Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.
Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social Retired intelligence analyst with CSE and CSIS in Canada, author of eight books on terrorism, keen to engage on national security and intelligence issues. www.borealisthreatandrisk.com
Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social New role to be announced soon!
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Fan of Tom Paine.
The Global Coalition @theglobalcoalition.org The Global Coalition against Daesh is a unique partnership of 90 governments and institutions working to degrade and defeat Daesh. https://theglobalcoalition.org/en/
Accelerationism Research Consortium @arcglobal.bsky.social ARC is dedicated to a collaborative, empirical approach to understanding and addressing the threat of accelerationism to democratic societies. 
Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social Militant Accelerationism. Radicalization. Digital Extremism. Trust & Safety.
Executive Director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE) and Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC)
www.counteringextremism.org
www.accresearch.org
Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za 
War Noir @warnoir.bsky.social Independent Weapons and Conflicts researcher | Mostly focuses on Armaments and Weapons Including Illicit Sales | patreon.com/war_noir | MilitantWire.com
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
David Wells @davidwellsct.bsky.social Global security consultant focused on terrorism, counter-terrorism & new technology (particularly AI): Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
Casus Belli @casusbelli.bsky.social Slightly French Analyst | #OSINT #IMINT and monitoring | Mostly Africa and ex-USSR | RT ≠ endorsement
Matt Petit @mattpetit.bsky.social Former U.S. Diplomat / former NSC Director / Davidson grad. Tech and natsec, African affairs, Persian, trombone, birds (and most other animals)
Abdou Kh. Cisse @rebayacall.bsky.social Coordinateur des rédactions de l'Agence de de presse africaine (APA- Apanews.net)
Ancien de Dakaractu - Leral - Carrapide
Je travaille essentiellement sur les mouvements jihadistes en Afrique de l'ouest
Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social Researcher/ Focus on Africa
https://open.substack.com/pub/hasretkargin?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4mz338
Sub-Saharan Africa report every week.
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
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
Kyruer @kyruer.bsky.social IR graduate, focused on insurgent groups in Syria and in the Sahel.
Tomi Oladipo @tomioladipo.bsky.social Journo. Analyst. | Media, International Politics, Security | #lufc
Alice Fereday @alicefereday.bsky.social Senior Analyst, North Africa and Sahel Observatory @Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Researching illicit economies in the Sahel, with a focus on Niger and Chad
Peter Bofin-Kilusungu @swahilistreet.bsky.social Ireland and East Africa. Researcher on politics, conflict, and East Africa
Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net 🇪🇺💙💛 Consultant, author | Former war reporter | #InformationIntegrity #ProtectDemocracy #TwitterDelendaEst | Posts FR & EN | DM for Signal/Tchap | Hosted by Eurosky
Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social Professor @iobua.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be
Senior Associate Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
Researching conflict, governance and geopolitics in Central & Eastern Africa
DRC / Uganda
www.kristoftiteca.com
@clariofarrell.bsky.social @clariofarrell.bsky.social 
Paul Cummins @paulcummins.bsky.social Dog dad, instructor, reincarnation of Chester A. Arthur…but not the one you’re thinking.
Katarina Höije @katarinah.bsky.social Economic migrant l Toubab l
Words from West Africa for Bloomberg
John Lechner @johnalechner.bsky.social Writer, journalist, amateur linguist. DEATH IS OUR BUSINESS out with Bloomsbury March 2025. BEGINNER’S CHECHEN out with Hippocrene
https://www.johnlechnerauthor.com/
Aneliese Bernard @anelieseb.bsky.social Director of Strategic Stabilization Advisors. At one point worked at State Dept., now a pen for hire. Thoughts on politics are my own, posts on West African terrorism, policy, and security are sometimes informed.
Μ (Μέλι) @malikacoexist.bsky.social Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor
Leah Farrall @allthingsct.bsky.social @allthingsct on Twitter | OSINT, counterterrorism, financial crime, cyber enabled crime, security | Author, http://goo.gl/9tTfsn | Views = personal | Likes for collation only | 
Dr. Julie Chernov @drjchernov.bsky.social Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
aoifemccullough.bsky.social @aoifemccullough.bsky.social Blueskies (and darkskies) on militarisation in the Sahel. PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. Research Associate at ODI Global.
aoifemccullough.com
https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/research-students/Aoife-McCullough 
Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social Dog shepherd.
Adib Bencherif @abnomadictone.bsky.social Universitaire nomade. Professeur adjoint à l’École de politique appliquée à l'UdeS. Directeur du Laboratoire interdisciplinaire sur les risques et les crises (LIRIC). Expertise: Nomades,Touaregs, Sahara, Sahel, conflits, identités, risques, crises
Sophie Neiman @sophie-neiman.bsky.social Journalist covering conflict and human rights | living in Kampala | trying to keep print reporting alive |
she/her 
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/
Abdul Sayed ترمذی سادات @abdulsayedtarmize.bsky.social I am a research analyst focusing on jihadism, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
|Consultant| |MSc @lunduniversity| |Views are mine| |Share/Like is not always endorsement|
Antoine Rolland @antoinerolland.bsky.social Journaliste Afrique centrale à Africa Intelligence 
Dave Brookes @tehuringa.bsky.social Digital flâneur | Open Source Researcher| GEOINT| Bellingcat GAP Project | Research 中国 & Central Africa | drinks wine & writes stuff |Views are my own |RSs ≠ endorsements
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social Actress. Politics, Foreign Policy, Science & RockNRoll. Love animals
Aurélien Tobie @aurelientobie.bsky.social Peacebuilding issues in the Sahel and beyond - Fragility and stabilisation, conflict sensitivity, armed groups, gender. All personal views.
Elizabeth Neumann @elizabethneumann.bsky.social Violence prevention advocate; Former DHS Asst Sec for CT; Author, Kingdom of Rage; Builder, the Path Back to Peace. @NeuSummits on other platforms.
ElizabethNeumann.org
Africa Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social Advancing African security by expanding understanding, providing a trusted platform for dialogue, building partnerships, and catalyzing solutions
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/
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).
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.
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.
@atomicstingray.bsky.social @atomicstingray.bsky.social 
Liam Karr @liamkarr.bsky.social Africa Team Lead for @criticalthreats
Focus on security challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Opinions are my own. Reposts, follows, and likes ≠ endorsements.
Guy Van Vlierden @guyvanvlierden.bsky.social Journalist @HLN_BE. Here I report on extremism/terrorism of all kinds, mostly in English.
NCITE @ncite.bsky.social The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social Limbo | PhD in Government | Senior Research Officer @ Essex Law School | Conflict & terrorism | Strategies & behaviors of militant groups | Previously ETH & AUC
بين غربتك ف ديار أهلك… و غربتك ف بلاد الله
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https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
Eye on The Horn @eyeonthehorn.bsky.social 
Iona Craig @ionacraig.com Journalist + OSINT airstrikes data @yemendataproject.org
Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula since 2010. Once-upon-a-time I trained racehorses.
www.ionacraig.com
www.patreon.com/ionacraig
https://linktr.ee/ionacraig
Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
Aris Roussinos @arisroussinos.bsky.social Provincial drudge 
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) @africom.bsky.social AFRICOM is responsible for military relations with nations & regional organizations in Africa.
Follows/reposts ≠ endorsements
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
NaureenCFink @naureencfink.bsky.social Executive Director at GIFCT. Interests in counterterrorism, sanctions, tech, international affairs and global security. Cosmopolitan nomad and jewelry maker. All posts in my personal capacity; quotes not endorsements.
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: criticalthreats@aei.org | Media requests: mediaservices@aei.org
Andrew Zammit @andrewzammit.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
Robert Postings @robertpostings.bsky.social | Freelance journalist in London | Previously in China + Jordan |
Written for The Times, Time Out Shanghai, The PIE, The Defense Post + more.- 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.
Mihnea @miyhnea.bsky.social Politics, history. Europe, MENA.
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Jakub Janovsky @rebel44cz.bsky.social Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator.
http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
Hugo Kaaman @hugokaaman.bsky.social Researcher & analyst. Focus on SVBIED design & tactics by non-state actors. Articles @MiddleEastInst @JanesINTEL @EuroEyeRad. IR grad, MENA studies
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
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/
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA via Ireland. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 Remote Operations Security Advisor.
Based in Africa, monitoring conflict principally in North Africa & the Sahel Region. (Remote_Ops on X but mostly for research purposes)
https://www.instagram.com/conflict_watch68
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News. 
Charlie Werb @charliewerb.bsky.social Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own- M Mario Z @mariozampa.bsky.social Conflict Analyst with a side of bicycles and bridges
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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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
John Arterbury @johnarterbury.bsky.social Hotline Damascus 
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
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
Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social I have been studying terrorism & insurgency for 50 years and am a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
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
Jon Lewis @jonlewis27.bsky.social Research Fellow, Program on Extremism 
Katherine Zimmerman @katiezimmerman.bsky.social Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Middle East, Africa. A lot on Yemen, US counterterrorism strategy, & Salafi-jihadi groups.
katherinezimmerman.substack.com
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy @washinstitute.bsky.social Advancing a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East. (Reposts & Follows do not constitute endorsement.)
Devorah Margolin @devorahmargolin.bsky.social Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute; Teach at Georgetown; PhD from War Studies at KCL; All views mine.
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
Sergio Altuna @altuna.bsky.social Mostly Islamism. North Africa & Sahel. Narratives and counternarratives. Senior Research Fellow at GWU Program on Extremism
Amira Jadoon @amirajadoon.bsky.social 
Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social