Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
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.
@philgunson.bsky.social @philgunson.bsky.social 
Renata Segura @renatasegura.bsky.social Latin America and the Caribbean Program Director at Crisis Group
Glaeldys González @glaeldys.bsky.social Analyst, South Andes @crisisgroup.org
@jhjezequel.bsky.social @jhjezequel.bsky.social 
Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group
Joost Hiltermann @joosthiltermann.bsky.social MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025). 
Enrica Picco @enripicco.bsky.social Central Africa Director @CrisisGroup | #Cameroon #CARcrisis #Chad, and #Russia in the region | Italian in Kenya 🇮🇹🇰🇪 | Usual caveats.
Lahib Higel @lahibhigel.bsky.social Interim Deputy Director, MENA. International Crisis Group.
Jorge Gutierrez Lucena @jgutlucena.bsky.social ▪ Documentary Photographer & Video Producer
▪ @crisisgroup.org Video & Photography Manager
Ivan Briscoe @ibriscoe.bsky.social Senior director for policy @crisisgroup.org. Fan of Stone Roses, Jorge Luis Borges and Toffee Crisps. Preoccupied by the world and devoted to Latin America. Ex Buenos Aires Herald, El País, UNESCO & Clingendael Institute.
Isabelle Arradon @isabellearradon.bsky.social Strategic Adviser. Tweets on #ConflictPrevention #CivilianProtection #Gender.
Ex-Research Director for 10+ years @CrisisGroup, and formerly Senior Research Policy Adviser @Amnesty. Based in Europe.
Liesl Louw-Vaudran @lieslvaudran.bsky.social Senior Advisor, African Union @crisisgroup.org
Elizabeth Dickinson @dickinsonbeth.bsky.social Deputy Director for Latin America @crisisgroup.org. Past lives in the Arabian Peninsula and West Africa. Ex-journo, @economist.com @foreignpolicy.com. Runner.
Floor Keuleers @floorkeuleers.bsky.social Strategic Adviser in President's Office @crisisgroup.org | Previously REACH Initiative in #Niger and PhD at KU Leuven
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Cyprus Mail @cyprus-mail.com The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus.
Established in 1945, it is published every day except Monday.
https://cyprus-mail.com/
instagram.com/cyprusmail_official
youtube.com/@cyprusmail1
Cana Tülüş Türk @canatulus.bsky.social 
Evangelische Akademie Loccum @akademieloccum.bsky.social Wir lieben gesellschaftspolitische Debatten, ermöglichen kritische Begegnungen, fördern Demokratie und Frieden.
Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social International desk editor, Christian Science Monitor (CSMonitor.com).
Irrational Boston Celtics fan. And yes to funk, soul, R&B, jazz and other American roots music, esp rhythm guitar.
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Kristof Bender @kristofbender.bsky.social For a strong & democratic Europe. Balkans, Moldova, Ukraine. Asylum policy, HR
Deputy chair European Stability Initiative (ESI), Europe’s Futures @iwm.at
https://kristofbender.eu, www.esiweb.org
Gerald Knaus @geraldknaus.bsky.social Chairman esiweb.org. Europe, human rights. European from the Austrian Alps. Books: welcheseuropa.eu. grenzen.eu. caninterventionwork.org.
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.- G Gul Tuysuz @gultuysuz.bsky.social Senior Producer and Director of Field Operations at CNN. Interested, frustrated, direct. Always looking at whats next. Kyiv/Istanbul.
William Armstrong @williamarmstrong.bsky.social Istanbul-based with BBC Monitoring. Founder, presenter, hype-man with Turkey Book Talk (@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social). I have no views.
https://turkeybooktalk.com
https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/
Angelina Eichhorst @aneichhorst.bsky.social EU Ambassador to Egypt 🇪🇬 and League of Arab States أنجلينا أيخهورست - سفيرة الاتحاد الأوروبي ورئيسة بعثة الاتحاد لدى جمهورية مصر العربية
Perspektif @perspektifeu.bsky.social Avrupa’dan dünyaya değer-sorumluluk eksenli bakan dergi ve online haber-yorum platformu.
İçeriklerimize ulaşmak için: www.perspektif.eu
Gabriel Gavin @gabrielgavin.bsky.social Covering diplomacy, the European Union and the world with POLITICO — and writing Brussels Playbook. Author ‘Ashes of our Fathers,’ published Jan. 2025.
Neil MacFarquhar @nmacfarquhar.bsky.social New York Times correspondent and author covering Russia, the Middle East and sometimes homegrown extremism. 
Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social Director of @boell.de South Caucasus Office, based in Tbilisi.
German & EU foreign policy | Wider Europe | democracy & autocracy | peace & security | feminism. PhD from FU Berlin. FirstGen. All views personal.
Alexander Gabuev 陈寒士 @alexgabuev.bsky.social Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Senior Advisor at DGA Group.
Temur Umarov @tumarov.bsky.social Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org I write about Central Asia for @ceip-politika.bsky.social
https://carnegieendowment.org/people/temur-umarov?lang=en¢er=russia-eurasia
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social Open Caucasus Media — the Caucasus with depth. News, commentary, and multimedia from the North and South Caucasus.
The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com Independent news from Russia since 1992.
https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes
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Broderick James McDonald @broderickjames.bsky.social NatSec x Online Harms | Director at Oxford Advisory | Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | The Alan Turing Institute CETaS Fellow | ex-GOV, UN
Samuel Doveri Vesterbye @samueljsdv.bsky.social Director of European Neighbourhood Council | Author of Security Threats along EU’s 🇪🇺 Eastern Flanks (Palgrave: London) | #CentralAsia #Caucasus #Türkiye #MENA | Independence | Danish 🇩🇰🇪🇺 & Italian 🇮🇹🇪🇺|
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) @caci-silkroad.bsky.social Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center. Research on Central Asia, Caucasus, and Turkey (AFPC and ISDP Sweden).
https://www.silkroadstudies.org/
Zaur Shiriyev @zaurshiriyev.bsky.social Nonresident scholar @carnegieendowment.org Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI. Scholar-practitioner on the Caucasus & Türkiye; energy & regional security. Literature & nonfiction enthusiast, no hierarchy.
Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry. 
Kadri Tastan @kadritastan.bsky.social Senior Fellow @gmfus.bsky.social Brussels | Former @CATS_Network - @SWPBerlin | Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, Climate and Energy (EU, Turkey, Mediterranean, Middle East and beyond).
Natalia Tuzovskaya @ntuzovskaya.bsky.social Europe and Central Asia Media, Coms and Advocacy, @crisisgroup.org / PhD / Former #BBC World Service and #BBC Russian.
@ozgurhisarcikli.bsky.social @ozgurhisarcikli.bsky.social - D Daniel Grütjen @danielgrutjen.bsky.social Executive Director at German-Turkish Youth Bridge
@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!
Özdil Nami @ozdilnami.bsky.social 
Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social EU correspondent Financial Times, covering tech and competition.
Get in touch: barbara.moens@ft.com
Rosa Balfour @rosabalfour.bsky.social Director of Carnegie Europe, interested in Europe in the World.
Carnegie Politika @ceip-politika.bsky.social Latest insights from the top experts on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, part of @carnegieendowment.org
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia
@maxhoffmandc.bsky.social @maxhoffmandc.bsky.social 
Diego Cupolo @diegocupolo.bsky.social Co-founder, editor-in-chief, pun-runner @turkeyrecap.bsky.social. Pitch me.
Nazlan Ertan @nazlanertan.bsky.social Culture junkie, avid reader, wordsmith
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 
Ayla Albayrak @aylushka.bsky.social Journalist; STT news agency in Finland, mostly foreign news. Previously in Istanbul, Turkey with The Wall Street Journal / Yle / Helsingin Sanomat in Istanbul. Third culture kid. Posts in English, Finnish, Turkish
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Philip Shishkin @philip-shishkin.bsky.social former Wall Street Journal reporter; founder of Frontier Research Group; author of Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia
www.frontierresearch.net
Hetav Rojan @hetavrojan.bsky.social Lecturer of Int’nat’l Security at University College Copenhagen. Guest analyst @diis.dk.
• Tracking how armed groups govern & manage political violence.
• Training practitioners in the security sector.
Priors: @ECFR.eu, Deloitte
Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social Researcher and practitioner, contemporary South Caucasus | associate fellow, Chatham House | co-editor-in-chief, Caucasus Survey
James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social Academic and analyst | Former LSE and RUSI |
Now trying my best to make sense of International Relations, conflict and security on YouTube:
http://www.YouTube.com/JamesKerLindsay
Cem Bico @cembico.bsky.social Heinrich Böll Stiftung Istanbul
Ecology and Climate Change Programme Coordinator
https://tr.boell.org/tr/heinrich-boll-stiftung-dernegi-turkiye-temsilciligi
Yusuf S Muftuoglu @yusufsm.bsky.social Avid reader and traveler
Mehveş Evin @mehvese.bsky.social Gazeteci ve yazar
"A'dan Z'ye Buraya Nasıl Geldik"
"Dünyanın Dibi Oteli" Kara Karga Yayınları
Christina Boutros | كريستينا بطرس @christina-boutros.bsky.social Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer for the Middle East & North Africa @crisisgroup. Ex @msf in Syria & Ukraine.
Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera.bsky.social Iowan in Tbilisi. Senior analyst, South Caucasus, International Crisis Group. https://t.co/5NNXBYA2ec
Yavuz Baydar @yavuzbaydar.bsky.social Journalist. Podcaster. Blogger. Author.
https://yavuzbaydar.substack.com (Eng)
https://yavuzlamola.substack.com (TR)
Music broadcaster. Movie buff. Social Media Influencer.
Knight-Wallace and Shorenstein Fellow.
2014 European Press Prize Laureate.
Cengiz Çandar @cengizc21.bsky.social MP, Türkiye. Public Intellectual, Author
Ferhat Boratav @ferhatboratav.bsky.social 
Işın Eliçin @isinelicin.bsky.social Gazeteci / Journalist / İstanbul
Halk TV (dış haberler md.)
cmtsi ve pazar 15.00'te
Sınırsız'ı hazırlar/sunar
BAL& BU alumni
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
DFRLab @dfrlab.bsky.social The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org We use the law to advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people by defending progress, disrupting extremism, and building for the future. Join us at democracyforward.org
@hotknitter.bsky.social @hotknitter.bsky.social 
Behlül Özkan @behlulozkan.bsky.social Cold War- S Suzan Fraser @suzanfraser.bsky.social Associated Press Ankara, Turkey
Margarite Clarey @margariteclarey.bsky.social Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer @crisisgroup.org in Asia. Ex humanitarian and journo. DMs open 💫 Views my own.
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Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social Journalist, Turkey correspondent (Dutch Public Broadcaster NOS), Feminist
Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org | NYU Law RCLS Sr. Fellow | Berkeley Law | Former National Security Council Deputy Legal Adviser, White House Associate Counsel & Special Assistant to the President (Obama) | Former State Department
Alper Coşkun @iacoskun.bsky.social Senior Fellow @Carnegie Endowment DC
Adjunct Prof. @Georgetown University
Former diplomat @MFA Türkiye
AliVaez.bsky.social @alivaez.bsky.social Director of #Iran Project & Senior Advisor @CrisisGroup; Adjunct Prof @Georgetown; Fellow @FPI_SAIS; Ex @UNDPPA @FAScientists @Harvard
@medyascope.bsky.social @medyascope.bsky.social 
Hediye Levent @hediyelevent.bsky.social Daima muhabir!
Freelance journalist
@evrenselgzt.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@hediyelevent
Turkish foreign policy/Syria/Iraq/Lebanon/Palestine-Israel
Selçuk Şirin @selcuksirin.com Prof. @NYUniversity
#BirMutlulukReçetesi
#BakışınızıDeğişterecek10Deney
#SelçukŞirinBebekKitaplığı
#YaAdaletYaSefalet
#YetişinGençler
#YetişinÇocuklar
#10Deney
Steven A. Cook @stevenacook.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Views are my own. 
Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Jeremy Shapiro @jyshapiro.bsky.social Director of Research and the US program @ECFR, Washington DC. Bio at https://ecfr.eu/profile/jeremy_shapiro/.
Apaçık Radyo @apacikradyo.com.tr Bazı şeyler bir türlü kapanmak bilmiyor.
apacikradyo.com.tr/mobil-uygulama
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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social Lecturer at SOAS. Studying identity, foreign policy, grand strategy, authoritarianism, resistance. Often through a media lens. Often in/on Turkey.
Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social Conversations with authors on Turkey and its region. Episodes every two weeks with @williamarmstrong.bsky.social + guests
Latest episodes: https://turkeybooktalk.com
Subtack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com
Patreon: http://patreon.com/user?u=2998854
Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. Managing Director Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey. Docent (Assoc. Prof.) of and pontificator on international relations. Opinionated. Painter.
Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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NILGUN ARISAN @narisan61.bsky.social 
Suat KINIKLIOGLU @kinikli88.bsky.social Hürriyetperver.