Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social President, @civildefenseinst.bsky.social
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Exec. Editor @justsecurity.org. Fan of Tom Paine.
Μ (Μέλι) @malikacoexist.bsky.social Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor
Daniele Garofalo @danielegarofalo.bsky.social Intelligence, Security Consultant, Analyst, Lecturer: Terrorist & Insurgent Armed Groups.
https://www.danielegarofalomonitoring.com
Kate Bunn @katebunn.bsky.social Reporter for online newspaper, Maghrebi.org, focusing on news from the Sahel region.
Ally Freischmidt @allyfreischmidt.bsky.social journalism student at UoP
local and national politics
Jacob Boswall @jboswall.bsky.social BBC journalist/analyst following security and conflict stories // aspiring beekeeper
Still also at https://x.com/Boswall_Jacob
@ibtissemjouini.bsky.social @ibtissemjouini.bsky.social 
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
Mary Fitzgerald @maryfitzger.bsky.social Researching Libya and wider Mediterranean.
www.mary-fitzgerald.com
Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social • PhD Political Science, EUI Firenze
• Visiting & postdoc Radicalisation, ISGA Leiden
•Lecturer International Security, IBEI Barcelona
• EU counter-terrorism, Islamophobia & right wing (online) radicalisation
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2805-5269
Jorge Tamames @jorgetamames.bsky.social 🗺 Análisis internacional y economía política. Investigador en @rielcano.bsky.social, profesor en varios sitios.
📕 Algo que hicimos juntos: https://lenguadetrapo.com/libros/es-posible/algo-que-hicimos-juntos/
Craig Whiteside @craigwhiteside.bsky.social teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo https://theisisreader.substack.com/
Broderick James McDonald @broderickjames.bsky.social NatSec x Online Harms | Director at Oxford Advisory | Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | The Alan Turing Institute CETaS Fellow | ex-GOV, UN
James Barnett @james-barnett.bsky.social Researcher and PhD candidate studying conflict and political transitions in Africa (Nigeria and the Horn). Fieldwork fanatic, interdisciplinary inclinations
Various affiliations, but all views my own.
Program On Extremism @gwupoe.bsky.social The Program on Extremism at George Washington University. Analysis and policy solutions on radicalization, terrorism and extremism.
📍Washington, DC 🔗 extremism.gwu.edu
João Cravinho @joaocravinho.bsky.social EU Special Representative for the Sahel.
Former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister in Portugal.
Aspiring cook 🥘, tiring runner 🏃🏽♂️
Posts and reposts represent only myself.
Tarek Megrisi @tmegrisi.bsky.social By day a mild mannered policy fellow @ecfr covering north Africa, migration and the geopolitics of the Mediterranean
Amira Jadoon @amirajadoon.bsky.social 
Jules Duhamel @julesduhamel.bsky.social Geospatial analyst specialised on armed conflicts and political violence. #Sahel and more. Contact: julesduhamel@protonmail.com | Website: julesduhamel.com
@niagalebagayoko.bsky.social @niagalebagayoko.bsky.social 
Imane Rachidi @imanerachidi.bsky.social Periodista trotamundos. Corresponsal multimedia. En #Amsterdam. Antes El #Cairo, #Madrid y #Chaouen. Escribo y hablo donde me dejan. Lo de aquí es mi opinión.
Gina Vale @ginavale.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminology @University of Southampton
📘 Author: "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" OxUniPress 2024
Associate/Fellow @ICCT_TheHague & @Vox_Pol
Study #terrorism, #extremism, #gender, #youth
✉️ gina.vale@soton.ac.uk
Usual caveats
Manu Brabo @manubrabo.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist. Long life to Rock & Roll.
CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social CIDOB is an international affairs think tank that analyses the global issues that affect political & social dynamics, from the international to the local level.
🌍 www.cidob.org
Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social Senior lecturer International Relations, University of Exeter | IR Global South, foreign policy, conflicts, international recognition, norms and practices, Maghreb, EU-MENA | Views mine
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24733-irene-fernandezmolina
GNET @gnetresearch.bsky.social The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is an academic research initiative backed by The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a special project delivered by @csns-uk.bsky.social.
Mohamed Haddad @medhad.bsky.social @Harvard @Kennedy_School MC/MPA 22'
Cofounder @Barr_al_Aman
Frmr @LeMonde @ReutersTV @AFP #MENA
Interested in: judiciary, politics, Int PolEcon.
Listen to my podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/1Av9xurtzT7THA15cq7WQr
Carola García-Calvo @carola-garciacalvo.bsky.social Senior Analyst, Programme on Violent Radicalisation & Global Terrorism, Real Instituto Elcano. Associate Professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Interested in international affairs, gender, violent radicalisation & terrorism | P/CVE & CT.
Karlos Zurutuza @karloszurutuza.bsky.social Rojnamevan
muckrack.com/karlos-zurutuza
...
kzurutuza@jotdown.es
Itxaso Dominguez @itxasdo.bsky.social Incorrigibly curious,eternal nonconformist. Digital Rights @edri + teach&research Critical IR/historic Palestine/SWANA. Here to learn&love. Usual caveats.
North Africa Risk Consulting @northafricarisk.bsky.social North Africa Risk Consulting - political risk analysis for North Africa, with a focus on the energy sector. 
Youssef M. Ouled @ymouled.bsky.social Periodismo. Investigación. Antirracismo.
Atrás dejé la kabila, ahora vivo en una cábala ruidosa y contaminada.
Jalel Harchaoui @jalel-h.bsky.social Analyst focusing on #Libya security & political economy.
Haid Haid @haidhaid22.bsky.social Senior Fellow: Arab Reform Intiative, Chatham House, and ME Council on Global Affairs. | PhD from @warstudies | a Syrian who writes about Syria among other things. RT ≠ endorsements.
Umberto Profazio @profazio.bsky.social Part Time Analyst / Full Time Dad - Personal views on Libya, Maghreb, NorthAfrica and surroundings - Bylines @ IISS + NDCF 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social Nonresident Fellow @timep.bsky.social | linguist | urban sociologist | trailing husband from Aleppo
Manuel R. Torres @mrtorsor.bsky.social Catedrático de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Director de @UPOComPol. Miembro del Consejo Asesor del Real Instituto Elcano y Senior Fellow en el Centro de Estudios Andaluces
Luke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social PhD Student at UMass Lowell | Criminology/Terrorism Studies | Specialist in far-right and military extremism | NATO Shill | U.S. Army Veteran 🇺🇸
American Fault Lines Substack: https://lukebaumgartner1.substack.com/about
Santiago Alba Rico @santiagoalbarico.bsky.social escritor
Javier Biosca @jbiosca.bsky.social Periodista. Jefe de sección en elDiario.es. Internacional. Autor de ‘Sentirán el aliento de Turquía en la nuca’ (Península)
Ilya U. Topper @ilyatopper.bsky.social Periodista.
Journalist
Istanbul & Mediterráneo
www.msur.es
Okba Mohammad @okbam.bsky.social Periodista sirio en España. Licenciado en la guerra. Siria & Migraciones. Co-fundador de @baynanaes y freelance con otros medios.
Daniel Bashandeh @dbashandeh.bsky.social Consultor y analista político. Español y persa.
تحلیلگر سیاسی. ایرانی و اسپانیایی.
Tommy Miles @tommymiles.bsky.social West African history enthusiast, socialist, football fan. Independent scholar, author, recovering academic. Reading history of Niger, Mali, & Glasgow Celtic.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwncv7cLB7I/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Anna Schmauder @annateesch.bsky.social #Sahel Researcher & analyst working on armed groups + hybrid orders in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger - currently adviser at http://stabilisation-platform.de/en / Non-Resident Fellow GPPi https://gppi.net/team/anna-schmauder/ thru-hiker 22/23
Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
David Perejil @davidperejil.bsky.social Director General de la Agenda 2030 @msocialgob.bsky.social. Antes
periodista, analista y profesor de RRII. Siempre de #Orcasitas. Opiniones son estrictamente personales.
Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social Researching, teaching & training. Geopolitics, Foresight, Foreign Poliy, MENA & Turkey. Back at @UABBarcelona
Sahel Research Group @ufsahelresearch.bsky.social The Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida is no longer active on Bluesky. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook, or visit our website https://sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/
Rosa Meneses @rosameneses10.bsky.social Subdirectora del Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos (CEARC).
Periodista y analista experta en Oriente Medio y Magreb.
Journalist and analyst expert in Middle East and North Africa.
Ochberg Fellow at Global Center for Journalism & Trauma.
Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla @gaizkafs.bsky.social Historiador
https://gaizkafernandez.com/
Dr. Matt Herbert @drherbert.bsky.social Global Thematic Lead on Human Smuggling and Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Real Instituto Elcano / Elcano Royal Institute @rielcano.bsky.social Think tank de estudios internacionales y estratégicos
Leading Spanish think tank on international affairs and strategic studies
https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/
Ousmane A. Diallo @usmaanaali.bsky.social I hope this is a better place than Twitter
ICSR @icsr.bsky.social 
Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio @ialvarezossorio.bsky.social Catedrático de Estudios Arabes e Islámicos en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y runner: ya van 28 maratones🏃🏻♂️
Alberto Priego @albertopriego.bsky.social Cuenta Personal - Prof.RRII @UCOMILLAS @ICADE_Derecho 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Nuestra casa es el mundo🎗️
@sonietamb @sonietamb.bsky.social Periodista. Información internacional y derechos humanos. Magreb
Aurélien Tobie @aurelientobie.bsky.social Peacebuilding issues in the Sahel and beyond - Fragility and stabilisation, conflict sensitivity, armed groups, gender. All personal views.
Pablo Moral @pablomoral.bsky.social Prof. Universidad Pablo de Olavide | International Relations & Computational Social Science | Colaborador @elordenmundial.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/pabmoral
Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI.
Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
Samira Daoud @samiradaoud.bsky.social Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Cabo Verde, The Gambia and Guinea. Views are my own.
Oriol Puig Cepero @oriolpuigce.bsky.social Assoc.Researcher @GritimUpf @GEA_UAM. Professor @UPF @UOC. PhD Social Anthropology. Journalist #Migration #ClimateChange #Africa #Sahel #Borders
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
Nicolò Scremin @nicoloscremin.bsky.social ESRC Funded PhD Candidate University of St Andrews | Non-Resident Fellow Program on Extremism (GWUPOE) | War Studies Alumnus KCL | Researching family influences on radicalization and extremism.
Francesco Marone @fmarone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science UniVdA, Aosta, Italy.
Fellow / Associate ISPI, ICCT-The Hague, GWU–PoE.
Research and analysis on International Politics, Security, Violent Extremism.
Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social Mainly interested in the North Caucasus.
Author of "La Chechenia de Kadirov. El régimen de Putin en el Cáucaso" (2024).
Coauthor of "Sistema mediático y propaganda en la Rusia de Putin" (2018).
Dr Cinzia Bianco @cinziabianco.bsky.social Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations on the Arabian Peninsula/ Gulf and relations with Europe. 
Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Emadeddin Badi @emadbadi.bsky.social Eyes on #Libya, MENA geopolitics & security.
Ignacio Molina @ignacio-molina.bsky.social Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute. Profesor de Ciencia Política, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. On the balcony of Europe.
Leila Nachawati @leilana.bsky.social Spanish-Syrian writer and researcher, devoted to social justice. I teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
Facu Díaz @facudiaz.net En Bluesky desde 2008. De gira en http://www.facudiaz.net
Guy Van Vlierden @guyvanvlierden.bsky.social Journalist @HLN_BE. Here I report on extremism/terrorism of all kinds, mostly in English.
Álvaro Cremades @alcremades.bsky.social Political Scientist | PhD student UCM | Associate Lecturer U. Nebrija | Focused on intelligence analysis.
Politólogo | Estudiante de doctorado UCM | Profesor Asociado Universidad Nebrija | Análisis de inteligencia
JM Blanco @josemariablanco.bsky.social Research Director. Professor at different universities on topics such as security, intelligence analysis, organized crime, terrorism or security innovation. Interested in books, nature, travels, sport (running) and music
Jan Wójcik @jankwojcik.bsky.social Security for Freedom, Układ Sił
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
menastream @menastream.bsky.social 
Òscar Mateos @oscarmateos.bsky.social Conflict analysis I Critical peace and security studies I Global Governance I Africa I Global South.
Professor @Blanquerna-URL. Coordinador/investigador @Globalcodes. Posant granet de sorra a @ICIP i @CIDOB. More: https://tinyurl.com/268cr2qr
Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Political risk researcher on Yemen, MENA Based in Bangkok | Also posts on Appalachia, Rivers, เมืองไทย | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute. Post-doc with with the Danish Institute for International Studies. PhD in African History from Columbia University. Learning and writing about the Sahel, North Africa, and France.
Silvia84.bsky.social @silvia84.bsky.social Periodista. Perdida entre las páginas de un libro o en algún rincón del planeta. Interesada en política internacional.
Javier Espinosa @javierespinosa.bsky.social Roving Correspondent (Spain). Former correspondent in Asia, Middle East (12 years), Africa & South America. Tik Tok: @javierespinosarobles https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaryYZB0Qeao8fG0FT0B
Charlie Werb @charliewerb.bsky.social Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own
Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Libération (Chroniques du Sahel) https://www.liberation.fr/auteur/yvan-guichaoua/ • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
Caleb Weiss @calebweiss.bsky.social Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social West African politics maniac. Bissau-Conakry-Dakar-Banjul & all things Boko Haram. https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/membre/vincent-foucher/
https://afriquexxi.info/
https://polaf.hypotheses.org/la-revue
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Haizam Amirah Fernández @haizamamirah.bsky.social Director ejecutivo del Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos (CEARC)
www.cearc.net
Athene Noctua @athenenoctua.bsky.social Ingénieur le jour, analyste défense à mes heures perdues.
Sergio Maydeu-Olivares @maydeuo.bsky.social 🌎 Seguridad humana || Desarrollo, geopolítica, riesgos globales, inteligencia y prospectiva || A veces historia y arqueología || Consultor freelance || Profesor asociado RRII UAB || Investigador asociado CIDOB
De Tarragona en Barcelona
Papillon @papiillon.bsky.social Temperamental 
Ane Irazabal @aneirazabal.bsky.social Berlin correspondent and international reporter. Focused on migration. Previously in Rome, Cairo and Jerusalem. Searching for “centro di gravità permanente”
francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
Fulan Nasrullah @fulan.bsky.social Ex many things. Got sorta famous one time because of a blog. Muslim. Dude.
https://therelevantinfo.com
Mohamed Dhia Hammami @meddhiah.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University | Wesleyan Alumn | Mixed Methods, MENA Politics
🖥️ mohameddhiahammami.com
Dario Cristiani @dcristiani.bsky.social From Secondigliano to the World, Snr Visiting Researcher KCL IMES/Research Associate IAI
https://mediterraneoglobale.substack.com/
https://politicaestera.substack.com/