Johan Engvall @jengvall.bsky.social Research on Central Asia, South Caucasus, Russia
Deputy Research Director at Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Anders Ackfeldt @ackfeldt.bsky.social PhD in History of Religions, Deputy Director Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII). Malmö/Istanbul.
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
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Dr Robert Mason @drrmason.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Non-Resident Fellow with the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times.
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John Paul Rathbone @jprathbone.bsky.social FT Turkey bureau chief
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Volker Perthes @perthes.bsky.social Scholar-Speaker-Advisor. Visiting Fellow and former CEO (2005-2020) Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Former UN Under-Secretary-General (2021-March 2024), SRSG for Sudan (2021-2023).
Eric Brewer @ebrewer.bsky.social Deputy VP at Nuclear Threat Initiative. Previously Director for Counterproliferation at the National Security Council and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for WMD at the National Intelligence Council. Personal account/views my own.
Angus McDowall @angusmcdowall.bsky.social Reuters journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa. Previous postings include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Tunisia.
Phil Stewart @phildstewart.bsky.social Military & Intelligence Correspondent@Reuters. Reported from 60+ countries including Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Russia, China. US based. phil.stewart@tr.com
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social USAID, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian assistance veteran.
Missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
Somar Al Naher @somar.bsky.social Politisk redaktör på Dagens ETC.
Riccardo Fabiani @ricfabiani.bsky.social Project Director, North Africa at the International Crisis Group.
The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social Israel's English-language paper.
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ http://htz.li/natsec
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■ I also follow planes
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Gregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social Analyst EurasiaGroup. Iran, energy. Wrote some books.
Arab Reform Initiative @arabreforminit.bsky.social A Hub for Independent Thought.
Producing knowledge geared towards achieving democratic change in the Arab Region.
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
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Yaël Mizrahi-Arnaud @yaelmiz.bsky.social | Century International Fellow | PhD Candidate | Israel and Palestine politics & history | perennial weltschmerzer
Mohannad Shamy @mohannadshamy.bsky.social Free Syrian | Researcher acleddata.bsky.social
Ahmad Abazeid أحمد أبازيد @abazeid89.bsky.social Syrian, researcher, 18 March 2011 syrian revolution.
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Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
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Jason Renker @jasonrenker.bsky.social Jersey City and Catskill. Have been known to defend Social Security during Thanksgiving dinner. Trying to leave things better than I found them.
Editor at The Century Foundation. Posts are my own opinion.
Dara Conduit @daraconduit.bsky.social ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne | Digital Authoritarianism | Syria | Iran | Author of The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria | She/Her
Joost Hiltermann @joosthiltermann.bsky.social MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025). 
Walid AL NOFAL @walid-alnofal.bsky.social صحفي سوري 🇸🇾🇸🇾
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Muhsen ALMustafa @handle.invalid Researcher in Military Civil Relations at Omran Center | 🇸🇾
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Daniele Garofalo @danielegarofalo.bsky.social Intelligence, Security Consultant, Analyst, Lecturer: Terrorist & Insurgent Armed Groups.
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Kassem Hamadé @kassemhamade.bsky.social Journalist
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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social Nuclear editor @thebulletin.org. Fmr MacArthur Found. & Marie S.-Curie fellow @stanfordcisac.bsky.social. Fmr engineer in US/French nuclear ind. 1st gen. Father x3. Cello. Synthbass. Kyokushin. Autism. | Tips: francois@thebulletin.org Signal: francoisdm.21
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social Nuclear historian. Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Visiting researcher at Nuclear Knowledges program, Sciences Po (Paris). Author of THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY (2025). Creator of NUKEMAP. Blogging at https://doomsdaymachines.net.
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Natacha Danon @natachadanon.bsky.social Damascus-based journalist telling Syrian stories with eyes on Palestine | Bylines in Syria Direct, New Lines Magazine, Middle East Eye & The New Arab
Fabian Hoffmann, PhD @frhoffmann.bsky.social Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy.
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Dov H. Levin @dovlevin.bsky.social Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos on environmental cleanup, nuclear nonproliferation, and the nuclear fuel cycle.
She/her.
Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Photo: Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz.bsky.social CEO @FDD. Sanctioned by Iran & Russia. Annoyingly nonpartisan. Obsessed with defending democracies. https://www.fdd.org/team/mark-dubowitz/
Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social Free Palestine. No Zionists. No antisemitism. Millennial. Observer46664.86 on Signal, localobserver86 on Discord, and localobserver86 @ gmail. Not a serious or a professional account. She/her/hers
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Dr Ian J Stewart @ian-j-stewart.bsky.social 🏴🇬🇧ExecDir James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies DC @miis Past @DefenceHQ, @warstudies. Nonpro, emerging tech, China. Nuc engineer. Phd War Studies. http://nonproarchive.com
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News. 
Brian Fishman @brianfishman1.bsky.social National security, technology, California. Cinder co-founder, led DOI at FB, created Palantir disaster relief, Research Director at CTC @ West Point.
Jason Burke @jasonburke2.bsky.social Author of The Revolutionists: the story of the extremists who hijacked the 1970s, Baillie Gifford shortlist, lots of nice reviews, out now https://shorturl.at/aLfVb. Apparently "veteran" foreign correspondent etc too. Oh, and a dad.
Amanda Sokolnicki @amandasokolnicki.bsky.social Politisk redaktör på Dagens Nyheter.
Anders Schröder @andersschroder.bsky.social Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Ex MP for the Swedish Green Party. Politics, philosophy, history, etc.
Israel Policy Forum @israelpolicyforum.bsky.social Credible and constructive policy analysis and educational resources on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli politics, U.S.-Israel relations, and more.
Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social Father, husband, citizen, professor, focusing mainly on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy issues. Faculty lead for Harvard's Managing the Atom project: www.belfercenter.org/programs/managing-atom
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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
Stephanie Liechtenstein @stephliechtenstein.bsky.social Freelance journalist based in Vienna, Austria, with focus on: Multilateral diplomacy/Foreign policy/Arms control/Austria.
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Usual caveats.
Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social Independent analysis, commentary, and reporting on #Syria and beyond. Founded in 2012 by Syrian writers and academics.
Darya Dolzikova @ddolzikova.bsky.social Proliferation and Nuclear Policy Research Fellow at RUSI @rusi.bsky.social.
Iran nuclear; nuclear safety in warzones and military targeting of nuclear sites; some nuclear trade; other nuclear things.
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The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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AliVaez.bsky.social @alivaez.bsky.social Director of #Iran Project & Senior Advisor @CrisisGroup; Adjunct Prof @Georgetown; Fellow @FPI_SAIS; Ex @UNDPPA @FAScientists @Harvard
Isabell Schierenbeck @ischierenbeck.bsky.social Professor in Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Specializing in Israeli & ME/Red Sea politics, diaspora and FPA, public administration & migration. You find me at LinkedIn.
Maya Ungar @mayaungar.bsky.social posting about all things UN & international conflict 🕊// currently UN Analyst at International Crisis Group (@crisisgroup.org) // she/her // all views are my own
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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Matt Korda @mattkorda.bsky.social I count nukes for the Federation of American Scientists + the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 🇨🇦 Views my own.
Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Tracking nuclear arsenals, co-author of Nuclear Notebook, SIPRI Yearbook. Opinions my own.
Website: https://fas.org/initiative/nuclear-information-project/
The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our news-portal:
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Council Member @ecfr.eu 📸 Stas Kartashov
🎙️ co-host Mildly Alarmed
✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
Svenska högtider och vanor @svenskavanor.se Svenska högtider, traditioner och bruk. Skrivit en bok som heter Tacos, tvättstuga och tack för senast. Mattias Axelsson ligger bakom.
http://svenskahogtider.com/kontakt/
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Nuclear weapons expert (history, policy, costs, accidents) and tracker of the nuclear “Football.”
@joshua-landis.bsky.social @joshua-landis.bsky.social 
Dmitry Stefanovich @dvsteff.bsky.social Nukes, missiles, military, space, tech, music, cats, #STRATDELA and #HYPERHYPE 
Séamus Malekafzali @seamus-malekafzali.com Journalist and writer.
Writing about the Middle East at http://seamus-malekafzali.com and about film at http://burntnitrate.com.
Email: s.malekafzali@protonmail.com
Chatham House Middle East and North Africa @chmenap.bsky.social The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region.
🔗 kalam.chathamhouse.org
The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social Journalism from the heart of crises
William Christou @willchristou.bsky.social Writing for the Guardian in Beirut.
Pieter Both @pieterboth.bsky.social - C Cédric Labrousse @cedlab.bsky.social Créateur de www.votreprofesseur.fr et du @syrianrebelobs.bsky.social | Fils de marin pêcheur. Commencé à travailler à 16 ans. Liberté. Autonomie. Doctorant sur la Syrie.
Michelle Wiese Bockmann @michellewb.bsky.social Michelle Wiese Bockmann, London-based maritime intelligence analyst & writer. Tanker tracker & subject matter expert in deceptive shipping practices, the 'dark fleet' & global trade with experience spanning 25 years across 3 continents. Views my own.
Karim Émile Bitar @karimbitar.bsky.social 🇱🇧🇫🇷Professor of International Relations (USJ, Sciences Po Paris, ENS Lyon), US Foreign Policy & Middle East expert (IRIS, GCSP, MEI), Consultant, Writer, Former Dean of the Institute of Political Science at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, News addict
@nickgrins.bsky.social @nickgrins.bsky.social Middle East - Arsenal - NATO - Belgian beer
Not necessarily in that order.
Filip 📎 @kaptenadhoc.bsky.social Full av sTarKa åSiKtEr som ibland kommer ut halvbakade. Skulle helst skita i allting och gå till sjöss för gott. Jagar ibland.
Michael Stephens @mikerstephens.bsky.social Senior Fellow @FPRI Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_Org, @RANDEurope, Views my own, RTs not endorsements....Fulham FC