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
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Jacob Goldberg @6oldberg.bsky.social journalist @newhumanitarian // 6oldberg@pm.me
Ali M Latifi @alibomaye.bsky.social Journalist based in Kabul/Istanbul
Eric Reidy @ericreidy.bsky.social Editor & Reporter for The New Humanitarian, covering migration and Gaza. What I’m reading/listening to, editing, & writing.
Tammam Aloudat @tammam.bsky.social Physician, humanitarian worker, unhappy with the state of the world.
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Will Worley @willrworley.bsky.social Policy reporter & editor at The New Humanitarian.
Previously covered climate, UK aid cuts at Devex.
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Namukabo @namukabo.bsky.social Recovering tea addict. Social and Breaking News Reporter at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social Research. Dialogue. Advice.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
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Antje Herrberg @antje4peace.bsky.social Peace entrepreneur & mediator, stabilisation & security specialist, environment advocate, currently @Berghof Foundation and @College of Europe, join and like the podcast Masterpeace
James Worrall @jamesworrall.bsky.social Associate Professor in International Relations and Middle East Studies @ the University of Leeds. Specialist in the Gulf and Levant, Conflict, Order, Global Governance etc.
Co-Editor Civil Wars
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Dino Mahtani @dinomahtani.bsky.social Independent researcher and writer, focused mainly on African affairs. Formerly CrisisGroup, UN, FT, Reuters, Guardian. PhD candidate at LSE.
Stephen M. Grenier @warprof.bsky.social Faculty Director, Global Security Studies Program @jhu.edu | former soldier | Chair, International Security Section @apsa.bsky.social | long suffering fan of Scottish 🏴 & Welsh Rugby 🏴
Andrea Farrés @andreafarres.bsky.social International humanitarian lawyer | Research Fellow | Managing Editor @armedgroupsintl | PhD Candidate at @UniBarcelona | @ESADELawSchool, @IHEID & @BU_Law Alumni
Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social Lecturer in Peace Studies at University of Bradford | conflict crime and development | civilian agency and local order
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Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen @kgekjell.bsky.social Retired diplomat. Former Ambassador of Norway to Pakistan and
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Laura Perez @lauraperez1966.bsky.social
Christoph N. Vogel @ethuin.bsky.social Researcher, advisor, scholar and investigator. Hiphop and cooking aficionado. Kujenga amani lazima kuelewa vita.
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/
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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
Judith Verweijen @judithverweijen.bsky.social Assistant professor at Utrecht University. Researching militarization, resource conflict & violence at the intersection of conflict studies, political ecology & geography. Focus on eastern DRC.
Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com
UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
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Paul D. Williams @pdwilliamsgwu.bsky.social Professor of International Affairs.
Civil Wars Journal @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social Interdisciplinary, peer reviewed T&F journal publishing on intra-state conflict. Co-eds: Dr Alex Waterman (University of Bradford) and Dr James Worrall (University of Leeds). Usual disclaimers
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
Roger Mac Ginty @rogermacginty.bsky.social Peace
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Dogs and old stuff.
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Uppsala Conflict Data Program @ucdp.bsky.social World’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war. ucdp.uu.se
Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
Jana Krause @janakrause.bsky.social Professor, Political Science @UniOslo; ERC ResilienceBuilding; Author of Resilient Communities
Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork.bsky.social Johannesburg-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail since 2009. Previously 15 years as a correspondent in Moscow and Beijing.
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Emrys Schoemaker @emrys.eurosky.social digital, social & political transformation; head of digital & frontier tech @ UNU-CPR; fellow @ LSE & Graduate Institute, Geneva; RT ≠ endorsement
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Philipp Rotmann @rotmann.net Peace & security, conflict, stabilization, foresight & war/policy gaming | Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin
Niels Terpstra @nielsterpstra.bsky.social Universitair Docent in Conflictstudies | Oorlogs- en vredesvraagstukken | Radboud Universiteit
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Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social Director @UNUWIDER. Views are my own.
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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com Political Violence, Civil War, African Politics, Security Studies, Fieldwork Ethics, Gender | Political Scientist @Leiden University | Author of "Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique" (https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936026)
Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se Associate Professor at the Dep. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University (@uupeace.bsky.social). Researching dynamics of civil war, rebel governance, civil resistance, electoral violence, postwar violence, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social Worked over 2 decades with Human Rights Watch & International Crisis Group. Subscribe to my free newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People": https://www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/
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Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social Journalism from the heart of crises
Ben Parker @benparker140.eurosky.social Online news and social media with Newsmast. Humanitarian policy and practice, news and tech. Previous: CEO at The New Humanitarian, CoS at the Black Sea Grain Initiative, UN in Syria, Somalia, Sudans. Article 109 and ODI. Fedi: @benparker@newsmast.social
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Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social Prof. of Political Science. University of Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social - ISP
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Completing a book on biometrics in Africa
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ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) is an independent, impartial, international NGO collecting data on violent conflict and protests globally.
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Adam Baczko @adambaczko.bsky.social CNRS Researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI) of Sciences Po. Civil Wars, Law and Politics, in Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and more recently Mexico. All publication on https://cv.hal.science/adam-baczko
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Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social Professor @iobua.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be
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DRC / Uganda
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Joost Hiltermann @joosthiltermann.bsky.social MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025).
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