Karolina Nugumanova @karolinanugumanova.bsky.social PhD Researcher @scuolanormale | Investigator on the project about Russian emigrants OutRush | PI of Science of Dreams | Gender & Migration, Political behavior
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Gabriela I. Rosa @gabrielairosa.bsky.social Bori de Toa Alta - Analyst @CNA_org Russia Studies Program - I write about Russia + European Security for the military-intellectual complex - Opinions my own
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Nicholas Fenton @nicholasfenton.bsky.social Associate Director and Associate Fellow at the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Views my own. Follows and reposts do not equal endorsements.
Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein @travelfarnow.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Collector. Intuit. Recovering poet. 🦚 Alum: SAPIENS, The World, Global Voices.
Rachel’s wine journeys @reziembawine.bsky.social Wine economist. dip WSET Trade disputes, climate adjustment, shifting demand. This is the wine spirits commentary of Rachel Ziemba, @reziemba.bsky.social economist and political risk expert.
Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council/ Prof at U of Mary Washington
Research on NATO/ Transatlantic Security
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Paul Salopek @paulsalopek.social 
Out of Eden Walk @outofedenwalk.social Out of Eden Walk is a 42,000 kilometer walk across the world in the footsteps of our ancestors. Led by Nat Geo Explorer and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek. Follow along with Paul's dispatches from the trail at www.outofedenwalk.org
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Sergei Ezhov @ezhovs.bsky.social Investigative journalist
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Rishi Iyengar @iyengarish.bsky.social Staff Writer at Foreign Policy magazine covering (mostly) technology, via CNN, TIME, SFO-DEL-HKG-NYC-PNQ. Alliteration aficionado. Em dash enthusiast. New(ish) here.
John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social Staff Writer at ForeignPolicy.com
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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social energy and environment reporter @foreignpolicy.com // say hi at christina.lu@foreignpolicy.com
Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social China & climate reporter @bloomberg.com
Arjun Singh @arjunsingh92.bsky.social Senior Podcast Producer at The Capitol Forum I formerly WaPo, WGBH, WBUR
Jenn Williams @jennruth.bsky.social Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy. Host of The Negotiators podcast. 
Henry Santoro @henrysantoro.bsky.social News junkie. Plays well with words & food. Tickles your funny bone. Four-legged friends are family members. Lover of all things music. You'll find me on 89.7 FM GBH News.
Elina Ribakova @eribakova.bsky.social https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/elina-ribakova
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Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social Geo-economics, EM, Energy/Resources. Obsessed by sanctions, sovereign wealth, debt, supply chains, trade. Ziemba Insights CNAS Horizon Engage NYU 🇨🇦 wine economist (dipWSET). NYC mostly, YVR often https://rziemba.substack.com
That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social Audio engineer for PRX's The World. Loves music. Past lives: Red Sox Spanish Radio, Monitor Radio, USMC CH-46 Avionicsman. Views found here are my own.
Tom Balmforth @tbalmforth.bsky.social 
atomicbell @atomicbell.bsky.social President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Marija Golubeva @golubeva.bsky.social Head of the Board, Baltic Initiative on European Reform www.balticinitiative.eu
Founder of Meleys crisis simulations
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Slava Malamud @slavamalamud.bsky.social Math teacher from Baltimore. Soviet-raised. Former sports writer, fully recovered. Your prototypical atheist Jew. Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦 Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱
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@nechepurenko.bsky.social @nechepurenko.bsky.social 
Constant Méheut @constantmeheut.bsky.social New York Times reporter in Ukraine | Reach out: constant.meheut@nytimes.com
Emily L @laskin.bsky.social At the moment I'm a professional translator, somehow. Also I'm a former former academic and current high-level sage. All of my opinions belong to you. https://www.emilylaskin.com/
Peter Pomerantsev @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social Author and Johns Hopkins Agora Fellow
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social Ukrainian journalist, writer, founder Justice Initiative Fund, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Spent 2.5 years in Russian secret torture camp Izolyatsia (Isolation).
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Hannah Chanatry @hannahchanatry.bsky.social Environmental journalist, currently producing at The World
Durrie Bouscaren @durriethekid.bsky.social correspondent for hire, Istanbul
Sound and words @NPR.org, @TheWorld.org
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Joshua Coe @joshuacoe.bsky.social Correspondent / Audio Producer based in Denmark
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Jane Bliznyuk @janebliznyuk.bsky.social Sociologist, analyst, CEO&Founder of Gradus Research.
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Former Head of the Department of Analytics of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine (2014-2017).
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
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Svetlana Shkolnikova @svetashko.bsky.social Covering Congress + beyond for @starsandstripes.bsky.social 🪖
Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social Peabody Award-winning interviews with artists, authors, journalists and luminaries. Produced at WHYY in Philadelphia, distributed by NPR.
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Essi Lehto @esleh.bsky.social Journalist | Nordic breaking news correspondent
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Sabra Ayres @sabraayres.bsky.social Journalist based in Ukraine. Frequently in the @latimes.com Working to support local media here for Fondation Hirondelle. Will entertain any and all conversations about dogs. Portfolio: www.sabraayres.com
Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
DC correspondent at Puck.
All views my own.
Joel Wasserman @joelw762.bsky.social In Ukraine since 2018. Please consider supporting my wife's humanitarian work here: https://gofund.me/ad24e4e0
NBA @nba.com The official account for the NBA
Angela Bazydlo @abazydlo.bsky.social Media relations manager at Clark University in Worcester, MA. I share news & faculty experts, and occasional mom brags. Email: abazydlo@clarku.edu. Also on X: @abazydlo; IG: @amibazydlo; LinkedIn: Angela M. Bazydlo. Visit www.clarku.edu
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman.bsky.social I invest in developing economies and study how sanctions are reshaping West Asia and the world. CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation. Adjunct Prof at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Charlie Hancock @hancock2001.bsky.social Opinion Editor at The Moscow Times – Pitch to c.hancock@themoscowtimes.com | Also studying MA IR&War at KCL and writing "Crisis Europa" Substack on European security | Ex-Bloomberg | My Views | Also on bird app, trying to post here more
Leyla Latypova @leylalatypova.bsky.social Tatar from Bashqortostan 🐝 | Journalist & political analyst | Changing the way you think of Russia by amplifying voices from ethnic republics and Indigenous communities ✊🏽 | https://linktr.ee/latypovaleyla
Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social Historian working on Soviet collapse. Author of "Politics of Uncertainty: the United States, the Baltic Question and the Collapse of the Soviet Union." (OUP, 2023)
Researcher at the University of Helsinki🇫🇮
From Latvia 🇱🇻🇪🇺
DOXA Journal in English @doxajournal.bsky.social Independent reportage and analysis from and on Russia. We cover everything from war and rising authoritarianism to inequality, discrimination, and the climate crisis. Subscribe to our English newsletter! https://doxaenglish.substack.com/subscribe
Dan Storyev ☀️ Дэн Сторев @storyevtime.bsky.social Mysterious Russian soul understander. Occasional academic/photo/journo. Frmr Managing editor OVD-info. Views & typos mine. he/он/el.
Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social Vice Chair,The Carlyle Group; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation Board; PhD; ADM, USN(Ret.) fmr Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Website: AdmiralStav.com
Kristi Raik @kristiraik.bsky.social Director, International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Adjunct Professor, University of Turku. Feeling home in Estonia, Finland and at sea.
Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social Father, Husband, Veteran | Congressman proudly representing Virginia’s Seventh District
Katie LaRoque 🇺🇦🌻 @katielaroque.bsky.social Freedom House policy & advocacy, focused on Eurasia. https://freedomhouse.org/expert/katie-laroque 
PONARS Eurasia @ponarseurasia.bsky.social New approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia & Eurasia. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of George Washington University
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IERES @ GWU
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Olga Ivashchenko @olgaivashchenko.bsky.social Photographer
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
Ryan McKenna @rwmckenna.bsky.social Media Relations in DC. • If you're not thinking, you're tanking. • News presented for information does not imply endorsement • St. Bonaventure alum
Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social Associate Prof/SL in Intelligence Studies @warstudies @kcl.ac.uk www.KCSI.uk
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
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Diego Lopez @diegolopez9.bsky.social Journalist /Former World traveling photographer
Colombian From Boston 🍀
Bianca Hillier @biancahillier.bsky.social Covering everything women's sports for "Good Game with Sarah Spain"🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 👟🏀⚽️🏊🎾🏒🏆 prev @theworld.org, @nbcnews.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-game-with-sarah-spain/id1752100672
Ned Garvey @nedgarvey.bsky.social Currently: Moscow Times | Зануда | Formerly: Meduza in English | European champion of ultimate frisbee
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe.
Senior Fellow @cepa.org
Syria-Ukraine Network
Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/
Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social National Security Attorney, Comic Book Historian, University of Rochester Alum
Shujaat Ahmadzada @shujaatahmadzada.bsky.social Independent researcher | South Caucasus, Russia, Turkiye | foreign policy, conflicts, history
Zaur Shiriyev @zaurshiriyev.bsky.social Nonresident scholar @carnegieendowment.org Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI. Scholar-practitioner on the Caucasus & Türkiye; energy & regional security. Literature & nonfiction enthusiast, no hierarchy.
tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Autocracy, democracy, and the NBA. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia and Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections.
Daria Kaleniuk @dkaleniuk.bsky.social 11 years in anticorruption in Ukraine, Executive Director of Anticorruption Action Centre, antac.org.ua/en
1.5 years in advocating globally for Ukrainian victory, Co-founder of International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, https://ukrainianvictory.org/
Togzhan Kassenova @togzhankassenova.bsky.social Almaty-born, DC-based expert on nuclear politics and financial crime prevention
Author of Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2022)
http://www.togzhankassenova.com
Lydia Emmanouilidou @lydiaemman.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Athens covering migration, tech, surveillance, breaking news. Bylines in NYT, NPR, BBC & more. Ex- foreign correspondent in Greece for BBC's x WGBH's The World radio programme
https://lydiaemman.com
@brandifibers.bsky.social @brandifibers.bsky.social 
Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry. 
Paul McLeary @paulmcleary.bsky.social National security reporter for Politico, Buffalo sports fan despite all of it.
Sasha Slobodov @sashaslobodov.bsky.social Editor, Researcher & Journalist | Russia & Belarus Researcher at ACLED | Formerly: News Editor at Meduza in English, International Fellow at Caucasus Research Resource Center | South Caucasus, Central Asia & Russia | Portfolio: sashaslobodov.com
Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 (Harvard, 2022) https://bit.ly/SovietJewBook | 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵 (Stanford, 2026) https://www.sup.org/books/jewish-studies/shadow-holocaust | he/him | Opinions my own | My website: sashasenderovich.weebly.com
Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social Historian, Professor, Munk School, Toronto, CA. Author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution"; "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism"; "Caviar and Ashes".
Iuliia Mendel @iuliiamendel.bsky.social A daughter of Ukraine, Journalist, former Zelenskyy's press-secretary (2019-2021), used to contribute to the new York Times and Washington Post opinions, author of the Fight Of Our Lives (look for the latest version!)
Greg Miller @gregpmiller.bsky.social International Investigations for The Washington Post. Based in London. Author of The Apprentice, Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy. greg.miller@washpost.com; signal/whatsapp: +1 202-494-1545.
ikoshiw.bsky.social @ikoshiw.bsky.social Isobel Koshiw, foreign correspondent with FT. Former Guardian. Hater of the void.- M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Kristina Berdynskykh @berdynskykh.bsky.social Freelance journalist, Ukraine, Kyiv
Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social President, Kyiv School of Economics; Minister of economy, Ukraine, 2019-2020; Associate professor, University of Pittsburgh
Asami Terajima @asamiterajima.bsky.social Reporter at the Kyiv Independent. https://kyivindependent.com/author/asami-terajima/
@mjluxmoore.bsky.social @mjluxmoore.bsky.social Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent based in London
Jenny Town @jennytown.bsky.social Korea specialist | Senior Fellow, Stimson Center | Co-founder & Director, 38 North | Director, Korea Program | Associate Fellow of SAIS Foreign Policy Institute
www.38North.org
Will Vernon @willvernon.bsky.social BBC journalist
“A nobody” - Andrew Tate
“Slightly blind” - Alexander Lukashenko
“NATO propagandist” - Donetsk People’s Republic
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
Rachel Rizzo @rachelrizzo.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ the Atlantic Council's Europe Center. Based in DC but often elsewhere. Utahn at heart.
Holger Roonemaa @holgerroonemaa.bsky.social Head of the the investigative desk at Delfi Estonia
Editor at OCCRP
Member of ICIJ
Knight-Wallace Fellow 2024-25
Ivan Makridin @makridin.bsky.social Journalist and audio reporter. Currently in exile, previously Russia.
Dan Fried @ambdanfried.bsky.social Veteran diplomat now with the Atlantic Council. America’s values & interests are indivisible, as Lincoln taught us. Believer in a Free World strategy, informed by tactical realism and strategic determination.
Farida Rustamova @faridaily.bsky.social all about Russian politics | 'Vlast' newsletter about Russian power | ex-BBC Russian, Meduza, RBC
Jenifer McKim @jbmckim.bsky.social Senior Editor of Investigations and Equity & Justice Unit, GBH News. Nieman fellow. Former Globie; OC Register alum. Proud mom. Se habla español, francais aussi. Send story tips.
Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys