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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
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Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ http://htz.li/natsec
■ Prev: editor-in-chief @haaretzcom
■ I also follow planes
Morgan E O’Neill @morganeoneill.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Physics, University of Toronto. Climate scientist. Settler. Thoughts my own.
Stop the genocide! Free Palestine!
صفاء خلف | Safaa Khalaf @safaakhalaf.bsky.social Award-winning Iraqi investigative journalist and independent researcher covering political, environmental, and social issues in Iraq and the Middle East.
www.safaakhalaf.com
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Andrew Graham-Dixon / Vermeer
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. 💙
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@thomaspierret.bsky.social @thomaspierret.bsky.social 
Andrew S. Weiss @andrewsweiss.bsky.social Vice President for Studies & James Family Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Author, ACCIDENTAL CZAR: THE LIFE AND LIES OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
Usual RT cavet
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Syria in Transition @syriatransition.bsky.social A magazine on Syrian politics and society that cuts through the noise. About: https://syriaintransition.com/en/about
Karim 🐦 @karim6.bsky.social Film fanatic trying to make sense of Lebanon through film, history & politics. My open thoughts & diary here.
Also blogging at : https://projection.pckt.blog/
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@carolinerose8.bsky.social @carolinerose8.bsky.social Director at the New Lines Institute researching military withdrawal, the captagon trade, and security in the Middle East | Adjunct Professor teaching on the crime-conflict nexus at Georgetown University | Past: MENA+Europe Analyst at Geopolitical Futures
Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
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
Jenne Jan Holtland @jjholtland.bsky.social Middle East Correspondent for @volkskrant.nl, based in Amman. Eyes on Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen & the Gulf.
Villages over cities. Blueskies in Dutch.
Author "De Koerier van Maputo" (2021): https://tinyurl.com/3v7ekrah
Roba El Husseini ربى @robahus.bsky.social AFP Baghdad deputy bureau chief
Former Syria /Lebanon correspondent- in love with Syria
Yale World Fellow
Mona Yacoubian @myacoubian.bsky.social 
Alicia Medina @aliciamedina.bsky.social Journalist. Managing editor of The Syria Report. 
Barbara A Leaf @safiraleaf.bsky.social 
IpseDixit.News @ipsedixitnews.bsky.social Distilling current affairs one quote at a time. Exploring politics, economics, and global events through powerful words and timeless insights.
https://IpseDixit.News
Carnegie India @carnegieindia.bsky.social Carnegie India produces high-quality research about critical national, regional, and global issues. RT ≠ endorsement.
Khaled Mansour @k-mansour.bsky.social Writer/Journalist
Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social Egyptian/Iraqi Brit. Political analyst and mediation specialist, working across MENA/Horn of Africa. Views here my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social Assistant Professor, The American University of Paris | PhD, Temple University | smuggling, borders, violence & (in-)security, identity | Former @USIP @DoDMinerva Peace Scholar & @XCEPT_Research | Sahel & North Africa
LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social LSE MEC builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region.
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.
Hayder Al Shakeri @haydersh.bsky.social Research Fellow @ChathamHouse @CH_MENAP. Cautiously optimistic 🇮🇶 @AUB_Lebanon @SOAS. All views are my own. 🇵🇸🇱🇧
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social 
Victor Kattan @victorkattan.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Public International Law @UoN | formerly @NUS | member @TGC | editorial board @AsianJIL | International Law, International Criminal Law, Law of Armed Conflict, History of International Law
ORCID: 0000-0001-5109-5933
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Senior @cipolicy.bsky.social Fellow. Former @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
www.abujamajem.com
Zaha Hassan @zaha-hassan.bsky.social Writer, human rights attorney, and political analyst and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Sam Bresnick @sambresnick.bsky.social Research Fellow @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social
China + Emerging Tech
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
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Tong Zhao @tongzhao.bsky.social Senior fellow @carnegieendow.bsky.social
Nuclear, arms control, nonproliferation, new mil tech, Asia-Pacific security, US-China.
Views my own.
https://carnegieendowment.org/people/tong-zhao?lang=en
@syerkes.bsky.social @syerkes.bsky.social 
Lizzie Porter @lcmporter.bsky.social Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Loubna El Amine لبنى الأمين @loubnaelamine.bsky.social Political Theorist. KCL. Comparative Political Theory. Ancient Chinese Political Thought. From Lebanon.- K Michel Kerres @kerres.bsky.social Foreign Affairs Correspondent NRC Amsterdam
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)
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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Sinan Ulgen @sinanulgen.bsky.social Former Turkish Diplomat, Director of Istanbul based EDAM think tank, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
Alper Coşkun @iacoskun.bsky.social Senior Fellow @Carnegie Endowment DC
Adjunct Prof. @Georgetown University
Former diplomat @MFA Türkiye
Alexander Gabuev 陈寒士 @alexgabuev.bsky.social Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Senior Advisor at DGA Group.
Minh-Thu Pham @minhthu.bsky.social Thinking, acting, collaborating to renew 🌏multilateralism, as Co-founder & CEO @ProjectStarling, Nonresident Scholar @CarnegieEndow, and Lecturer @PrincetonSPIA. Global governance, SDGs🇺🇳UN, refugees, AAPI. Proud member @LeadershipNP @PIVOTorg
Susan Crawford @scrawford.bsky.social Writing about intersection between climate adaptation and finance. Substack https://susanpcrawford.substack.com
Author of Charleston: Race, Water, and the Storms to Come. Learning all the time.
Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com A magazine of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, founded in 1922. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
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Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Fiona McCallum Guiney @fmccallumguiney.bsky.social Professor in International Relations, University of St Andrews. Researches on religion, migration, diaspora and minorities
Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment
Diana Moukalled @dianamoukalled.bsky.social Journalist
Reinoud Leenders @leendersreinoud.bsky.social Reader in International Politics and Middle East Studies, King's College London, Department of War Studies. https://www.reinoudleenders.org All views expressed are my own.
Mohamed Dhia Hammami @meddhiah.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University | Wesleyan Alumn | Mixed Methods, MENA Politics
🖥️ mohameddhiahammami.com
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
Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own. - E @eddiethomas88.bsky.social @eddiethomas88.bsky.social
Kelly Petillo @kellyp90.bsky.social MENA Programme Manager at ECFR, focusing on regional migration and humanitarian issues. London based.
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
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond.
Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com
https://www.newarab.com/
Dr Sarah Irving @drtermagant.bsky.social Associate Prof of Middle Eastern History (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member.
Timothy E. Kaldas @tekaldas.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social
Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic
Study and teach at @uab.cat in Barcelona
#RefugeesWelcome He/Him
📍Barcelona
Abdalhadi Alijla @abdalhadi.bsky.social Gazan. Researcher. I write and speak on MENA, Peace and Conflicts. Award-winning researcher. Www.abdalhadi.net
Order from Ashes @orderfromashes.bsky.social International policy that's independent, critical, and progressive.
Micha Tobia @michatobia.bsky.social Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
Katelynn Vogt @katelynnvogt.bsky.social VP for Comms, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Posts about foreign policy.. and women's soccer.
Hill alum. Loves pets, politics, and Philly sports.
Follow: @carnegieendowment.org
Steve Feldstein @stevefeldstein.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment
Tech, geopolitics, democracy
Out Sept 8! Bytes & Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech & New Shape of Modern War
https://bit.ly/4tuDLnv
Author of Rise of Digital Repression
https://bit.ly/4ext26X
Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
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/.
Michael Stephens @mikerstephens.bsky.social Senior Fellow @FPRI Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_Org, @RANDEurope, Views my own, RTs not endorsements....Fulham FC
Clarissa Guerrero @clarissguerrero.bsky.social Comms at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | DC via ATX | Views are my own
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.
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Aaron Stein @aaronstein1.bsky.social President/CEO @fpri.bsky.social; Podcast w/ blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social; Recent Substacker; Author: US War Against ISIS. Views are all my own
Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
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.
Sophia @lespolitiques.bsky.social Ethics and Politics
Carnegie Middle East Center @carnegiemec.bsky.social Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center provides informed policy research & analysis on the challenges facing the Middle East & North Africa. RT≠endorsement
Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
Mohamad El Chamaa @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social reporter @WashingtonPost.com
📫 mohamad.elchamaa@washpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/mohamad-el-chamaa/
Hari/ഹരി/हरि/هري @hariprasad.bsky.social serial typo maker. Researches ME/SA politics and political violence. mainly here for da memes. Apparently, a prominent person. Usual disclaimers
Moritz Schmoll @moritzschmoll.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science at
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Rabat. 
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
عمو حسام @barracks.substack.com In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation.
My book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
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.
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
Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Omar Cheta عمر شتا @omarcheta.bsky.social Historian • Alexandria/Syracuse • "How Commerce Became Legal" (Stanford UP, 2025) • omarcheta.com
Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Haaretz and more; Website: https://louisfishman.com/
Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies @Rutgers Newark History | Ottoman Empire, Balkans, migration. Author: The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: https://sup.org/books/title/?id=33140
ADAM BRESSLER DA CHUDIAK @madam7-3.bsky.social ANTI SPAM. BSKY gets it wrong. Follow me. friends here too Madam7.bsky.social and Madam7-2.bsky.social
WSU. AIS. Sr Marketer. CRM/Ads. Audio. Infosec Trader. Coach. Sports. Jew. SEA. History. Married to GlumDumpst3r Hoe.Wiki
Twitter.com/adambressler
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
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