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Carol Giacomo @carolgiacomo.bsky.social Editor, Arms Control Today. Ex: @NYT editorial board, Reuters diplo correspondent. Teaching: @Princeton, @FordSchool, @IUMedia, @IOP
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
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Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
Avinash Paliwal @paliwalavi.bsky.social Reader in IR @soaspolitics | Security | History | South Asia | Author: India's Near East: A New History (Hurst, 2024); My Enemy's Enemy (Hurst, 2017)
FrameToFrameNature @frametoframenature.bsky.social Adventurers, Torontonian, wildlife photographers, fighting for Canada's democracy, #SaveOurGreenbelt, Lovers of Nature.
Abe Denmark @abedenmark.bsky.social Partner at The Asia Group • Senior Associate at CSIS • Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense • Not Actually Danish
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/
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Christine Parthemore @clparthemore.bsky.social Mama bear, birder, Buckeye, globalist, native plant guru. Also CEO @ Council on Strategic Risks & nuclear, biosecurity & counter-WMD expert. All views mine alone.
@themichaelkugelman.bsky.social @themichaelkugelman.bsky.social South Asia Institute Director @TheWilsonCenter.
Writer of @ForeignPolicy's weekly South Asia Brief.
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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social International Politics| National Security| Nuclear Strategy
Senior Policy Fellow, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
Visiting Fellow, IPCS NewDelhi
+ ISYPugwash and JNU
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Jordan Hibbs @jordanhibbs.bsky.social Senior Nuclear Policy Advisor | 📍Washington, DC | Personal Account - Views are my own.
Nate Allen @natedfallen.bsky.social Associate Professor, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
(@africacenter.bsky.social).
Writing, researching, and educating on technology policy and security issues in Africa.
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Web: https://africacenter.org/experts/dr-nathaniel-allen/
Chetan Rana @chetanr.bsky.social PhDing, Diplomacy and Disarmament, JNU | Associate Editor, 9DashLine| Indian Foreign Policy, Populism, Indo-Pacific, Myanmar| MUFC 🚩
Tobias Scholz @tobischolz.bsky.social South Asia researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin | @swp-asia.bsky.social & @swp-berlin.org
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Sandra Destradi @sdestradi.bsky.social Prof of International Relations, @uni-freiburg.de + DAAD long-term visiting prof, Reichman University
IR | foreign policy | populism | Global South | emerging powers | India
Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social Asst Prof of International Relations, LSE. Deputy Director, LSE IDEAS. Book: Rising Powers and the Politics of Status in Int Institutions http://bit.ly/3AtwLNd.
Khushi پدما S. Rathore @chichoriktputli.bsky.social Witch & potential Firefly|PhD @CIPOD JNU| Associate Editor @The Hague Journal of Diplomacy | IR | Gender,Diplomacy & History|Women Diplomats|Indian Foreign Policy|Cold War|Feminist|
Kabir Taneja @kabirtaneja.bsky.social Deputy Director and Fellow, Strategic Studies, ORF. Foreign policy, Middle East, (Counter) Terrorism. Author: 'The ISIS Peril'. 🎸 ⚽️ Views personal.
Patrizia Cogo @patriziacogo.bsky.social Now at @eudiplomacy.bsky.social | Researcher focused on EU foreign policy, India, and China | Into collective awareness, mental health, and bubble tea 🧋🧐
Miriam Prys-Hansen @mjph.bsky.social Lead Research Fellow at @giga-hamburg.de, Political Scientist and International Relations scholar, #BRICS, #SouthAsia, #climate. Feminist, mom, aspiring triathlete and knitter.
Monika Barthwal-Datta @monikabd.bsky.social Security/IR scholar at UNSW Sydney| Critical Security Studies, South Asia, Decolonial Feminist Approaches, Critical Pedagogies.
Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
Swati Srivastava @swatisrivastava.bsky.social Associate Professor, Government and Politics and AI Interdisciplinary Institute, University of Maryland. Faculty associate at Berkman Klein Center, Harvard.
Writes about global corporate power, sovereignty, Big Tech, AI
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Dr Amrita Narlikar @amritanarlikar.bsky.social From Oxford & Cambridge, & a long stopover as Prez & Prof at a big research institute in Germany(2014-2024), now Distinguished Fellow at ORF & Hon. Fellow, Darwin College, Uni Cambridge.
Thinking & writing on things IR & IPE.
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Teesta Prakash @teepra.bsky.social Research Fellow, Australia India Institute
Sessional Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
Pooja Bhatt, PhD @poojabhatt.bsky.social Transitioning from extinct blue bird (@DrBhatt_Pooja) Scholar- MarSec,Security Architectures.
Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social Intelligence History | Published first book on Cold War South Asia, published another on Spying in India, writing a third on Indira Gandhi & Margaret Thatcher
Hamsini H @hamsini.bsky.social Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home.
Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker.
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Sushil Aaron @sushilaaron.bsky.social Opinion writer. Bylines: @thewire_in, @nytimes, @htTweets
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https://politicsandbooks.substack.com/
Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social Settler. Religion, media, & culture scholar. Writing on digital hate & extremism, ritual, & Hindu/tva publics. Animal lover, anti-caste, anti-racist, anti-hate, anti-fascist. No response to trolls. RP ⍯ Endorsement; BLM, FREE PALESTINE
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Indo-Pacific | Security | Cyber | Geopolitics | Climate | Diplomacy | People | Culture | IR |
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Raphaëlle Khan @raphaellekhan.bsky.social Assistant Professor, CUNY/ Associate, Harvard Asia Center/ IRSEM.
International relations/ politics of South Asia/ global history.
Angshuman @angshuman.bsky.social PhD-ing in Comparative Asian Studies at National University of Singapore & King’s College London (joint candidate) | formerly with CPR & IPCS, New Delhi | Northeast India, Myanmar, borders & identity | from Assam
Srinjoy Bose @srinjoybose.bsky.social Assoc Prof @UNSW | Associate Editor @austjia.bsky.social | Senior Fellow @cornellbtpi.bsky.social | Political order & violence, rebel governance, statebuilding & peacebuilding, drones, Global South | https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/srinjoy-bose
PowerPoint Ranger @powerpointranger.bsky.social Naval officer, forever staffer nerding out on geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific with a focus on the Korean Peninsula.
#MilSky
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Richard Weitz @richardweitzdc.bsky.social Washington-DC based international security analyst
Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social Geo-economics, EM, Energy/Resources. Obsessed by sanctions, sovereign wealth, debt, supply chains, trade. Ziemba Insights CNAS Horizon Engage NYU 🇨🇦 wine economist (dipWSET). NYC mostly, YVR often https://rziemba.substack.com
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
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
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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:
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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
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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
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Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social Nuclear Fellow @ Pax Sapiens, former Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and State Department International Sec Advisory Board, CNAS Sr. Fellow, former National Security Council. No #manels, Yankees/Gunners.
Aparna Pande @pandea.bsky.social Director India Initiative, Hudson Institute; Author #FromChanakyaToModi & #MakingIndiaGreat; Stephanian, Delhiite; Bostonian Red Sox Fan; PhD #BU #JNU #DU
Alan Kronstadt @alankronstadt.bsky.social Foreign affairs analyst (India, Pakistan)
@Library of Congress
posts/reposts are not endorsements
Hannah Bloch @hannahbloch.bsky.social Senior editor on NPR’s international desk.
Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social Prof Comparative Politics Nottingham. Researches (& loves) S Asia. India Pakistan Sri Lanka. CPEC, Federalism, Majoritarianisms, HE, EDI & SEN.
Mum and wife of Long Covid sufferer.
Cats 🐈⬛, Brompton 🚴, Gardening.
Views expressed my own
Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed.org Editor South Asian Affairs, New Wave Global | Feminism, freedom, equality | زن، زندگی، آزادی
David Solimini @commsdirector.bsky.social Fear and bravery are contagious. Be brave. Leading @democracycomms.bsky.social. Previously Stimson Center, Truman Project, ICAN, others. Proudly SAIS Hopkins, William & Mary. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. (Was same name at the bad bird place.)
Samran Ali @samranali.bsky.social Researcher | MA IA Linnaeus University
International Security, Nuclear Arms Control & Disarmament, Climate Change
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Faraz Haider @farazhaider.bsky.social Lecturer @Faculty of Aerospace & Strategic Studies (FASS) @Air University | #ClimateSecurity #StrategicStudies #SecurityStudies Researcher | 🎓 @Swinburne & @FASS | 📝 @strafasia @SAVoices @KCL_CSSS @clc_rsil @CntrClimSec | ☕ | RTs 🚫 endorsements
Ria Chakrabarty @riachia93.bsky.social Dimaagi naxal
By day: directing policy at Hindus for Human Rights (@hfhr.bsky.social) and setting up Hindus for Human Rights Action (@hfhraction.bsky.social)
By night: writing about pop culture and politics at https://substack.com/@popculturegeopolitcs
Brian Eyler @brianeyler.bsky.social Stimson Center Energy, Water, Sustainability Program Director. I’m into rivers, earth observation, promoting climate resilience globally. #Mekong #Goose #turnonyoursatellites mekongmonitor.stimson.org
Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social Associate professor of government at Smith College; former Visiting Senior Fellow for US-China Subnational Relations at the Truman Center for National Policy. I write about China, Taiwan, and US city- and state-level engagement with both places.
Andrew Winner @acwinner.bsky.social Adjunct Professor, SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Views are mine own. Umarell in training.
Richard Wallace @richardjwallace.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics, IR, Peace & Conflict Studies | Focus on Politics, Religion, Violence in MENA & South Asia | Substack (The Old Quarter): https://bit.ly/46kjJ5X
Dr. Natasha Bajema @wmdgirl.bsky.social WMD, AI, nuclear energy, and emerging tech expert, fiction author, award-winning artist, screenwriter, dog lover, https://www.natashabajema.com
Matthew Harries @matthewharries.bsky.social Research director at the Labour Movement for Europe. Previously director of nuclear policy at RUSI, managing editor of Survival/senior fellow at IISS, and specialist for the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Sarah Godek @sarahgodek.bsky.social Research Associate for the Stimson Center’s China program
Chinese foreign policy and trade
China-Afghanistan relations
Patiently waiting for this app to be the destination
Adnan (Dann) Naseemullah @dnaseemullah.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & South Asian Politics, Fellow at Wolfson, University of Oxford | www.naseemullah.com | Author: Development after Statism (Cambridge UP 2017); Patchwork States (Cambridge UP 2022); co-author, Righteous Demagogues (Oxford UP 2024).
Mansoor Ahmed @mansoorahmed.bsky.social Hon. Lecturer SDSC, Australian National University | IR, nuclear weapons, fissile materials, South Asia, conventional deterrence | Formerly CISS Islamabad, Harvard’s Belfer Center, QAU | Author Pakistan’s Pathway to the Bomb | Views personal
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social Astrophysicist
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social The Cenobite of Sharing
The Black Blood of the Earth and Steins of Science guy. Everyone’s friendly internet laser safety officer and health physicist. Happy to answer Antarctica questions.
www.funraniumlabs.com