Eurovision News Spotlight @spotlight.ebu.ch Eurovision News Spotlight is a network of public service broadcasters working collaboratively in fact-checking and OSINT. https://spotlight.ebu.ch/
Dmitri Alperovitch @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
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. (All skeets here are my views alone.) Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
spook @spook.bsky.social CONTENT WARNING 18+ - Signal: +1 (202)
430-5323 - t.me/spook_boys 
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
GAU @deaidua.org Tracking Germany's assistance for Ukraine | Plenty of writing | Signal: GAU.98 | Threema: V95AP84E | info@deaidua.org | https://ko-fi.com/deaidua
https://deaidua.org/en/
https://deaidua.org/news/
mwosint @plosint.com 
Gerrit Kurtz @gerritkurtz.bsky.social Researcher at German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin). Focus on conflict prevention, peacebuilding and diplomacy in the Horn of Africa (Sudan and Ethiopia). Own views. Retweets not endorsement.
https://gerritkurtz.net
EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social The EUISS is the EU’s foreign & security policy think tank. We provide critical analysis and insights to inform the EU’s strategic choices.
🌐 iss.europa.eu
Katarzyna W. Sidlo @katarzyna-sidlo.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst for MENA at @EUISS.bsky.social - the EU think tank on foreign and security policy. All views expressed here are strictly personal.
RT≠endorsement
Lieven @lhuybreg.bsky.social Antwerpenaar die ondergedoken leeft in West Vlaanderen. Kookt graag. Werkt op ondervoeding, geeft wat les aan UGent. Personal account.
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring 
Nick Vant (Reuters) @nickvant.bsky.social Reuters Producer
Ex-researcher @ M&C Saatchi World Services. KCL War Studies grad (MA Int’l Conflict Studies)
Views my own.
Tech Against Terrorism @techvsterrorism.bsky.social Saving lives and preventing harm by disrupting terrorist activity online and upholding human rights. Supported by UNCTED
🔸 Website: https://techagainstterrorism.org/home
🔸 Podcast: https://podcast.techagainstterrorism.org/
Christophe Vogt @christophevogt.bsky.social loooooonnnnng time reporter for Agence France-Presse. Defense , science, 🐈 🐈🇨🇭🇺🇳
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social BBC’s International Correspondent
https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
Planalyst @polianalytical.bsky.social OSINT | Politik | (Innere) Sicherheit | Intelligence Analysis | bissl Cyber
Gianluca Mezzofiore @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social Editor, OSINT and visual investigations @CNN
Email: gianluca.mezzofiore@cnn.com
Trevor Ball @easybakeovensz.bsky.social Weapons Technical Analyst at Armament Research Services (ARES). Previously Bellingcat, US Army EOD.
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal 
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ http://htz.li/natsec
■ Prev: editor-in-chief @haaretzcom
■ I also follow planes
DefenceGeek @defencegeek.bsky.social Jon.
military & geo-political news. Views my own.
Former Producer & Host @TheOsintBunker Podcast.
Senior Editor with @UKDefJournal.
Used to have 32.2K followers on Twitter/X.
Christian Mölling @cemoll.bsky.social Security - Defence - Food
Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social IR Scholar. Universität der Bundeswehr München. Private account
Frank Sauer @drfranksauer.bsky.social 🎙️ Co-Host @sicherheitspod.de
🤓 Head of Research @metis.unibw.de
🐦 https://twitter.com/drfranksauer/ 👈 inactive
🦣 http://mastodontech.de/@drfranksauer 👈 bridged
رائد الحامد @h6r.bsky.social باحث في الجماعات المسلحة السنية والشيعية في سوريا والعراق
Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social Arabist. Journalist. Entrepreneur.
With 19 field trips to Syria since 2019, I bring perspectives grounded in firsthand experience and authentic local engagement.
@RenaLingua.
renanetjes@protonmail.com
Joshua Koontz @joshuakoontz.bsky.social Yemen Analyst, Geolocation & Maps, Follow/Like/Share =/= Endorsement, My posts are my own, Threads @jkoontz__ X @JoshuaKoontz__
Patrick Senft @senftpatrick.bsky.social Research Coordinator @Arms_Research | Previously @Vredesinstituut | MSc. @UniLeiden. Slowly transitioning away from Twitter.
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Gustav C Gressel @gresselgustav.bsky.social Security, Defence, Europe; #MilSky
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
Mick Ryan @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
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social 
Sector035 @sector035.bsky.social Doing #OSINT before it was cool 😎 Just arrived, slowly settling on here.
Riccardo Valle @vallericcardo.bsky.social Research analyst & security consultant focused on jihadism & security in Afghanistan, Pakistan and South & Central Asia.
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Daniel H. Heinke @danielheinke.bsky.social Adjunct professor, HfÖV Bremen | Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr (Reserve) | former Military professor, LTC (Res), George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies | All views my own.
Michael Weiss @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
Abdullah Almousa @abuorwa.bsky.social معاون وزير الإعلام السوري لشؤون المحتوى
Reinhard Schulze @reinhardschulze.bsky.social Seit langem mit der Islam- und der Nahostwissenschaft verbunden, engagiert in gesellschafts-, religions- und wissenschaftspolitischen Fragen | RT ≠ endorsement
Sylvain HAJRI @navlys.bsky.social Passionate about #OSINT.
Founder of epieos.com, a powerful reverse email/phone lookup OSINT tool.
lehack.org #OsintVillage Founder,
osintfr.com co-founder
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/
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.
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Emma Beals @ejbeals.bsky.social Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
Liz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.- M Michael Knights @mikeknights.bsky.social
Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security
Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae
Circassian
Vera Mironova @mironovavera.bsky.social Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
Emadeddin Badi @emadbadi.bsky.social Eyes on #Libya, MENA geopolitics & security.
Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
Email: dolivier@africandefence.net
Signal: darren.13
Orwa Ajjoub @orwaajjoub.bsky.social Phding in Global Politics @mau.se. Focus: Syria, jihadism. Former researcher at Lund University. Words: @MiddleEastInst ,@AtlanticCouncil and others. 
Julian Rademeyer @julianrademeyer.bsky.social Writer, researcher on organised crime. Previously at Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, TRAFFIC and Africa Check. Author of 'Killing for Profit’. Views my own.
Jimmy Rushton @jimmyrushton.bsky.social Kyiv based foreign policy/security analyst
Currently focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Independent - opinions mine alone
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Raphael Gluck @einfal.bsky.social Pesquisador independente @jihadoscope | #CVE |Hezbollah says I'm Mossad. Quote your source & redemption bring forth- Talmud| All opinions are my mums #AI
Aurélien Tobie @aurelientobie.bsky.social Peacebuilding issues in the Sahel and beyond - Fragility and stabilisation, conflict sensitivity, armed groups, gender. All personal views.
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
OffBeat Research @offbeatresearch.bsky.social Open-source, online investigations covering the unconventional, plus in-depth reportage and analysis from the front lines.
https://offbeatresearch.com/
James Bevan @jamesbevan.bsky.social 
Jens Hittrien @jenshittrien.bsky.social Criminologist independently observing Syrian conflict. Bridging between (open source) research, local reporting & journalism, flavoured with proper thoughts.
Frédéric Gras @fredgrs.bsky.social ERW Expert interested in modern munitions used in conflicts on-going. Occasionally expert in everything and specialist of nothing...🙂
Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, AL-MONITOR | Professor, GWU
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/china-middle-east-briefing-7305587918826319872/
Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social Producer, CBS News Confirmed. Philadelphian/Londoner by way of Northern Ireland. I like to poke at things that don’t make sense. Big fan of big boats.
William Armstrong @williamarmstrong.bsky.social Istanbul-based with BBC Monitoring. Founder, presenter, hype-man with Turkey Book Talk (@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social). I have no views.
https://turkeybooktalk.com
https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/
Ryan O'Farrell @ryanmofarrell.bsky.social Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa & the Levant / geolocations / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social National Security Reporter for WDR Investigativ SZ Investigativ | Terrorism | Crime | Intelligence | 🔑 Threema: UYT54AAM
Blog: https://ojihad.wordpress.com/
Daniele Raineri @danieleraineri.bsky.social Journalist @ Il Post
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.
Fidelius Schmid @fschmid.bsky.social National Security Correspondent @spiegel.de
Henk van Ess @henkvaness.bsky.social #osint #ai
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior 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/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Franz J. Marty @franzjmarty.bsky.social Business Advisor with the Swiss Institute for Global Affairs, focussing on international developments, trade, and supply chains in #Eurasia
Brian Castner @briancastner.bsky.social Writer. River guide. Chicken herder. 
Abdirahim Saeed @abdirahims.bsky.social BBC journalist. Open-source investigations (OSINT) editor at BBC Arabic. Posting on verification, visual investigations, disinformation, AI, data, Middle East, global affairs.
Miro Dittrich @mirod.bsky.social Researching German far-right-extremism/terrorism, QAnon, and content moderation policies
Senior Researcher @cemas.io
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
ELINT News @elintnews.bsky.social Independent in-depth coverage & analysis of current geopolitical & geostrategic developments. Proxies & weapons. RT/like/follow/media use≠endorsement.- T Trenton Schoenborn @tschoenborn.bsky.social Conflict and political situation analysis and reports: Syria, Iraq, Mali/Niger. Casualty tracking. STL to MPLS transplant. Opinions do not represent employer.
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
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev at BBC Africa Eye. Bellingcat contributor.
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News. 
Wyvern @wyvernreports.bsky.social 
@Jrt_191 @jrtunderscore191.bsky.social I do military map making and map making accessories, miscellaneous OSINT. Student studying national security and international affairs. Australian-American. @Jrt_191 on twitter. Supporter of Ukraine. Слава Україні, Героям слава He/him
Guy Van Vlierden @guyvanvlierden.bsky.social Journalist @HLN_BE. Here I report on extremism/terrorism of all kinds, mostly in English.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT