John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social Staff Writer at ForeignPolicy.com
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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.
Søren Torbjørn Svendsen @sorentsvendsen.eurosky.social Underviser i historie og samfundsfag.
Forperson for Historielærerforeningen for stx & hf -> @historielaerer.dk
Likes and reposts doesn't equal agreement.
#skolechat #dkhist #dkøko #dkpol #uddpol #histmed #30DayChartChallenge
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social Professor.
Editor of South European Society & Politics, @sespjournal.bsky.social.
Spain, European politics & political science. My views. https://www.bonnienfield.com
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social Lecturer & Researcher African Politics, @unibayreuth.bsky.social | Statecraft, Infrastructure, Urbanisation, Conflict, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Red Sea
Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social Assistant Professor at U of Ottawa, affiliated with @crexuio.bsky.social / National identity & immigration; ethics and methods when researching the far right; far-right movements in Québec & Canada / Co-editor of the newsletter of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
Lisa Sugiura @drlisasugiura.bsky.social Ass Prof in Cybercrime and Gender. Researches online gender-based violence and incels. Currently in my Red era. 
Jonathan Collins @joncollins.bsky.social PhD candidate at Charles & Leiden University researching and lecturing on the Far-Right. Netnography and everything digital culture. VOX-Pol Next Gen Network
#extremism #alt-tech #far-right #conspiracies #socialmedia
Suraj Lakhani @surajlakhani.bsky.social Academic @sussexfss.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Vox-Pol | Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Steering Board @extremismgaming.bsky.social | Ambassador @getwigi.com
Researching all things terrorism, particularly video-games and violent extremism.
Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social Historian. Bilkent University, Department of International Relations.
https://www.samueljhirst.com
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
Affiliate links support my work:
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Stephen Nemeth @iamnemeth.bsky.social Associate Prof at Oklahoma State Univ., Union College alum, Iowa PhD. Probably just reposts of pol violence stuff, Simpsons, Arsenal, BBQ, and dogs. Hopefully not "a brain smoothed out and polished into a mirror-like surface"
Erik Skare @erikskare.no Senior researcher (@nupinytt.bsky.social) |
Author of Road to October 7: A Brief History of Palestinian Islamism (Verso) & A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Cambridge UP) |
Linux and digital methods enthusiast
Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
James Barnett @james-barnett.bsky.social Researcher and PhD candidate studying conflict and political transitions in Africa (Nigeria and the Horn). Fieldwork fanatic, interdisciplinary inclinations
Various affiliations, but all views my own.
Globalnyt @globalnyt.dk Danmarks førende digitale medie om en verden i udvikling og Danmarks internationale engagement.
💌 Modtag vores nyhedsbrev: https://globalnyt.dk/om-globalnyt/foreningen-globalnyt/nyhedsbrev/
🙋🏼♂️ Bliv medlem: https://globalnyt.nu/#bliv-medlem
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Natan Sachs @natansachs.bsky.social Senior Fellow
Middle East Institute
Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/natansachs
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
EADI @eadi.bsky.social We are the European Association of Development Institutes, the leading network in Europe for development research and training. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Development
Haid Haid @haidhaid22.bsky.social Senior Fellow: Arab Reform Intiative, Chatham House, and ME Council on Global Affairs. | PhD from @warstudies | a Syrian who writes about Syria among other things. RT ≠ endorsements.
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
⬇️ buffer.com/bluesky
Kelly McEvers @kellymcevers.bsky.social Founding host, NPR's Embedded. Former host, All Things Considered. Former NPR Middle East correspondent. Teacher/trainer, Uncuffed. Dodger fan with the zeal of a convert.
http://www.npr.org/people/131876588/kelly-mcevers
Jenn Williams @jennruth.bsky.social Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy. Host of The Negotiators podcast. 
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
Rickard Olseke @migration.se Independent Expert on European migration and asylum policy – based in Stockholm 🇸🇪
More at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickardolseke
Jared Malsin @jmalsin.bsky.social WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
Mikkel Funder @mikkel-funder.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies. Climate politics, natural resource governance & development. Research w. partners in Africa/Asia.
Graeme Wood @gcaw.bsky.social Writer at The Atlantic.
Amed Dicle @ameddicle.bsky.social Rojnamevan - Journalist - Gazeteci
https://www.youtube.com/@AmedDiclee
Roj Girasun @rojgirasun.bsky.social Rawest Araştırma Direktörü||Araştırmacı
Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social 🪬AP news director in Jerusalem; former Mideast editor + correspondent at WaPo. Previously in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. All the pieces matter.
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Jennifer Gnana @jcgnana.bsky.social Gulf Correspondent @al-monitor.bsky.social. Interested in politics, energy & the switch to a net-zero future. Tweets in EN/TA (தமிழ்). All views own. Oh and it’s /nyā-nuh/
Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social New book: The Blood Between Us. Also The Road from Damascus. Co-author Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at @Prisons. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Vartkes Hergel @vartkeshergel.bsky.social * Neredeyse Vartkes, oradadır herkes.
* Her gele'nin başım üzerinde yeri var.
Gallia Lindenstrauss @glindenstrauss.bsky.social Following #Turkey #Azerbaijan #Kurds #Greece #Cyprus and their relations with #Israel
posts are my own and represent only my opinion
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Niels Krause-Kjær @krausekjaer.bsky.social Journalist og forfatter med særlig omsorg for journalistkollega Ulrik Torp
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin
Morten Skumsrud Andersen @skumsrud.bsky.social Senior researcher, NUPI. History, concepts, power politics, int’l orders and economy.
Lara Villalón @laravillalon.bsky.social Periodista | Freelance journalist in Turkey
laramvillalon@gmail.com
📰📺📻 muckrack.com/laravillalon
Ezgi Basaran @ezgibasaran.bsky.social Journalist + social scientist. Interested in the politics of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. From Istanbul, based in Oxford. MPhil, DPhil, Oxon. 
Ben Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social Postdoc @ Stanford CDDRL| PhD in Political Science from MSU | IPPSR Fellow | resistance to democratic erosion | Past: Predoc @ SNF Agora Institute, JHU, UChicago Visiting PhD student, Reichman University alum, EA @ JoP | benjaminyoel.com
Fulya Felicity Turkmen, PhD @fulyafelicity.bsky.social Political scientist by training, kosmopolitês at heart
I study what happens when emigrants exit, but states won’t let go, thinking & writing about emigrants, authoritarianism, and transnational politics.
https://www.fulyafelicityturkmen.com/
Rory McCarthy @rpmccarthy.bsky.social Associate Professor, Middle East Politics @durham.ac.uk
Author: Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: https://bit.ly/2NA6jLC
www.rorymccarthy.com
Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social Professor, coffee drinker, civil actor, daily dog parker. Author on peacebuilding in Yemen: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/yemen-in-the-shadow-of-transition-9780197678367?cc=us&lang=en&
Burcu Uçaray Mangıtlı @bmangitli.bsky.social PhD. IPE, IOs, Knowledge. @IllinoisPolSci | Lecturer at @uniGoettingen |@BilkentUniv @SweInstitute alumna. She/her
www.burcu-ucaray.com
Dani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
Esben Vest @esbenvest.bsky.social Journalist på Nordjyske. Deler kloge menneskers tekster. Mener ting (om demokrati og høns). Skriver en del om #dkgreen
Can Ertuna @canertuna.bsky.social Gazeteci, akademisyen | Journalist, academic #NewMedia
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social Professor. Ottoman-Turkish Military Historian. University of New South Wales Canberra. Graduate of Turkish Military Academy & University of İstanbul Political Sciences, currently living in #Sydney 🇹🇷🇦🇺🎖
Holly Dagres @hdagres.bsky.social Iranian-American • Atlantic Council editor + senior fellow, Iran focus • 15 years in MENA • Newsletter: http://theiranist.com (Shares ≠ endorsement)
Katherine Zimmerman @katiezimmerman.bsky.social Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Middle East, Africa. A lot on Yemen, US counterterrorism strategy, & Salafi-jihadi groups.
katherinezimmerman.substack.com
Amélie Zaccour @amelzac.bsky.social Journalist at L’Orient-Le Jour • all Middle East • full Mediterranean 🌊
Issa Adeli @isadeli.bsky.social Researcher, Policy Advisor | United States Foreign Affairs and the Middle East | Security and Defense Policy | PhD in International Relations | usinmena.substack.com
Will Todman @willtodman.bsky.social Chief of Staff @geopolitics.csis.org and senior fellow @mideast.csis.org. Host of State of Play pod. Conflict, governance, and displacement in the MENA region. Views my own. https://www.csis.org/people/will-todman
Emily Milliken @emilymprzy.bsky.social Analyst on Yemen/Gulf/ISIS/Libya. Working @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on the N7 Initiative. Shares ≠ endorsement
Jack Moore @jfxm.bsky.social @afp.com editor, Middle East and North Africa desk
Trygve Ugland @tugland.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Bishop’s University. Scandinavian and European Union politics. Vice-President of the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC). Norwegian and Canadian
Meghan Bodette @meghanbodette.bsky.social Director of Research, Kurdish Peace Institute
Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
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
Liz Dent @lizydent.bsky.social Senior Fellow @WashInstitute primarily covering U.S. foreign and defense policy towards the Gulf | Former DoD and State | @MiamiUniversity & @AU_SIS alum
Marchen Neel Gjertsen @marchenneel.bsky.social Chefredaktør på Jyllands-Posten og lidt af hvert 🎈
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Jan Pêt Khorto @jankhorto.bsky.social Author, analyst and an early retired journalist!
Ahlam Chemlali @ahlamchemlali.bsky.social Co-Director & Postdoctoral Fellow | Migration, violence and confinement between North Africa and the Mediterranean borderlands
Johan Varning Bendtsen @johanvbendtsen.bsky.social Norden-korrespondent for Kristeligt Dagblad. Forfatter til bogen 'Det svenske eksperiment'. Fang mig på johanbendtsen@k.dk // 61688571
Maurice P. Schumann @realmps.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ the Hertie School | Authoritarianism, the Internet, and Civil War | Sports and Cats
Murat Somer @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social Prof., Political Science, Ozyegin Univ. Istanbul & CEU Budapest: https://faculty.ozyegin.edu.tr/muratsomer/ . Polarization/depolarization, democratic erosion & oppositions, ethnic, religious & secular politics. Türkçe postlar için: @muratsomer.bsky.social
Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social Research Professor at PRIO.
Mostly Palestine, Israel, US related stuff.
Mostly in English, sometimes in Norwegian.
Jenny White @whitejenny.bsky.social Social anthropologist, novelist. Write about Turkish history, culture, politics, religion, gender, nationalism. Also Ottoman Empire (fiction). Emerita, live in Sweden. Love good literature, nature, science, art. jennywhite.net #Writer
Filiz Yasar @flabedetider.bsky.social Journalist from 🇩🇰
Indehaver af den største ‘spurgt’-energi!
En avis er et middel til at underholde den ene halvdel af verden om, hvilke bekymringer den anden halvdel har.
interagerer ikke med fake eller anonyme profiler🚫🫵🏽
Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing).
Add me to your top-secret group chats!
Lars Løkke Rasmussen @lars-loekke.bsky.social Udenrigsminister, leder af Moderaterne. Profilen føres ikke som minister. Spørgsmål til Udenrigsministeriet kan rettes til um@um.dk.
Maja Mazor @majamz.bsky.social Redaktør, Podimo / maja.mazor@podimo.com
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.
@ivammen.bsky.social @ivammen.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
@hanslucht.bsky.social @hanslucht.bsky.social 
Julia Hahn @juliahahn.bsky.social Correspondent for @dwnews, based in Istanbul
Galip Dalay @galipdalay.bsky.social Oxford University, Senior Consulting Fellow @ChathamHouse & NR Senior Fellow @ME_Council
Evrim Deniz @evrimdnz.bsky.social Gazeteci
Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.
Claudia Liebelt @claulie.bsky.social Social anthropologist @FU_Berlin, member of @queer_anthro, sensory ethnographer, Berliner by choice
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Maria Eliades @mariainistanbul.bsky.social Host and EP of Our Pandora's Box podcast, founder of Pentelic Productions, and writer.
Sometime İstanbullu/Politissa; Greek-American; lover of all things Greco-Turkish.
Christine Nissen @nissenchristine.bsky.social PhD; chefanalytiker @Think Europe; Associate Researcher @ European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Focus on EU security + effects on members. Contact: christine@thinkeuropa.dk / +45 26116615
Michael Særkjær @saerkjaer.bsky.social Journalist på Kforum/Watch Medier. Kontakt: 28345567, mise@kforum.dk eller saerkjaer@proton.me
Sten Rynning @rynning.bsky.social Professor of War Studies, Director of Danish Institute of Advanced Study, history buff, AGF fan
Andreas Lindqvist @andreaslindqvist.bsky.social Forsvars- og sikkerhedsjournalist på Berlingske.
Defence and security journalist at Danish daily Berlingske. Posts in Danish.
andl@berlingske.dk - Tlf / Signal: +45 27 74 43 70 - X: @AndreasLindqv10
Hamidreza Azizi @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group
http://linkedin.com/in/hamidreza-azizi-fp