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Ariane Tabatabai @atabatabai.bsky.social Vice President of Research for Security & Defense at Chicago Council on Global Affairs • Contributing Editor at Lawfare • Ex Pentagon & State Department • Author of No Conquest, No Defeat (Oxford University Press) & co-author of Triple Axis (Bloomsbury)
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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-nominated Historian & Author FRHistS
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Scott LaFoy @wslafoy.bsky.social Open Source Analysis of ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons, BMD, DPRK, & PRC.
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Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
Oriana Pawlyk @oriana0214.bsky.social @politico aviation reporter. Ex-@Militarydotcom,@AirForceTimes. @MiamiUniversity alum. The B-1 ≠ nukes. 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Chicagoan, #avgeek. Opinions mine. RP, ♥️≠E
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Dmitry Stefanovich @dvsteff.bsky.social Nukes, missiles, military, space, tech, music, cats, #STRATDELA and #HYPERHYPE 
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Brian Everstine @beverstine.bsky.social Pentagon editor at Aviation Week. 
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Joseph Dempsey @josephhdempsey.bsky.social Research Associate for Defence & Military Analysis,
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
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AmirIGM @amirigm.bsky.social Analysis/Commentary on Iranian Geopolitical and Military affairs. Founder of Iran GeoMil blog ✍️ Telegram http://t.me/IranGeoMil
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Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
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Steven A. Cook @stevenacook.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Views are my own. 
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Kelly J. Shannon, Ph.D. @thegingerprof.bsky.social Historian of US foreign relations, Iran, & women’s human rights. Writing a book on early 20th c. US-Iran relations. Philly sports fan. Visiting Scholar @ GWU IMES and HRC Oral History Fellow @ Georgetown 🗃️
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. - L @laurnorman.bsky.social @laurnorman.bsky.social
Rob Person @rtperson3.bsky.social Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
Kian Sharifi @kiansharifi.bsky.social Iran & Middle East Feature Writer at RFE/RL| @KianSharifi on Twitter
Shabnam Shabani @shabnamshabani.bsky.social Journalist | BBC
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Decker Eveleth @dexeve.bsky.social PRC and DPRK strategic forces analyst with CNA. BA Reed College, MA Middlebury Institute. NSF GRFP. 
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Suzanne Maloney @suzannemaloney.bsky.social VP & Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Tamer Badawi تامر بدوي @tbdwi.bsky.social Analyst & field practitioner | Violent conflicts, climate, & governance. چا تره تامر مو ثامر
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
Jonathan Lord @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social Formerly: CNAS, HASC, DoD. Views mine.
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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Mehran Haghirian @mehranhaghirian.bsky.social Director of Regional Initiatives, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation | PhD. Gulf Studies, Qatar University | MA International Affairs, American University’s School of International Service | Diplomacy
Iskander Rehman @irehman.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin's Clement Center. Author of "Planning for Protraction" and "Iron Imperator." Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Applied history, defense strategy & Asian security.
Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
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Sina Azodi @azodiac83.bsky.social Iran ☢️ program. Assistant professor at @GWU. PhD - I read on war and nuclear strategy.
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Ahmed Farouk @afarouk92.bsky.social MA Persian literature, Iran analyst focuses on its internal and foreign policy
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Hanna Notte @hannanotte.bsky.social Russia | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS | Snr Associate @csiserep | Fellow @kennaninstitute | Book: WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM | http://hannanotte.com | Berlin-based
Julien Barnes-Dacey @jbdacey.bsky.social MENA programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe-based, once upon a time in Syria and Egypt
Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social Security correspondent for WSJ and author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on war, the Arctic, organized crime and terror. He/him.
Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/.
Nicholas Carl @nicholasacarl.bsky.social Assistant director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute | Managing joint research with ISW | Strategic and military analysis on Middle East and Indo-Pacific
Brian Carter @briancarter.bsky.social Research Manager and Fellow at AEI’s Critical Threats Project. Focused on military affairs. Opinions own.
Sajjad Safaei, Dr. @sajjadsafaei.bsky.social Runner, editor, postdoc. Research interests include Iran, Mideast, humanitarianism, conflict, violence, & punishment. Views are my own.
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Nicholas Drummond @ndrummond.bsky.social Defence analyst and industry consultant specialising in Land Warfare. Former British Army infantry officer. UK Advisor to KNDS Germany. Views expressed are my own. See also my blog at www.UKLandPower.com
Hamidreza Azizi @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group
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Sina Toossi @sinatoossi.bsky.social senior fellow at the @CIPolicy.bsky.social | write a lot about Iran, US foreign policy, Middle East | bylines Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Guardian & elsewhere | check out my substack: dissidentforeignpolicy.com
Ali Ahmadi @aliahmadi.bsky.social Geoeconomics and Sanctions Policy. Consultant. Executive Fellow Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Emma Ashford @emmamashford.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS.
Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world.
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Gregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social Analyst EurasiaGroup. Iran, energy. Wrote some books.
Amir Rashidi @ammir.bsky.social Security and Internet Access Researcher focusing on Infosec, privacy, cencorship and surveillance
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Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
Eric Brewer @ebrewer.bsky.social Deputy VP at Nuclear Threat Initiative. Previously Director for Counterproliferation at the National Security Council and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for WMD at the National Intelligence Council. Personal account/views my own.
Golnaz Esfandiari @gesfandiari.bsky.social Journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda. Iran watcher, foreign affairs, Middle East, dogs and books.
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