Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social Our aim is to highlight events (Panels, Protests, Fundraisers etc) related to the struggles associated with the #MilkTeaAlliance
https://linktr.ee/MilkTeaAllianceCalendar
Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social Human rights & labor activist, focused mostly on SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. JHU SAIS. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
Wendy Y. Li @wendyyli.bsky.social Sociologist studying the political workforce, lobbying, regulation, trade policy, and democracy. Postdoc at SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University. Based in DC. Philly at heart.
www.wendyyli.com
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Presidential Perils @presidentialperils.bsky.social Tweeting out quotes by political scientist Juan Linz on the "Perils of Presidentialism" –- one constitutional crisis at a time
Center for Ballot Freedom @centerforballotfreedom.org America’s political system is broken. We are a cross-partisan nonprofit project that aims to protect and strengthen American democracy by reviving #FusionVoting 🗳️✨ Learn more: https://centerforballotfreedom.org/ 
Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University. 
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician. 
Government and Opposition @govandopp.bsky.social Government and Opposition is an international journal of comparative politics published by Cambridge University Press. Fully open access from 2025.
Access all our content here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition
Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social Freelance Researcher | Specializing in desk-based research | Email me for work: noan.sereiboth@gmail.com | Signal: +855 89 867 556
Buy me a coffee ☕: https://tinyurl.com/2ywmp682
📍Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn.bsky.social Journalist for Mongabay in Bangkok covering SEA
No longer welcome in Cambodia
Proud cat-dad, sucker for lost causes, keen to know all the fresh hell happening in Southeast Asia and beyond
Aaron Connelly @connellyal.bsky.social Asia diplomatic editor and Singapore Bureau chief at The Economist. Former think tanker. Native of St. Petersburg, Fla. and sometime resident of Washington, DC, Sydney, Australia and Singapore.
Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org Covert group of activists working to dismantle the military cartel and improve the lives of all the people of Myanmar. Join us and help bring #JusticeForMyanmar 🔗 justiceformyanmar.org
The Diplomat @thediplomat.com The premier international affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific, covering politics, defense and society from China and Kazakhstan to Myanmar and Australia. thediplomat.com
David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social Assoc Prof in IR at Sussex Global Studies | Student of borderworlds, conflict & karaoke in and around Myanmar | Author of Rebel Politics: https://bit.ly/RebPol
Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news 🇹🇭 CNA Thailand Correspondent. As seen on TV. Coffeeless journalist. Nordisch by Nature.
Go to saksith.news and saiyasombut.com for all my work and socials.
tyrell haberkorn @turtelista.bsky.social Plaenert-Bascom Prof of SEAsian Studies at UW-Madison | Coordinates @jsealab.bsky.social | translation, dissent, political prisoners and carcerality in Thailand | recent book: Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand (Stanford UP)
Anna Grzywacz @annagrzywacz.bsky.social Interested in ASEAN, Southeast Asian politics, middle powers, and discursive politics/Assistant Prof at Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences/Usual disclaimers
https://annagrzywacz.com/
Edward Aspinall @edwardaspinall.bsky.social Researches Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian, politics at the Australian National University.
Zachary Abuza @zachabuza.bsky.social Southeast Asian politics and security. Professor at the National War College, adjunct at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, and columnist for Radio Free Asia/Benar News. Surly New Englander. Views are my own, not NWC/DOD.
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
Signal: qjurecic.32
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
@julia-raven.bsky.social @julia-raven.bsky.social 
Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) English news service from Myanmar’s largest independent media network.
Subscribe: https://english.dvb.no/newsletter/
Follow: https://linktr.ee/dvbenglish
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social Senior foreign affairs correspondent and columnist at POLITICO
Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social senior editor & books, @foreignpolicy.com
Ozlem Tuncel @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social Lecturer at GSU (she/her/hers)
#FirstGen studying political parties in autocracies, opposition coordination, and post-rebel political parties
Myanmar Internet Project @myanmarip.bsky.social 
Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social Researcher at SOAS • Autocratisation and Militarisation • Turkey • Iran • Brazil • Author of "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (EUP 2024) • https://www.karabekir.net/ 
Anna Weissman @a-weissman.bsky.social local politics & representation | Postdoc @ Harvard | formerly @ Princeton CSDP
annaweissman.com
Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism. COYS. kaithaler.com. Author of When Rebels Win https://tinyurl.com/whenrebelswin
Catherine Herrold @ceherrold.bsky.social Associate Professor, Maxwell School @ Syracuse. Researching civil society in Balkans and Middle East. Author of Delta Democracy. CFR International Affairs Fellow. Fulbrighter in Serbia. Swimmer. www.catherineherrold.com
Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social Promoting scholarly contributions to public debate and decision making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.
Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy
Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor. Author of “Political Choice in a Polarized America” @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. ✡️ ∞
Website: https://fs.wp.odu.edu/jzingher/
Views are mine alone. RT!=endorsement
Anne Meng @annemeng.bsky.social Associate Prof of Politics at UVA. Author of Constraining Dictatorship. Authoritarian Politics & Democratic Erosion. http://www.annemeng.com/
Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social Prof of Global Health and Law, Director, Center for Global Health Policy & Politics
Georgetown University
https://ghpp.georgetown.edu/profiles/matthew-m-kavanagh-phd/
Annie Benn @anniebenn.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Colgate University. US executive politics, bureaucracy, separation of powers. annie-benn.com
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
Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social 
Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social Senior researcher @PRIOresearch and deputy editor @JPR_journal, Non-violence, security force behavior, democratization & peace processes. Opinions are my own. Webpage: www.mariannedahl.com
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social Political Scientist (all views are own, not employers’). Visiting Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
Website: www.jasonlyall.com
Sharan Grewal @sharangrewal.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings
Me: https://sharangrewal.com/
My book: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Democracy-Military-Legacies-Spring/dp/0198873514/
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
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/
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
Justine Chambers @drjchambers.bsky.social Senior Researcher, anthropologist, at @diisdk exploring revolutionary politics, conflict & climate change in Myanmar. Author of ‘Pursuing Morality’ (2024)
Billy Ford @billyford.bsky.social Myanmar Program Officer at USIP | Studied Buddhism at Hamilton College and Policy @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social || formerly The Asia Foundation and Myanmar Country Rep @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Maryam Deloffre @mzdeloffre.bsky.social Associate Professor International Affairs and
Director Humanitarian Action Initiative, GWU. Research - NGO and humanitarian accountability, NGOs, standard-setting, humanitarian financing, localization. Rock climbing, baking, playing tennis badly🐶🇺🇸🇫🇷
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism. This account is owned and operated by Protect Democracy United.
Follow us on other platforms ➡️ https://protdem.org/m/stay-connected
@larrydiamond.bsky.social @larrydiamond.bsky.social 
Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social Hello from court
Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Politics, Illinois State University, autocratization, religion, social movements & mobilization. Turkey, Israel. Istanbulite, Normalite. Anti-fascist. He/him.
Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.
Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social Professor @au-spa.bsky.social
Pol Violence | Pol Psychology
New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE”
Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com
1st Book: "Nasty Politics"
Website: www.zeitzoff.com
Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social Development economist, worrying about economic growth these days. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/justin-sandefur/
Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. Nice, FR
quirkglobalstrategies.com
linkedin.com/in/christinequirk
Quirkglobalstrategies: Substack
Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
Emily Fishbein @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social Independent journalist focusing on Myanmar. Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network Fellow 2025
Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social Senior research fellow CER @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Mostly EU stuff, sprinkled with some democracy & Central Europe. Past lives Freedom House, EUI, Bloomberg.
@intlcollaboration.bsky.social @intlcollaboration.bsky.social 
Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow | DEMED project @ERC_Research | Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social | Main interest: Democracy and Autocracy, Public Opinion, Civic Education, Higher Ed. #FirstGen
MW @mattyrdubs.bsky.social Sharing info on local humanitarian action & resistance in Myanmar. Sometimes posting about 🇲🇲 ⚽.
Mark Leon Goldberg @markleongoldberg.bsky.social Veteran international affairs journalist. Editor, UN Dispatch. Host and founder, Global Dispatches. https://www.globaldispatches.org/ 
@kimjolliffe.bsky.social @kimjolliffe.bsky.social - A Aung Kaung Myat @akmyat.bsky.social
Orçun Selçuk @orcunselcuk.bsky.social Author of The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization (University of Notre Dame Press) 🇹🇷🇻🇪🇪🇨
Researching polarizing populist leaders and their opponents around the world.
Dani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
Rithika Kumar @rithikakumar.bsky.social mostly a wallflower but occasionally post about South Asia: gender, migration, politics and Bollywood🌻✨| https://rithikakumar.com | Houston < Philly < Bombay 
David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social Associate Professor at George Washington University
Co-Founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective (@acdatacollective.bsky.social)
Researching corruption, kleptocracy and authoritarianism in Russia and the West
Bianca Freeman @bfreepolsci.bsky.social postdoc at berkeley political science.
ballet! panameña!
biancafreeman.com
Stanford CDDRL @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social Official account of Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. CDDRL produces policy-relevant research to advance political development. Visit us at: http://cddrl.stanford.edu
Aila Matanock @matanock.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD. I study political violence & international intervention & order/policing. Opinions are my own.
Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social Prof at UC Berkeley. Formal theory, political beliefs, democracy.
Associate Editor at @ajpseditor.bsky.social
https://anthlittle.github.io/
Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government at Harvard University | International relations 🤝 political psychology
jkertzer.sites.fas.harvard.edu
Sanghyun Han @sanghyun.bsky.social Ph.D ing @NunnSchool @GeorgiaTech | Eco Statecraft, Emerging Tech, Eco-Sec Nexus | Prev w/ @SNU @CUK🇰🇷 @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @nbr.org
https://sanghyun-ir.github.io
Andrew Reddie @areddie.bsky.social Associate Research Professor @goldmanschool @ucberkeley; Founder @berkeleyrisk 
Fulya Felicity Turkmen, PhD @fulyafelicity.bsky.social Political scientist by training, kosmopolitês at heart
I study what happens when emigrants exit, but states won’t let go, thinking & writing about emigrants, authoritarianism, and transnational politics.
https://www.fulyafelicityturkmen.com/
Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social Renewable energy and climate politics and policy. Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Author of Owning The Green Grid (MIT Press). More at joshuabasseches.com
Rachel Schoner @rjschoner.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science @ Tulane | Interested in intl orgs & law, human rights, soccer & dogs (she/her) | Website: rjschoner.com
Charlie Thame @charliethame.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of International Relations, Thammasat University, Bangkok.
IR, critical theory, political economy, Southeast Asia.
Mai Van Tran @vmtran.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, studying mass contention & social media in Southeast Asia, PhD Cornell. For more stuff: https://maivantran.weebly.com/
Biff Parker-Magyar @biffpm.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Political Science
@Yale. Formerly @MITPoliSci @HarvardWCFIA. Contentious politics in Jordan & Syria. peripatetic product of the garden state.
https://biffpm.github.io/
Emilia Simison @emisimison.bsky.social Political Science^3 (UBA-UTDT-MIT).
Lecturer at @qmulsse.bsky.social
Co-organizer @apsgworkshop.bsky.social
www.emiliasimison.com
Paul Schuler @paulschuler.bsky.social Associate professor of political science, University of Arizona
Sabrina Karim @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social Cornell Assistant Professor specializing in security sector reform, policing, peacekeeping, and gender. Director of the Gender and Security Sector Lab sabrinamkarim.com
Darin Self @darinself.com Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/utcountydems
Max Grömping @maxgroemping.bsky.social Political Scientist at @griffith.edu.au, Brisbane / Assoc. Editor @democratization.bsky.social/. Interest groups, authoritarian politics, disinformation, electoral integrity, trust.
Alexandra Siegel @aasiegel.bsky.social Associate Prof. University of Colorado Boulder
MENA Politics & Computational Social Science
alexandra-siegel.com- K Kathrin Reed @krsea.bsky.social
Semuhi Sinanoglu, PhD @semuhi.bsky.social @idos-research.bsky.social
Ph.D., University of Toronto.
German Marshall Fund MMF
I study propaganda, polarization, and state-business relations. Previously, forecasting work at Maidan Analytics.
https://semuhi.github.io- A Allen Hicken @a2hicken.bsky.social
Tony Yang @tzyang.bsky.social Asst Prof @Emory, PPRF @Nuffield @Oxford, PhD @WashU. Censorship, Propaganda, Public Opinion in Autocracies. LGBTQ 🏳️🌈 politics.
tonyziruiyang.org