSMS has articles on WWII and antifascism and more… everything can be found here… www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Slavic Military StudiesVolume 38, Issue 4 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 174
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 28/12/2025And Ukraine wasn’t on a path to getting into NATO, as @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social and I argue in our new piece “NATO did not cause Putin’s imperial war” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comNATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial WarPublished in The Washington Quarterly (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2025) 1279
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesKeir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 27/12/2025This is, of course, nonsense; the problem is simply that when some people talk about the United States and say “no other country’s leader does this“, they are still thinking of other countries like France not Turkmenistan. 1022331
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com www.propublica.org/people/nicol...propublica.orgNicole FoyProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. 2833731080
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 27/11/2025It’s the holiday season, so get your friends and loved ones books or journal subscriptions to read (instead of new brain-rot devices). Even better if you go directly to a publisher or through your local bookstore! That said, here are some recent JSMS book reviews... 131
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Obviously doing it so they can get a mineral for a superweapon is classic SciFi nonsense, but the whole thing with the ISB deliberately building up radical groups with agents of dubious loyalty and then having it all blow up in their face is *extremely* early 20th century Okhrana-coded. 41283
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesAlexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Good to see the U.S. and Ukraine agree to a joint peace plan. However, this plan is irrelevant. Russia never proposed a legitimate plan. The 28 point “Dim-Witt” plan was an influence operation rather than a plan for a just and lasting peace. 1453893
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I just want to say there are a lot of journalists and writers who do real, incredible work on topics that matter while maintaining high standards. Many of them do not have stable employment or recognition from major institutions. 14772144
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required 619747
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJulia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 21/10/2025MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award. Get your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/moth... 2121136
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJenée Desmond-Harris @jenee.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks! 63830736
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesDr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching 5245201434
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Looking for a distraction from the news? Turn your attention the latest JSMS issue found here www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3..., volume 38, issue 3, including papers about fascists, and antifascists... we'll let you delve into which is which...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Slavic Military StudiesVolume 38, Issue 3 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 163
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesSiobhán Hearne @siobhanhearne.bsky.social · 29/10/2025We have a new author interview up on @peripheralhist.bsky.social We were lucky enough to speak to Isaac McKean Scarborough about his excellent book 'Moscow's Heavy Shadow: the Violent Collapse of the USSR' www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/moscow-...peripheralhistories.co.ukMoscow's Heavy Shadow: the Violent Collapse of the USSRIn Moscow’s Heavy Shadow: the Violent Collapse of the USSR (published with Cornell University Press, 2023) Isaac McKean Scarborough weaves together archival documents from Dushanbe and Moscow to tell ... 052
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 09/10/2025“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa” 15679941546
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesKate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Historians who write books, please a) set up your own author website, independent of your university profile and b) get some professional headshots taken. Love, your friendly neighborhood podcaster. 1217631
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/08/2024In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting. 452179968
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Fascinating article from 1941, by the great Dorothy Thompson. harpers.org/archive/1941...harpers.orgWho Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson 24616
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Why do some publishers keep table of contents a secret? What possible reason? 031
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 27/08/2025AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.arstechnica.comAuthors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class actionAdvocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry. 98162952335
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 14/08/2025And, one more update from this latest issue. Latest book reviews include: Australia’s Lost Heroes: Anzacs in the Russian Civil War 1919, by Damien Wright, from Big Sky Publishing [ed: that's Australia, not Montana], (reviewed by Lincoln E. Flake)... www.bigskypublishing.com.au/books/austra...bigskypublishing.com.auAustralia's Lost Heroes - Big Sky PublishingThis remarkable story, both engaging military history and enthralling detective story, recounts the Australian soldiers who fought in Russia in 1919 and the author’s long journey with the guidance and... 141
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Also out this issue, "On the battles for Hill 446 (Pustki) during the Gorlice breakthrough (2 May 1915) once again,” by Jan Błachnio... 121
Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 12/08/2025New issue is out, www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Slavic Military StudiesVolume 38, Issue 2 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies 110
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesJuliane Fürst @jcaf.bsky.social · 30/05/2025A Chat GPT tale of fraud, challenge and redemption in several acts. It would be funny if it would not be scary. And tragic. I decided to see what AI was all about by letting it write a short essay about a topic that I knew well: Soviet hippies. What got back was… 1145
Reposted by Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTogzhan Kassenova @togzhankassenova.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A new entry in the Ambassadors' Series on Central Asia, published by @eurasianet.bsky.social, spearheaded by @nargiskassenova.bsky.social of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Allan Mustard on the use of shoe leather diplomacy in Turkmenistan. eurasianet.org/memoir-recol...eurasianet.orgMemoir: Recollecting the benefits of shoe leather diplomacy in TurkmenistanGetting out, getting a feel for the place, and putting pins on a map. 082