Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
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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
Rowan Wilkinson @rowanwilkinson.bsky.social Tech, geopolitics and development policy. Currently at
@chathamhouse.bsky.social
🌍 All views are my own
Mehmet Erdem Arslan @mehmeterdemarslan.bsky.social Lecturer in GCGA, Türkiye | PhD in Government, University of Essex | MA in Security Studies, TOBB ETÜ | Bsc Turkish Military Academy | CT Veteran
Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed @a-ezz-mohamed.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science @iast.fr, ex-fellow @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social, PhD @columbiauniversity.bsky.social| MENA politics, religion and politics, distributive politics, autocracies, mixed methods
Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social Chair in Comparative Politics @york.ac.uk | #UKRIFLF Civil War Paths project @civilwarpaths.bsky.social | Award-winning author @cornellupress.bsky.social Mobilizing in Uncertainty | mom
@thomaspierret.bsky.social @thomaspierret.bsky.social 
ADA-IHEID @ada-iheid.bsky.social Association des Assistant-e-s de l'IHEID – representing teaching and research assistants at the Geneva Graduate Institute since 2008. We like: academic freedom & fair working conditions. We don't like: the neoliberal university
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Joas Wagemakers @joaswagemakers.bsky.social Associate prof. of Islamic & Arabic Studies, Utrecht University.
Islam in the modern Arab world, (intellectual) history of modern Islam, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Salafism, Islamism, theology, sectarianism, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Hamas.
Syria Notes @syrianotes.org Informing UK policy debates on Syria. Focused on human rights and accountability.
Web: https://www.syrianotes.org/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/SyriaNotes/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/@syrianotes5908
APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social APSA Preprints is an open research platform that provides a home for early research outputs in political science and related fields. Free to submit, access, and download at preprints.apsanet.org. 
Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.
Cordula Droege @corduladroege.bsky.social Chief Legal Officer @icrc.org
International humanitarian law #IHL, humanitarian disarmament, humanitarian action.
Abdelrahman Ayyash عبدالرحمن عياش @3yyash.bsky.social Journalist, Translator, and Researcher - Working on Islamic movements, Democracy, and Human Rights in the Middle East. 3yyash@proton[.]me
Christophe Guilhou @christophe24.bsky.social Envoyé spécial 🇫🇷 pour le Sahel
Roba El Husseini ربى @robahus.bsky.social AFP Baghdad deputy bureau chief
Former Syria /Lebanon correspondent- in love with Syria
Yale World Fellow
Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social Vice president, Middle East Institute Switzerland, Executive-in-Residence GCSP - security governance #Libya #Tunisia #Morocco #Algeria #MENA #Ukraine #Eurasia - usual caveats
Roberta Maggi @robertamaggi.bsky.social Development practitioner focusing 🔎 on security sector reform & governance, mostly #Libya #MENA | Associate Fellow, CARPO | @warstudieskcl.bsky.social & @gvagrad.bsky.social alumna | Own 💭 & usual caveats apply
Tilman Rodenhäuser @trodenhauser.bsky.social International lawyer & writer working on international humanitarian law (#IHL), cyber operations, NSAGs and detention. Author of #OrganizingRebellion
Lubna @lubna-in-geneva.bsky.social Mine Action Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) • Programme Officer @GICHD #Humanitarian #artandphotography
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
Maryam Alemzadeh @maryamalem.bsky.social Assoc. prof. at Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Writing a book on Iran's Revolutionary Guards
@annequintin.bsky.social @annequintin.bsky.social 
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
Christopher Phillips @cjophillips.bsky.social Professor of International Relations @QMUL; Assoc Fellow
@ChathamHouse; Mostly tweet about MENA geopolitics, UK Foreign Policy and Aston Villa. Views my own.
@dpeclard.bsky.social @dpeclard.bsky.social Professor of political science and African studies at the University of Geneva. 
Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal of the American Political Science Association, cultivating a political science public sphere.
https://apsanet.org/publications/journals/perspectives-on-politics/
Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social Poli-sci prof @ Temple, Senior Fellow @ DAWN, and luckiest dad outside Türkiye. I write on Mideast politics, authoritarianism, & US foreign policy. More: http://seanyom.com. ***Slowly moving here from Twitter/X...
Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social Middle Eastern & African studies, Publisher, Cambridge University Press. All views are mine.
Etienne Kuster @etiennekuster.bsky.social Senior Adviser for Relations with Academic Circles
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Dr Brianna Rosen @briannarosen.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, AI and Emerging Tech Initiative at Just Security | Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford | Formerly White House NSC
Website: www.drbriannarosen.com
Ashleigh O'Connor-Hanlon @aoconnor-hanlon.bsky.social Senior Development Officer @CrisisGroup
conflict and development / humanitarian action. Views expressed are my own.
Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social Security & Privacy. Data Protection. Research & Development. Engineering. Analyst. Policy. W3C. Consultant. Author. King’s College London/War Studies. me@lukaszolejnik.com
lukaszolejnik.com/books
blog.lukaszolejnik.com
techletters.substack.com
Anne Likuski @annelikuski.bsky.social Formerly Anne Stenersen. Historian specializing in militant Islamism. Author of Al-Qaida in Afghanistan (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and Al-Qaida after 9/11 (I.B. Tauris, 2026)
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) is an independent, impartial, international NGO collecting data on violent conflict and protests globally.
Afshon Ostovar @osto.bsky.social Historian of the recent past | Naval Postgraduate School | FPRI | Opinions are mine & don't reflect any org. New Book: Wars of Ambition https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Ambition-United-States-Struggle/dp/0190940980/ 
Amira Jadoon @amirajadoon.bsky.social 
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
Mark Mazzetti @markmazzetti.bsky.social Washington Correspondent, The New York Times. Author, "The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth," and currently writing a book about the Middle East. Adjunct professor, Duke University.
Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Nasef @theegyptianhulk.bsky.social Host of @TahrirPodcast—Egypt & Middle East affairs. Research & Editorial @APSNtweets/@alSalonReviews. @AUC & @UNC Alum.
Kaoutar Ghilani @kaoutarghi.bsky.social Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Language politics | Nation-building | Public sphere | Knowledge production
Maghreb | Middle East
PhD @ox.ac.uk | Former EUME Fellow
Sunniva Rose @sunnivarose.bsky.social Europe correspondent @The National
Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva.
🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
@baudouin-long.bsky.social @baudouin-long.bsky.social Part time political scientist - PhD sociology Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne - Egypt /Middle East politics
Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social Journalist, non-resident fellow at CIP @cipolicy.bsky.social, editor of @Hidden-Cities.com
Previously: Founding executive editor, Democracy in Exile @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social; managing editor @wpr.bsky.social; staff editor @foreignaffairs.com
Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social 📊 Quant social & political science | 💼 Associate Advisory Director @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social | Assorted other stuff
Evalyn Lee @evalynlee.bsky.social Poet, Alumna of @CBSNews @60Minutes @BBCWorld @FaberAcademy. Shortlisted by @bridportprize.bsky.social Love @britishlibrary & @VanguardRead #amwriting #poetry #visual #journal #travellingwithdevices 🧶 #crochet #StitchingTogether for the #CommonGood
Maëva Poulet @maevaplt.bsky.social Journaliste SOURCES @ARTEfr @AgenceCapa | OSINT, investigations | 💬 PT ES EN | 📺✍@France24_fr @observateurs @infomigrants | #CELSA
Jens Laerke @jenslaerke.bsky.social I am the spokesperson for UNs humanitarian office OCHA in Geneva
Dr Christine Cheng @christinecheng.bsky.social War Studies, King’s College London. Researcher of war-to-peace transitions, civil wars, corruption, elite bargains, statebuilding, and UK foreign policy. Trustee at Conciliation Resources. Defender of democracy. Padel enthusiast.
Mona Kanwal Sheikh @monakanwalsheikh.bsky.social Senior researcher and Head of Unit/ Global Security and Worldviews @diis.dk
Christina Boutros | كريستينا بطرس @christina-boutros.bsky.social Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer for the Middle East & North Africa @crisisgroup. Ex @msf in Syria & Ukraine.
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Magdaline Boutros @magdalineboutros.bsky.social Journaliste au quotidien Le Devoir
Actualité internationale
Pour m'écrire : mboutros@ledevoir.com
CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social The CCDP is the Graduate Institute’s focal point for research in the areas of conflict analysis, peacebuilding and the complex relationships between security and development. 
Asma Mhalla @asmamhalla.bsky.social Author & Political Scientist | Power ▪︎ Geopolitics ▪︎ Democracy | #Technopolitique (Seuil, 2024) #Cyberpunk (Seuil, 2025)
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social Historian of media, pop culture, and the Middle East; senior lecturer @dartmouth; author of "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"; founder of “Ideas to Ink”; andrewgsimon.com
Conflict Research Group @crg-ugent.bsky.social The Conflict Research Group is a multidisciplinary research unit at Ghent University. We are primarily interested in the micro-level dynamics of conflict.
Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social Research. Dialogue. Advice.
https://www.armedgroupscentre.org/
Erin A. Snider @erinsnider.bsky.social
IR, Middle East political economy, democracy aid, & development • Egypt she/her • Author, Marketing Democracy: http://bit.ly/3j8sN8k
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).
The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social The Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) at Royal Holloway University of London. Founding Director:
@akilnawan.bsky.social; Co-Director: @lizzypearson.bsky.social
Julie Connan @julieconnan.bsky.social Journaliste - cheffe de service adjointe Monde @LaCroix https://www.la-croix.com/auteur/julie-connan avec un œil sur le Moyen-Orient - ex-Figaro - @ESJLille
Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Univeristy College London. Director of UCL’s Security Studies Programme. Author of “Bringing War Back In” (CUP, 2024) http://bit.ly/4fXYtVv War/State Formation/Nation Building
Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social Director of Middle East Institute's Turkish Program / Author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.
Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social Senior Writer for Economics, Bloomberg News. Ex FT. Aussie. Red Sox nation. Opinions mine alone. Reposts not endorsements. sdonnan@bloomberg.net
Laurent Bonnefoy @laurentbonnefoy.bsky.social Researcher in political science/CNRS/CERI Sciences Po (https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr)
Yemen, Oman focus
Orient XXI (https://orientxxi.info/)
Arabian Humanities (https://journals.openedition.org/cy/)
Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social Damascus-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria)
Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria:
https://akmckeever.substack.com
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.
Nathaniel Shils @nshils.bsky.social Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science at Amherst College.
Madjid Zerrouky @madjze.bsky.social Journaliste @lemonde.fr
Service international. Moyen-Orient
https://www.lemonde.fr/signataires/madjid-zerrouky/
Victor Bouemar Dinocheau @vbouemardinocheau.bsky.social PhD candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen - Center for International Conflict: Analysis and Management. I research victorious rebellions and postwar civil-military relations. Civil War Paths fellow 2025-2026. Former 🇫🇷 navy guy.
@jhjezequel.bsky.social @jhjezequel.bsky.social - J Judith Jacob @judithjacob.bsky.social Director of geopolitical intelligence at a global advisory firm | PhD from LSE in Islamist militancy | Singapore - Jakarta - London
Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @gvagrad.bsky.social
explores the plurality of experiences with democracies in a global & comparative perspective| RT ≠ endorsement
Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group
Romain Malejacq @afghanopoly.bsky.social Associate Prof @RadboudPol @CICAM_RU - @FBAFolke Research Working Groups 2023-2027 - PhD @PoliSciatNU @sciencespo - political violence, NSAGs, #Afghanistan
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.
International Law | Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad-law.bsky.social Geneva Graduate Institute International Law Department Account.
International law, humanitarian & human rights law, economic law, environment, and more. RT not endorsement.
Ashley Jackson @ashleyajackson.bsky.social Co-director at The Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups l Nairobi
Natan Sachs @natansachs.bsky.social Senior Fellow
Middle East Institute
Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/natansachs
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.
Natasha Hall @natashahall.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official
All views my own
#Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social On Kaurna Land, Adelaide, South Australia. PhD Thesis Editor; Sociologist; Founding Board Member TruthBombSocial: https://www.truthbombsocial.org/; Research on grey zone warfare, democratic & community resilience, disinformation. https://drrobmuller.com
Tanguy Quidelleur @tanguyq.bsky.social PhD. Polical Science / Docteur en Science Politique - Social dynamics of violence in Burkina Faso and Mali. Postdoc - Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique (CESSP) - Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Private security in Africa. 
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.
Floor Keuleers @floorkeuleers.bsky.social Strategic Adviser in President's Office @crisisgroup.org | Previously REACH Initiative in #Niger and PhD at KU Leuven