ASIAC Studies on Central Asia & Caucasus in Italy @asiacitalia.bsky.social ASIAC is an academic association based in Italy that promotes knowledge exchange on Central Asia and the Caucasus. (RT/likes are not endorsements). Website and newsletter: https://www.asiac.net/
Filip Noubel @nasredinhoja.bsky.social Journalist&researcher on Central Europe, Central Asia, China, Taiwan. Literary translator&reporter. Cosmopolitan found between Taipei, Tashkent and Prague. Drinks tea only. GlobalVoices CapsUnlock Asymptote Journal. All views my own. All about context
Jonathan Z Ludwig @jonathanzludwig.bsky.social Researches/writes about spies, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Taiwan, and foreign language education/national security policy. Owner/author of www.viewsfromtheheartland.com.
Brent Hierman @bhierman.bsky.social Political Science, Central Asia, Land Reform, Political Economy
Balabanlilar @balabanlilar.bsky.social professor of history, pre-modern South and Central Asia, Islamic kingship, Mughal landscapes and the peripatetic royal court
Kathygannon @kathygannon.bsky.social I am a journalist who has covered Afghanistan and Pakistan for more than 35 years, while also dipping into Central Asia, Iraq, Yemen, Iran and Lebanon during the 2006 war. I authored I is for Infidel. For more pls see www.kathy-gannon.com
Asel Doolotkeldieva @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social Protest & contentious politics. Autocracy, populism.
Geopolitics, critical raw materials, extractive industries.
Knowledge production, Central Asia
asel.doolotkeldieva@gmail.com
Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social I write and report at the intersection of the environment, human rights, and geopolitics. Current @icwa.org fellow in Amman/Cairo/Beirut. Writing in @thebaffler.com, @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social & etc. Californian at large. She/her
Kathleen Hermans @kathleenhermans.bsky.social Geographer and senior researcher @iamo.bsky.social
Environmental change, land use, human migration
Central Asia and East Africa
Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
Alex Yusupov @alexyus.bsky.social Director @ Russia Programme // Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, previously Myanmar-Afghanistan-Central Asia, со-ведущий «Канцлер и Бергхайн»
The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com The First English Language media outlet on the region, est. 1999. Central Asia's independent news source - covering politics, economics, culture, social issues, and foreign affairs. timesca.com Contact us: bit.ly/4g1ijim- L Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick @lizwish.bsky.social Researcher on China, Russia, Sino-Russian relations, Central Asia, Arctic, resources, non-traditional security.
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social The RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asia Studies in Global Conversation
Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social Postdoc SOAS University of London - Global Political Economy, South-South development, China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. With SPERI - Sheffield Pol Economy Inst and Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. (he/him)
Michael Hall @mishahall.bsky.social Bostonian expat living in New York. Human rights. Academic freedom. Languages/linguistics. Russia, Central/Inner Asia. Politics of memory/commemoration. Books. The occasional lighthouse. Personal account, views expressed are my own. Repost≠endorsement. 🇺🇦🍉
Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social Senior Central Asia Researcher / Human Rights Watch
Ed Schatz @edwardschatz.bsky.social Political Scientist, Central Asianist, University of Toronto
Posting about politics, authoritarianism, and Central Asia.
CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social #CEIAS is an #IR and #AsianStudies #ThinkTank dedicated to spreading knowledge about #Asia. Branches in Bratislava, Prague, and Vienna.
Edward Lemon @edwardlemon.bsky.social Central Asia, authoritarianism, security and books
Sasha Slobodov @sashaslobodov.bsky.social Editor, Researcher & Journalist | Russia & Belarus Researcher at ACLED | Formerly: News Editor at Meduza in English, International Fellow at Caucasus Research Resource Center | South Caucasus, Central Asia & Russia | Portfolio: sashaslobodov.com
Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com Central Asia wanderer 🇰🇿🇸🇱🇰🇬 | Cricket writer 🏏 | Also Norfolk, Eurasia and Ukraine 🇺🇦
🌏 jonathancampion.com
🏏 jonathancampion.com/cricket
📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
📲 youtube.com/@20SecondTravels
Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social The Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.
Policy research and discussion on Russia, the Eastern Partnership states and Central Asia.
Website: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/russia-and-eurasia-programme
colleen wood @colleenwood.rocks I teach political science at a big community college in Minnesota. I study digital politics and authoritarianism in Central Asia. Opinions expressed here are mine; views do not reflect the state of Minnesota or U.S. government.
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is the UK’s largest national centre for research and teaching on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus and Central Asia. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees
Donnacha Ó Beacháin @donnachadcu.bsky.social Professor of Politics, Dublin City University (DCU)
Ukraine | Russian imperialism | South Caucasus | Central Asia | Belarus | Moldova | unrecognised states | Irish history, politics and foreign policy
Eva Cukier @evacukier.bsky.social All things Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus, Central Asia. Nomadic linguïst. Author of 'RuZland. Land in oorlog met zichzelf en met de wereld' (2024) Dutch in France www.nrc.nl/auteur/eva-cukier/
Pyotr Kozlov @kozlov.bsky.social Bloomberg |ex-The Moscow Times Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus | alumni: BBC Russian Kremlin correspondent | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management, SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
Caroline Eden @edentravels.bsky.social Writer about places. Red Sands: Reportage & Recipes Through Central Asia, ‘book of the year’ for the Sunday Times, FT and New Yorker. New memoir 'Cold Kitchen' (Bloomsbury) out now www.carolineeden.com
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
Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social Journalist writing about politics, culture, migration and society in Central Asia and Eurasia more broadly | PhD candidate in Anthropology at CUNY GC | en-ru-fr-de | кыргызча сүйлөйм
Words in @economist.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @eurasianet.bsky.social
Felix Light @felixlight.bsky.social Reuters Central Asia correspondent
Marina Rudyak 卢玛丽 @rudyakmarina.bsky.social China scholar @UniHeidelberg | Decoding (Global) China, #ChineseAid, 🇨🇳-🇷🇺& 🇨🇳-Central Asia relations | ex aid-worker | 🌹
www.decodingchina.eu
www.deconspirator.eu
Out now: Dialog mit dem Drachen (in German)- G Gennady Rudkevich @grudkevich.bsky.social Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.
Bob Deen @bobdeen.bsky.social Head of Security Unit & Senior Researcher at Clingendael Institute, Netherlands | Security & Defence | Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social Droa Party Foreign Affairs. Lecturer, researcher. CEE Europe & Central Asia. University of St Andrews alumna.
Aspiring to foster a tangible Democracy, Inc.
Katie Marie Davies @katiemariedavies.bsky.social Journalist reporting on tech, social affairs and business, with a focus on Russia, Belarus, Central Asia and the South Caucasus☀️
Pjotr Sauer @pjotrsauer.bsky.social Reporter covering Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia for The Guardian. Write to me: pjotr.sauer@theguardian.com
@thirdworldq.bsky.social @thirdworldq.bsky.social TWQ journal publishes leading research in international studies, examining issues, policy & development discourses that affect the Global South.
Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social Professor University of Warwick, Politics & International Studies | gender, political economy, care, migration, SE Asia | http://I-peel.org | Editorial board Review of International Political Economy | vice chair BISA | she/her
Critical Military Studies WG at BISA @cmsbisa.bsky.social Critical Military Studies Working Group at the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/cms
Conveners: @gabicosta.bsky.social, @lauramills.bsky.social, Hannah Richards and Alice Cree
BISA War Studies @bisawarstudies.bsky.social BISA War Studies Working Group | The home of #WarStudies
@mybisa.bsky.social | Co-convened by @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social & Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
IPEG-BISA @ipegbisa.bsky.social International Political Economy Working Group of the British International Studies Association
Astropolitics Working Group @astropoliticswg.bsky.social We are the Astropolitics Working Group at the British International Studies Association (BISA). We are a group of mostly Politics/IR scholars focusing on or interested in space politics/security and adjacent fields. Webpage: https://tinyurl.com/yj7z3t3c
Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group @epir-bisa.bsky.social The Emotions in Politics and International Relations BISA (British Association for International Studies) working group aims to promote the study, research and teaching of emotions in politics and international relations. 
Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social BISA working group in our second year.
Find our upcoming events and blog series via our website https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/ecp
BISA Global Health Working Group @bisa-global-health.bsky.social The British International Studies Association Global Health Working Group.
Global Nuclear Order BISA Working Group @gnobisa.bsky.social Dedicated to promoting and disseminating multidisciplinary research on the politics, culture and history of the nuclear age.
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/gno
BISA South East Europe @bisasee.bsky.social We are a community of scholars focused on South East Europe, broadly conceptualised, and the role region plays in contributing, shaping and inspiring International Relations. 
Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social Fellow @epik-ukraine.bsky.social & Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646.
BISA Gendering IR Working Group @girwgbisa.bsky.social Gendering IR Working Group of the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/girwg
MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social Scholarly books from University Presses. News and info from across academia. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social For more information visit our website www.basees.org
Dr Thomas Eason @thomaseason.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University. Does Interpretivist Research on Foreign Policy Analysis. Currently working on Political Myth in diplomacy and foreign policy.
thomaseason.co.uk
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
Precious Chatterje-Doody @preciouschatd.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @OUPolitics.bsky.social. SFHEA. Russian foreign & security policy, soft power, narratives, ID, religion & disinfo, conspiracy theories. Associate editor, International Affairs. UK Young Academy member. Mum of 3.
Natalie Martin @drnataliemartin.bsky.social Ex-BBC, now @NottsPolitics. Democracy and security inc. disordered information in TR, GB and EU. Journalism is NOT a crime. “Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş"
RTs not endorsement https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/natalie.martin1
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social Prof of Totalitarian Studies @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social British International Studies Association - Engaging the global international studies community. We're known for our working groups, journals, postgraduate network, funding, conference and more!
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
Natasha Kuhrt @natashakuhrt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Co-founder, co-Convenor BISA WG East European/Eurasian security. Research interests: Russian foreign,security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social Ukrainian academic in the UK | LSE Fellow in Qualitative Methodology | PhD from UCL SSEES | Research: security, critical IR & post-Soviet politics: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Bohdana-Kurylo/Bohdana-Kurylo
Artur Nadiiev @arturnadiiev.bsky.social PhD from University of Nottingham focusing on Ukraine’s national identity and foreign policy. Identity matters. Narratives create. Diversity unites. Views my own
Gwendolyn Sasse @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social Director@zois.bsky.social, Prof @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Non-res.Senior Fellow @carnegieeurope.bsky.social, Author @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
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