Afshon Ostovar @osto.bsky.social Historian of the recent past | Naval Postgraduate School | FPRI | Opinions are mine & don't reflect any org. New Book: Wars of Ambition https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Ambition-United-States-Struggle/dp/0190940980/ 
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
Tom Bateman @tombatemandc.bsky.social BBC State Department Correspondent. Former Middle East. Host of BBC series #TheMandates. http://bit.ly/3RMvwTS . Email tom.b.dc@proton.me
Chris Kay @christopherkay.ft.com Mumbai bureau chief at the Financial Times.
Previously with Bloomberg in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UK.
https://chriskay.co.uk/
https://www.ft.com/chris-kay
Lucan Ahmad Way @lucanway.bsky.social Polisci Prof U Toronto. Study democracy/dictatorship & Ukraine. Books: Revolution & Dictatorship (PUP 2022); Pluralism by Default (JHUP 2015); Competitive Authoritarianism (CUP 2010)
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social Author at Spiegel & Grau + others. NYT-bestselling collaborative writer. First/bio mom, advocating for reproductive justice.
Millie Tran @millietran.com Journalist. Chief Digital Content Officer at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org. Mostly thinking about the world and how people get news. There must be a better way.
Nick Confessore @nickconfessore.bsky.social Reporter for @NYTimes, staff writer at @NYTmag.
Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com
Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Dankook University. Research interests: Korean modern history, US-Korea relations, democracy and human rights
Raphael Rashid @koryodynasty.bsky.social Seoul-based freelance journalist.
라파엘 라시드 | 프리랜서 기자 | '우리가 보지 못한 대한민국' 저자 | 서울 거주. raphael@rashid.kr
Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
Katherine Zoepf @katherinezoepf.bsky.social Author of EXCELLENT DAUGHTERS http://amzn.to/2SR3S6E. Former @nytimes @Reuters @ForeignAffairs @NewAmerica. Lucky mother of three.
Dr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social Geopolitics, China analyst. Geopolitical strategic foresight. China’s foreign policy. History,International Relations PhD. RUSI Associate Fellow. Opinions mine. 🇨🇳🇪🇺🇭🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧
Sam Winter-Levy @samwl.bsky.social Fellow @CarnegieEndow, Technology + International Affairs. Previously poli sci PhD @ Princeton, @ForeignAffairs, @TheEconomist.
Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social Professor @UCL • Author 'When States Come Out' @CambridgeUP • Co-Editor @EJPGjournal • PhD @Cornell • IR/CP, Europe, LGBTI Rights, Movements, Norms • 🏳️🌈 he/him
Eric Merkley @ericmerkley.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Toronto | Director of the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) | Political behaviour, political and science communication, Canadian/American politics
www.ericmerkley.com
www.pearluoft.com
Susanna Campbell @susannacampbell.bsky.social Assoc. Professor @AU_SIS. Director @ripil_au, http://ripilab.com. Policy-engaged research and learning. Former UN/INGO/think tanker. Studying conflict and peace.
www.susannacampbell.com
Sarah Larson @asarahlarson.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast 
Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, @princeton.edu
Visiting Researcher, Wits Southern Center for Inequality Studies
CIFAR Fellow, "Humanity's Urban Future"
Member, IAS School of Social Science, 2026-27
bradlow.princeton.edu
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social Off Message, Politix.fm;
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social i write at @theverge.com. Portland, OR.
James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org | @merip.bsky.social). Adjuncting at Rowan University. Historian interested in Turkey, Prodigal Son of Philadelphia. Usual caveats.
Gregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social Analyst EurasiaGroup. Iran, energy. Wrote some books.
Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Shervin Malekzadeh @swarthy-bastard.bsky.social Pitzer prof. Former kindergarten teacher, & sometime swarthy bastard. I work on democratic movements and the politics of postrevolutionary schooling in Iran. www.shervinmalekzadeh.org
Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social Chaos Muppet, Order Rising. CEO, ResearchCollaborative.org. Young(ish) Leader, Munich Security Conference + Friends of Europe. Former head of GlobalZero.org. Radicalized by basic decency. Made in #Iowa with parts from #Iran. he/him 🇦🇲
Rob Wolfe @rmpwolfe.bsky.social Writer/editor at Washington Monthly
Alfons López Tena @alfonslopeztena.bsky.social Jurist, writer, and politician 
Chris Beam @chrisbeam.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/christopherbeam
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Century International Fellow. Former Crisis Group. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
www.abujamajem.com
Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org
Signal - tylermcbrien.97
Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com
Hanna Notte @hannanotte.bsky.social Russia | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS | Snr Associate @csiserep | Fellow @kennaninstitute | Book: WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM | http://hannanotte.com | Berlin-based
Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social Anthropologist, author, dad. Order purely alphabetical
Andrew Payne @andypayne.bsky.social Lecturer in Foreign Policy and Security at City, University of London. Research Associate at Oxford University. Member of Council at Chatham House. Author of "War on the Ballot" (Columbia University Press, 2023).
Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social Journalist
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
Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social https://peterenns.org/ Professor of Government & Public Policy, Cornell University; Robert S. Harrison Director of https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/; Co-founder, https://www.verasight.io/ 
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at
Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
@mts177.bsky.social @mts177.bsky.social 
Unbranded @unbranded63.bsky.social Canadian, progressive, father of a brood, world traveler since birth, worked equal time in both public service and the private sector. I may reveal my real name soon. It will excite no one. 🇨🇦
Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, Nations Apart, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationhoodlab.org
Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social Executive Editor-Digital at Washington Monthly Journalist, Human
Bill Scher @billscher.bsky.social Politics Editor for @washingtonmonthly.com
Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social Media Writer/Complainer
Previously: Digiday, IntegralAds, Tubefilter, DCNorg
Currently: https://mediahappyhour.substack.com/
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, author, POVERTY FOR PROFIT and ABANDONED @thenewpress: https://tinyurl.com/5n6h2db3 // BETRAYED: https://commonsensecoalition.net // www.anneskim.com // All views my own
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social Editor in chief, Washington Monthly, former speechwriter for President Clinton, physically present if mentally distracted father, St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Swarthmore College @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Minding the light since 1864 🕯️
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social I cut film and tv
i used to be @mtsw on Twitter
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social Political science PhD student. Former starfish. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Trans. She/her
Not actually a Teen Titan or neocon.
wrdstrn @wordstorn.bsky.social 
Blueshirt Banter @blueshirtbanter.bsky.social The #1 New York Rangers community. Daily news & analysis. Blueshirt Bandwidth podcast out every Thursday on Apple & Spotify. Subscribe at link below. LGR! #NYR
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Evan DeSimone @smorgasboredom.bsky.social Media writer/ennui enthusiast: Digiday, IntegralAds, Tubefilter, DCNorg
📍 NYC
Alec MacGillis @alecmac.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica, author of FULFILLMENT and THE CYNIC, native of Pittsfield, resident of Baltimore.
Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social Pennsylvania Capitol Reporter for Spotlight PA | Yankee Fan | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | scaruso[at]spotlightpa[dot]org
Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social Currently: National politics reporter at Mother Jones magazine. Previously: TIME Magazine. Always: Trying my best. Sometimes: Coming up short.
Email me at avesoulis@cir[dot]org
Encrypted contact info:
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Mimi Rocah @mimirocah1.bsky.social Former Westchester County DA, former SDNY prosecutor, sometimes legal & political commentator, always a proud & devoted mama to two teens & a rescue dog. ⚖️
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins. MENA/SWANA, disasters, political violence, ethics, humanitarian crises, & qual methods. Wrote a book about Palestinian org evolution & social change in wartime Lebanon: http://bit.ly/3VEw64B. EMT. Opinions my own.
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Kate Brannen @k8brannen.bsky.social Non-Resident Journalism Fellow at NYU’s Reiss Center on Law and Security. Formerly: Foreign Affairs, Just Security, Foreign Policy, and Politico.
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Adam Herman @adamzherman.bsky.social Hockey content at Bleacher Report. Five-time Color War Champion. Ville Leino once used me as a bodyguard.
Gilad Edelman @giladedelman.bsky.social Senior editor, The Atlantic
Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social Screwing heads on straight since 1969. Threads: @wamonthly. Twitter: @Monthly. Newsletter signup @ washingtonmonthly.com
Alice Gallin-Dwyer @alicegallin.bsky.social Deputy Director, Washington Monthly; non-profit executive, advocate, proud mom of three young adults.
Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social I write about the economy for the opinion pages of The New York Times. Verification: https://go.bsky.app/8WhdCDa
Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social Personal account. Run Revolving Door Project (@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social). https://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com #LUFC
Joshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social Senior correspondent at Vox
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social Managing editor @votebeat.org. Previously senior editor and senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. Email, don't DM: nrakich at votebeat dot org
Éric Grenier @ericgrenier.bsky.social I cover elections at The Writ (http://thewrit.ca), The Numbers (http://thenumberspod.ca) and Les chiffres (http://leschiffres.ca) Follow me on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@TheWrit
Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social Director of @CenturyIntl, senior fellow @TCFdotorg.
Books: Iraq war (forthcoming), Once Upon a Revolution, Shia Power, Hezbollah, Hybrid Actors, Citizenship & Discontents.
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
max seddon @maxseddon.bsky.social moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
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
Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE @sanambna.bsky.social Founder, ICAN-International Civil Society Action Network;
Author "Women Building Peace";
Adjunct Columbia/SIPA;
Podcast host of: IfYou Were in Charge;
UN Mediation Standby List;
full-time mom of twins;
Truth to Power;
Peace is our human norm
Emma Ashford @emmamashford.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS.
Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world.
All views mine! 
Sushant Singh @sushantsingh.bsky.social Lecturer, Yale University || Consulting Editor, The Caravan
[More: http://tiny.cc/YaleSushant]
Earlier: Indian Army || Indian Express || Centre for Policy Research
Books: Mission Overseas || Note by Note: The India Story 1947-2017
Daria Kaleniuk @dkaleniuk.bsky.social 11 years in anticorruption in Ukraine, Executive Director of Anticorruption Action Centre, antac.org.ua/en
1.5 years in advocating globally for Ukrainian victory, Co-founder of International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, https://ukrainianvictory.org/
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Joe Fortunato @joefortunato.bsky.social Owner and Publisher of Blueshirt Banter. People don't boo nobodies. Official pitmaster of NYR Twitter. Quinnipiac Bobcat.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social Vox reporter - covering housing, homelessness, family policy
trying to prod productively