Riccardo Fabiani @ricfabiani.bsky.social Project Director, North Africa at the International Crisis Group.
Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
SJ in Libya @sj-in-ly.bsky.social Working for a better future . Human right for all , not just the elite ! Proud wife of Jamal Tonali who was martyred in the battle for Sirte 8/10/2011 🇱🇾 fighting against injustice.
Chatham House Middle East and North Africa @chmenap.bsky.social The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region.
🔗 kalam.chathamhouse.org
Hugh Lovatt @hlovatt.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations.
Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.
@sternbryanfellow.bsky.social @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social 
Daniel F. Pérez @danielfperez.bsky.social Research & Projects Coordinator, Euro-Arab Foundation | Stratcomms, EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation | Fellow, OIET | PhD candidate in International Relations
Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul. Words in NYT, WaPo, TIME & more
Marije Balt @marijebalt.bsky.social Chief Science Officer at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs | finalising PhD at Erasmus University | interested in diplomacy, international relations and migration | following developments in the EU, Middle East, Africa and beyond
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
@EU_Dempsey @eudempsey.bsky.social Irish. EU Advocacy for @article19.bsky.social in Brussels. Prior - international dev/affairs in Mumbai and MENA - Beirut, Baghdad, Amman, Berlin, London. #humanrights #foreignaffairs #techpolicy #EUaffairs #mediafreedom Views mine.
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Kelly Petillo @kellyp90.bsky.social MENA Programme Manager at ECFR, focusing on regional migration and humanitarian issues. London based.
Jeremy Shapiro @jyshapiro.bsky.social Director of Research and the US program @ECFR, Washington DC. Bio at https://ecfr.eu/profile/jeremy_shapiro/.
Dr Cinzia Bianco @cinziabianco.bsky.social Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations on the Arabian Peninsula/ Gulf and relations with Europe. 
Gabriele Valodskaite @gvalodskaite.bsky.social European Security Programme Coordinator @ecfr.eu
Teresa Coratella @taszuc.bsky.social Deputy Head and Policy Fellow, Rome Office, @ecfr.bsky.social
Working on Italy's foreign policy, European politics, Disinformation. Italian-Polish-European.
Alumna: IVLP, College of Europe, SIOI, Roma Tre.
Member&Mentor of WIIS Italy
Alberto Rizzi @alberto-rizzi.bsky.social Policy Fellow on Geoeconomics at ECFR (Rome Office) - Energy, infrastructure, trade, and EU-Developing countries economic relations.
History and art lover.
Born in Bergamo and proud Atalanta BC fan.
https://ecfr.eu/profile/alberto-rizzi/
Pavel Slunkin @pavelslunkin.bsky.social Political analyst, ECFR. Former diplomat. Currently at Harvard
Manisha Reuter @manishareuter.bsky.social Security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific with a focus on 🇨🇳& 🇮🇳| ECFR Asia Programme Manager | views are personal
Marta Prochwicz Jazowska @mprochwicz.bsky.social Deputy Head of Office ECFR Warsaw
Policy Fellow
Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social Senior policy fellow ECFR, IEEP Associate. These are my personal views. 
Byford Tsang @byfordt.bsky.social EU-China relations, China's climate and energy policies, climate diplomacy. Think tanker at @ecfr.bsky.social
Chris Herrmann @cwherrmann.bsky.social US Programme Coordinator @ECFR.eu
Pawel Zerka, PhD @pawelzerka.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), based in France / public opinion on foreign affairs / European sentiment / France / Poland / Belarus / Latin America
Engjellushe Morina @engjellushem.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, European Security Program, ECFR
Alicja Bachulska @abachulska.bsky.social Policy Fellow European Council on Foreign Relations #ECFR #China #Europe
Alexander Lipke @alexlipke.bsky.social Programme Coordinator at ECFR's Asia Programme📍Berlin
EU-East Asia Relations with a focus on the Korean Peninsula 
Arturo Varvelli @arturovarvelli.bsky.social Head Rome Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR- T T @teftak.bsky.social
James Crabtree @jamescrabtree.bsky.social Analyst & writer. Billionaire Raj author. ecfr fellow. foreign policy columnist. Ex: IISS, FT, LKY School, UK Govt. LSE / Harvard. 
Tobias Gehrke @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social Geoeconomics and economic security at European Council on Foreign Relations | PhD
Kadri Liik @kadriliik.bsky.social Professional focus on Russia, other interests many and varied.
Rafael Loss @rafaelloss.bsky.social defence, nukes and nato | prev ecfr, cgsr llnl | he/him
latest 👉 https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-bear-with-the-bomb-russian-nuclear-coercion-and-the-future-of-european-deterrence/
zenith @zenith.me Deutschlands führendes Magazin zu Nahost, Maghreb und der muslimischen Welt. Jetzt Club-Mitglied werden: http://bit.ly/2oclwlC
Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
@elfaitouri.bsky.social @elfaitouri.bsky.social 
Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social A leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa.
Website: www.saqibooks.com
Linktree: https://shorturl.at/Yc9TY
Michèle Browne @michelebrowne.bsky.social RTÉ Content programme-maker. Creator of Custodians of Ireland. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/custodians-of-ireland/
David Finkel @davidfinkel.bsky.social 
Haizam Amirah Fernández @haizamamirah.bsky.social Director ejecutivo del Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos (CEARC)
www.cearc.net
Camille Lons @camillelons.bsky.social Deputy Head Paris office and Policy fellow @ecfr #MiddleEast geoeconomics, #Gulf, #China-MENA, #RedSea. Ex-@IISS_org
(usual caveats) camille.lons@ecfr.eu
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Arnaud Contreras @arnaudcontreras.bsky.social Auteur, reporter et producteur / France Culture et RFI, photographe /// ⚓️ & 🐪
www.arnaudcontreras.com
Natacha Danon @natachadanon.bsky.social Damascus-based journalist telling Syrian stories with eyes on Palestine | Bylines in Syria Direct, New Lines Magazine, Middle East Eye & The New Arab
Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social Senior lecturer International Relations, University of Exeter | IR Global South, foreign policy, conflicts, international recognition, norms and practices, Maghreb, EU-MENA | Views mine
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24733-irene-fernandezmolina
@orlabarry.bsky.social @orlabarry.bsky.social Europe correspondent with The World. Formerly EU reporter with the BBC World Service and former broadcaster on Newstalk
https://theworld.org/contributors/orla-barry
Clocus @clocus.bsky.social 
Ivalani Kaluhiokalani @ivvalani.bsky.social Painter, Interdisciplinary Artist, Movement Arts
Umar Khan @umarnk.bsky.social 
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
@annie-etheridge.bsky.social @annie-etheridge.bsky.social 
Cole Stangler @colestangler.bsky.social Journalist, author, lecturer in France
📚 Le Miroir américain (Les Arènes, 2025)
Paris Is Not Dead (The New Press, 2023)
🎙️EP 6 WHAT DO WE WANT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXgADGJ8CDQ
www.colestangler.com
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Jonathan M. Winer @jonathanmwiner.bsky.social Former Senate counsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Special Envoy, now Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Middle East Institute. Write about law & politics, national & global security, Middle East, financial crime, cross-border issues.
Célian Macé @celianmace.bsky.social Journaliste à Libération
Ana Gomes @anagomes54.bsky.social Portuguese ambassador (retired). Former MEP (Member of European Parliament). Living in Portugal.
Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
Liam Stack @liam-stack.bsky.social NY Times reporter currently in Tel Aviv, but usually in NYC. Formerly Cairo, and a few other places. Khawaga-at-large. Brand new to BlueSky. Liam.stack@nytimes.com
Clementine Starling-Daniels @cstarling-daniels.bsky.social Writing about US national security, defense tech, special ops, and space. Proud NATO nerd.
Director of the Forward Defense Program @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social. Wife to @ojdaniels.bsky.social.
Strategist by trade, optimist by choice.
Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social PhD Student in Politics @Princeton
redatamtam.com
Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social Writer living on the road. AI-free. Read THE ACTUAL STAR: https://www.monicabyrne.org/the-actual-star. Reps at CAA, DG&B, and Kaplan/Perrone. She/her.
monicabyrne.substack.com
patreon.com/monicabyrne
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
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”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social BBC lifer since 1966, international affairs editor since 1982. Presenter of ‘Unspun World’ on BBC Two, BBC World & World Service. Two daughters, one son, six grandchildren, a loving wife, lots of books, and an Irish terrier. Defender of the Oxford comma.
Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea
Frank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social Chief writer of An Irish Diary, The Irish Times
Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social US energy editor Financial Times based in NYC - after reporting stints in Sydney, Dublin and Brussels.
Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social Researching, teaching & training. Geopolitics, Foresight, Foreign Poliy, MENA & Turkey. Back at @UABBarcelona
Kristian Ulrichsen @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
Steve Bloomfield @stevebloomfield.bsky.social Journalist
Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social Europe Correspondent Euronews. Based in Brussels. Edward R. Murrow alum. Euronews.com
Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social Unvetted male Funkateer. Elevated neutrino readings. Talky stuff on
@newstalkFM @IrishTimes columnist. He/Him. 🇮🇪
Francesca Binda @middleofthemed.bsky.social International political development, strategic communications, and support to democracy activists worldwide. A passionate advocate for women's equal participation in politics. 
Puk Damsgård @pukdamsgaard.bsky.social Middle East correspondent, Danish TV and author. Also roaming Afghanistan. Latest books Drageland, Arabica, Den Sorte Kat i Mosul, The ISIS Hostage.
Dr Valérie Marcel @valeriemarcel.bsky.social Petroleum development and environmental ambitions. Transitions in the Global South (& occasional MENA politics)
Executive Director, New Producers for Sustainable Energy @newproducers.bsky.social
http://newproducersgroup.online
Umberto Profazio @profazio.bsky.social Part Time Analyst / Full Time Dad - Personal views on Libya, Maghreb, NorthAfrica and surroundings - Bylines @ IISS + NDCF 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Alex Hannaford @alexhannaford.com Journalist: Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, GQ, etc. | Book: Lost in Austin (Harper Collins) | Podcasts: Dead Man Talking & Huddled Masses | alexhannaford.com | Media consultancy: nofiction.com | Newsletter: deadliners.substack.com
Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social *Journalist, writer & podcaster (en/fr) > Africa, West Asia, Global South + diaspora + arts
*News curator
*Worked w/ RFI, BBC WS, DW, New Arab, CBC, TV5, F24...
*Opinions: my own
https://melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/melissaontheroad
Mae Thompson @maethompson.bsky.social (she/her)
Senior Advocacy Officer @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
Formerly @libyanjustice.bsky.social
Looking at emergent justice through a decolonial + feminist lens. Views here mine.
Ismail Einashe @ismaileinashe.bsky.social Journalist and writer. Bylines in the BBC, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, ArtReview, et al. Author of STRANGERS by Tate Publishing, member of Lost in Europe and 2025-26 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan.
www.ismaileinashe.com
Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social University professor in Paris. Ex journalist: columnist, critic, Editor-in-Chief, television presenter. Promeneur du Champ de Mars avec Hector et Djery. Agent: J.P. Marshall. Substack: https://substack.com/@frasermatthew
Sylvène Gilchrist @sylveneg.bsky.social Investigative Journalist with @CBC -
sylvene.gilchrist@cbc.ca 
Abdusalam Shlebak♿️Absi @absily.bsky.social Disability rights advocate, person living with polio, and blogger. Committed to breaking down barriers and promoting inclusivity for people with disabilities
absi.ly
absi.ly/blog
@aomrani.bsky.social @aomrani.bsky.social 
Ghazi Gheblawi | غازي القبلاوي @gheblawi.bsky.social Author and publisher. Former physician. Human Rights Defender.
Gavan Titley @gavant.bsky.social Professor of Media, MU. Writing right now about ‘freedom of speech’ in a world of noise. 
@klenjaarats.bsky.social @klenjaarats.bsky.social 
Pádraig Belton @padraigbelton.bsky.social Journalist. BBC, and a few other places. Buys nappies on eBay.
Peter Bouckaert @bouckap.bsky.social I am a passionate human rights activist, conservationist, permaculture farmer, father. Current senior director at Fortify Rights, building local human rights capacity in Asia. Living in Madagascar.
Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social Toronto Star Opinion Editor, former Books Editor; author "On Class"; Book #2 "Relative Truths: Stories of Adopton, families, and belonging" out February 2027. Interests: books, social justice, class, politics. Make me laugh! Pitch me ddundas@thestar.ca.
Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social Dubliner, Ex-Berliner, Editor at Internationale Politik Quarterly
@ipq.bsky.social. Doing an MPhil in literary translation at TCD. @tclctdublin.bsky.social she/her
Stephen Davis @smdavis.bsky.social Corporate governance, democracy, and olives. Connecticut and Provence.
Julie Schneider @julieschneider.bsky.social Human Rights Law & IHL - ex-ICRC - former journalist -
Hélène Sallon @helenesallon.bsky.social Correspondante Moyen-Orient pour @lemondefr / Middle East correspondent for Le Monde. Focus on Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social Journalist, formerly of @bloomberg and @time
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order. Substack: Ghoshworld
Iyad El-Baghdadi @iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social Palestinian 🇵🇸🇳🇴
Research Lead Kawaakibi Foundation
KULNA coming soon @kulna.bsky.social
Author: "The Middle East Crisis Factory".
Interview requests: press@kawaakibi.org