Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Libération (Chroniques du Sahel) https://www.liberation.fr/auteur/yvan-guichaoua/ • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
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
Lisa Musiol @lisamusiol.bsky.social Head of EU Affairs @crisisgroup.org. Working on EU Foreign and Security Policy, Conflict Prevention, Early Warning, Crisis Management. Based in BXL.
Glaeldys González @glaeldys.bsky.social Analyst, South Andes @crisisgroup.org
Crisis Group | Sahel @sahel.crisisgroup.org Compte officiel du Projet Sahel de @crisisgroup.org. Nous sommes une ONG à but non lucratif oeuvrant pour la prévention et la résolution des conflits armés.
Crisis Group Latinoamérica @latam.crisisgroup.org @CrisisGroup.org para América Latina y el Caribe. Investigamos e incidimos para prevenir y resolver conflictos letales.
@diegodarin.bsky.social @diegodarin.bsky.social
@philgunson.bsky.social @philgunson.bsky.social
@gingermjacobs.bsky.social @gingermjacobs.bsky.social
Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera.bsky.social Iowan in Tbilisi. Senior analyst, South Caucasus, International Crisis Group. https://t.co/5NNXBYA2ec
Lucian Kim @luciankim.bsky.social Senior Ukraine Analyst @crisisgroup.org, former correspondent based in Berlin and Moscow, author of @columbiaup.bsky.social book on why Russia invaded Ukraine, soon in paperback. Rarely seen on social media.
Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, AL-MONITOR | Professor, GWU
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/china-middle-east-briefing-7305587918826319872/
Constance Wilhelm-Olympiou @cwilol.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher King's College London @warstudieskcl.bsky.social on French female returnees from ISIS | Public and Humanitarian Policy consultant and experienced conflict researcher - Afghanistan, MENA, Horn of Africa, and the Sahel
Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social VP for Research @CIPolicy. Former @CenturyIntl.
Books: Iraq war (forthcoming), Once Upon a Revolution, Shia Power, Hezbollah, Hybrid Actors, Citizenship & Discontents.
Katherine Tomaszewski @katie-tomski.bsky.social Legal briefs and hiking boots.
Colorado-based international lawyer with a human rights focus. Senior Legal Advisor at the Charity and Security Network.
Views are my own.
Sunniva Rose @sunnivarose.bsky.social Europe correspondent @The National
Adam Baron @adammbaron.bsky.social Former niche social media personality. Baltimorean. Calabrese. Aspiring gadfly.
Future Security Program Fellow, @newamerica.org; Advisor on Yemen and the Gulf, @hdcentre.org; obituary writer, British-Yemeni Society Journal.
Andrew Friedman @andrewbfriedman.bsky.social director and senior fellow @csis.org, former usaid, lawyer, occasional prof: human rts & democracy, dogs, all views solely mine
Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social NPR's Energy and Climate Solutions Correspondent
SF by way of Nigeria, Indonesia, and Egypt • 🇳🇬🇮🇩🇪🇬
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@schneidermandm.bsky.social @schneidermandm.bsky.social Former DOD, State, NSC, Sen. Schumer, and Crisis Group alum. Reposting is not an endorsement and posts are my own!
Scott R. Anderson @sranderson.bsky.social General Counsel and Senior Editor at Lawfare. Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School. Former diplomat and lawyer.
Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com Editor in chief of @allrisenews.com. Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change during the Trump era. www.allrisenews.com/
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social Law professor
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Rebecca Ingber @becingber.bsky.social Law prof at Cardozo Law. Former U.S. State Dept a few times over. Writes on international law, war powers and national security, presidential power and bureaucracy.
https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/rebecca-ingber
Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social Wife, Mom, UMich Law School Professor from Practice, MSNOW legal analyst, The Contrarian contributor, former U.S. Attorney, EDMI
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Jonathan Zittrain @zittrain.bsky.social A small creature who likes to run around in universities.
Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
Faiza Patel @faizapatel.bsky.social Co-Director, Liberty & NatSec @BrennanCenter
Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; former DOJ/OLC attorney
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.
Kristen Eichensehr @keichensehr.bsky.social Law professor. Editor @justsecurity.org. Working on foreign relations, cybersecurity, and national security.
Megan Corrarino @corrarino.bsky.social
Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social Regents Law Professor, Minnesota Law + Professor QUB Law School (Belfast)+ Director MN HRC. ICJ. RIA. FBA. Former UN SR Counter-Terrorism & Human Rights (2017-23). Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry (Syria); Irish, Gaeilgeoir, Mom, Loves Yoga & Hiking.
Sarah Knuckey @sarahknuckey.bsky.social Professor, Columbia Law. Director, Human Rights Clinic & Human Rights Institute.
@deviatar.bsky.social @deviatar.bsky.social
Matiangai Sirleaf @matiangai.bsky.social Scholar. Writer. Teacher. Advocate.
https://matiangai.com
Order Race & National Security (OUP 2023) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/race-and-national-security-9780197648230?lang=en&cc=us
Viola Gienger @violagienger.bsky.social Writer, editor, professional questioner in foreign affairs/natsec. Washington Sr. Editor @justsecurity.bsky.social. Posts=HedsUp. Like=notable
Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social Law Prof at AUWCL |Exec. Editor at Just Security |Mama of 4 fab young ppl |Fmr Washington Post, Reuters, International Criminal Court| Atrocity prevention, tech, climate |Proud #firstgen | Open water swimmer|
Monica C. Bell @monicacbell.bsky.social Law prof & sociologist at Yale. I write about poverty, race, place, gender, policing, and justice, and I use qualitative and humanistic methods.
In Carolina in my mind. 🏳️🌈✊🏿
David Cole @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social Professor, Georgetown Law; contributor to New York Review of Books; former National Legal Director, ACLU. Views expressed are my own.
Scott Roehm @scott-roehm.bsky.social Chief Human Rights Strategy Officer, Amnesty International USA; adjunct professor, Georgetown Law School. Views mine alone.
Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy
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https://www.crystalennis.com/
Jonathan Fulton @jonathanfulton.bsky.social Associate professor of political science at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council. Research focuses on China-Middle East relations. Host of The China-MENA Podcast, author of China-MENA Newsletter on Substack.
Kevan Harris @kevanharris.bsky.social Associate Prof @ UCLA Sociology / author of A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran & The Social Question in the 21st Century. Likes: Numero Group playlists / UCLA Iranian Diaspora Dashboard https://iraniandiaspora.github.io/
Linh Steffen @linhsteffen.bsky.social Rechtsanwältin | Strafrecht | Migrationsrecht
www.kanzleisteffen.de- S Steffen Hertog @shertog.bsky.social Political economist with focus on Middle East and political violence, based at LSE
Andrew Farrand @afarrand.bsky.social MENA energy analyst | American abroad | author of The Algerian Dream, translator of Inside the Battle of Algiers
Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
Niamh McBurney @blondearabist.bsky.social
Joumanna Bercetche @joumanna.bsky.social Bloomberg TV anchor & journalist in Dubai. Reformed banker… once upon a time a central bank nerd. I will post about the Mideast & economics / global markets but mostly here for the bants
Yesar Al-Maleki يَسار @yesar.bsky.social Energy, Climate & MENA Economics. Gulf Analyst MEES, PhDc Uni of Exeter IAIS, Non Res Scholar Middle East Institute, R. Fellow AUIS-IRIS.
Ziad Daoud @ziaddaoud.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Views are mine.
Erin A. Snider @erinsnider.bsky.social
IR, Middle East political economy, democracy aid, & development • Egypt she/her • Author, Marketing Democracy: http://bit.ly/3j8sN8k
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk
Dafna Linzer @dafna.bsky.social Adviser to the CEO @ U.S. News & World Report. Former Executive Editor, POLITICO; Managing Editor, NBC News & MSNBC. Proud alum @GUpolitics
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Janis Kluge @jakluge.de Russia & Economics
All views private
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
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Gregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social Analyst EurasiaGroup. Iran, energy. Wrote some books.
Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman.bsky.social I invest in developing economies and study how sanctions are reshaping West Asia and the world. CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation. Adjunct Prof at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Dr Maria Shagina @mshagina.bsky.social Diamond-Brown Senior Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy, IISS | Ex @FIIA_fi and UniZurich | Economic statecraft, sanctions & energy.
Maximilian Hess @maxhess.bsky.social Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West:
https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions and do not reflect any official/institutional views.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolas-gvosdev-925485301/
Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social Professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs and Geopolitics of Technology.
Tobias Gehrke @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social Geoeconomics and economic security at European Council on Foreign Relations | PhD
Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social Chief Europe Correspondent at the South China Morning Post.
Tracking the shifting tectonic plates of global trade and geopolitics.
All posts should be heard in a Fermanagh accent.
Dan Tannebaum @dantannnyc.bsky.social Oliver Wyman Partner - Global Anti-Financial Crime Leader, Atlantic Council Sr. Fellow (fmr OFAC & FRBNY) -- Husband, Father & PHL native - *views are mine
Hana Attia @hanaattia.bsky.social Junior Professor of Security Policy and Peace at Leuphana University & Research Fellow at GIGA. Interested in how states and IOs respond to global security challenges. Focus on the use of economic coercion & sanctions
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
Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985.bsky.social Director, Global Macro at Eurasia Group. Former RAND China Research Center, Senior Geo-Economics Analyst at Bloomberg, CSIS, DNIO for Economic Issues at NIC, and CIA. All views my own.
Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social Head of BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies), not representing the official views of my employer, RTs not endorsements
https://t.co/E0YqzEKBp7
Vmaxpax @vmaxpax.bsky.social evading the Amerikan (and Russian) New World Order
#pax #energy
Simon Lester @simonlester.com Founded WorldTradeLaw.net & ChinaTradeMonitor.com Non-Resident Fellow @bakerinstitute.bsky.social
Trade Policy feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqzu2eazvxb5fohoc4nap33y/feed/aaab5ctu4u4fc- S SophieLMeunier.bsky.social @sophielmeunier.bsky.social
Dr Clara PORTELA @drclaraportela.bsky.social European foreign policy, international sanctions and security studies I
@University of Valencia, Spain
Alex Zerden @alexzerden.bsky.social Geoeconomics, sanctions, and risk management
Mohammed Soliman @soliman.bsky.social Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
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
Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social Assistant professor in politics and international studies @ENAP | Postdoc @Georgetown & @McGill | PhD @PAISWarwick @ulaval
Studies new technologies, data, AI & global governance
https://enap.ca/a-propos/bottin/guillaume-beaumier-professeur-adjoint
Gloria Xiong @gloriaxiong.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Colby College | PhD @CornellGov | Economic Statecraft and Sanctions
Francesca Ghiretti @fraghi.bsky.social Economic security and China
Research Leader China and Economic Security at Rand Europe; Non-resident Fellow at Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies @CSIS; host of the podcast Geoeconomic Competition. Former MERICS, IAI
Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social Founder of Trade and Borders. Customs and Trade Facilitation. Brexit veteran
Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org- B Bryan R. Early @brephd.bsky.social Political scientist with expertise on economic sanctions, strategic trade controls, and WMD security issues.
Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social senior reporter, financial crime and corruption, MLex.
Talk for hours, I hardly know ya
But I, I'm listening
https://www.mlex.com/mlex/financial-crime
Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social non-practicing intellectual on war & tech
NL/EN
Christine Abely @ceabely.bsky.social Assistant Prof. at University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law; views my own. Author of The Russia Sanctions (Cambridge University Press).
Kim B. Olsen @kimbolsen.bsky.social Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations | Sanctions, Geoeconomic Diplomacy, Economic Security |
Keith A. Preble, Ph.D. @poliscikeith.bsky.social Teaching assistant professor in political science & security studies. I research: foreign policy, proliferation, sanctions, statecraft, DPRK, EU, and ocassionally tariffs.
My personal account, my personal views.
https://www.keithpreblephd.com