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Brian Fishman @brianfishman1.bsky.social National security, technology, California. Cinder co-founder, led DOI at FB, created Palantir disaster relief, Research Director at CTC @ West Point.
Huss/ein Banai @hbanai.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. Books on liberalism, democracy, human rights, Iran, and US-Iran relations. Working on a book on enmity in politics. Co-Editor, Int'l Studies Review.
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David M. Sip @miskatonicprof.bsky.social Proxy War/Middle East Scholar, main focus on Iranian proxy warfare and foreign policy
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Negar Razavi @nraz.bsky.social Political anthropologist- critically studies of security, policy experts, think tanks, gender, & US Foreign Policy in the Middle East (Iran and Egypt)
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Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
Christoph Koettl @ckoettl.bsky.social Visual Investigations journalist at New York Times, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC.
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Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
Natan Sachs @natansachs.bsky.social Senior Fellow
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Susannah George @sgreports.bsky.social The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, before that Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq.
Gregory Koblentz @gregkoblentz.bsky.social I research, teach, and write about about the causes and consequences of the proliferation of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological (CBRN) weapons to states and terrorists. Views are my own.
Brandon Friedman @branfriedman.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center (MDC), Tel Aviv University
Dr. Nicole Matejic @nicolematejic.bsky.social Author, PRVE Pracademic & NatSec Behavioural Economist.
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Stephen England @stephenengland.bsky.social Writer, Novelist, Raconteur - International bestselling author of the #ShadowWarriors and #LionofGod thrillers
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
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Lior Sternfeld @liorsternfeld.bsky.social Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East. 
Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, AL-MONITOR | Professor, GWU
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Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
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.
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs @simonwfuchs.bsky.social Associate Professor of Islam in South Asia and the Middle East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem // Author of "In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East" (UNC Press, 2019) // www.simonwolfgangfuchs.com
Shirin Jaafari @shirinj.bsky.social Reporter for The World radio program 📻 🎙🎧
Eyes on the Middle East.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Sharad Joshi @sharadjoshi.bsky.social Associate Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA. International security, cricket, music, politics, films, etc.
Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social Globe and Mail reporter in Ottawa bureau
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Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
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Shervin Malekzadeh @swarthy-bastard.bsky.social Pitzer prof. Former kindergarten teacher, & sometime swarthy bastard. I work on democratic movements and the politics of postrevolutionary schooling in Iran. www.shervinmalekzadeh.org
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Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Analyst, Producer Creator+ Host @thestateofthings.bsky.social National security, extremism, global affairs, mis/dis-information | OSINT | DM for Signal |
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Jenn Williams @jennruth.bsky.social Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy. Host of The Negotiators podcast. 
Diana Galbraith @dianavgalbraith.bsky.social Interesting in finding new ways of thinking about the world. Supporting progressive candidates because they are the future, if we want one. MA from @Georgetown @georgetownsfs. Still on Twitter at @DianaVGalbraith.
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.
Ahmad Shuja @shuja-jamal.bsky.social Lawyer • Coauthor, The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan
Ross O'Connor @oconnor.bsky.social Foreign and national security Advisor to 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Director of Policy for two Foreign Ministers. NatSecurity, nuclear, energy, and climate.
Gabriella Colarusso @gabriellacolarusso.bsky.social Giornalista di cose estere, a Repubblica, focus su Iran, Libano e Turchia.
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Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
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
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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Rex Brynen @rexbrynen.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Middle East politics, peacebuilding, humanitarian response, urban warfare, intelligence, serious games. https://paxsims.wordpress.com/
Assaf Moghadam @assafmoghadam.bsky.social Prof, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University. Fellow @ ICT and Institute for Policy and Strategy @ Reichman.
Moby @mobyhaque.bsky.social We talk future ballers, youth football & all things LFC. Interested in the stories behind football. Oh please spread love 🫶
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.
Kyle Orton @kyleworton.bsky.social Write about jihadism, security issues, and foreign policy | Also a lot of history and religion.
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
Scott Brown @habeasdorkus.bsky.social Former Senator from the Commonwealth.
Leon Elsjan of Wipper @leoneow.eurosky.social History, war history, politics, Iran. News junk since '77.
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Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social Eastern Mediterranean Energy & Geopolitics | Maker of Soup | PhD, VTSPIA | Husband, Father, Jerusalemite, Veteran (not exclusively in that order) | Substack: https://gabimitchell.substack.com/
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social VP for Research @CIPolicy. Former @CenturyIntl.
Books: Iraq war (forthcoming), Once Upon a Revolution, Shia Power, Hezbollah, Hybrid Actors, Citizenship & Discontents.
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Suzanne Maloney @suzannemaloney.bsky.social VP & Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Vahid وحید 🇨🇦, PhD @vahidyucesoy.bsky.social PhD in political science from Université de Montréal. Turkish and Iranian politics. News junkie. Tennis 🎾 fan.
Morten Valbjorn @mortenvalbjorn.bsky.social Associate professor, Dept of Political Science, Aarhus University
Laicie Heeley @laicie.bsky.social Founder & CEO @inkstickmedia.com. Host of Things That Go Boom from PRX & Inkstick. Former wonk.
Craig Whiteside @craigwhiteside.bsky.social teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo https://theisisreader.substack.com/
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.
Jonathan Lord @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social Formerly: CNAS, HASC, DoD. Views mine.
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Blogs of War @blogsofwar.com 
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.
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
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Erin A. Snider @erinsnider.bsky.social
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