Carlo Musso @carlomusso.bsky.social Head of Studies @ Leonardo and @ AIAD & Board member @ NATO Foundation; rugby fan and writer. www.austinmacauley.com/book/greenwich-meridian All opinions my own 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🏉✒️
Almoatassam Senoussi @alsenoussi.bsky.social Human Rights Researcher, keeping a close eye on #Libya.
https://linktr.ee/Alsenoussi
@gambluca.bsky.social @gambluca.bsky.social 
Nadia Addezio @nadiaddezio.bsky.social 🌍 North and West Africa 🖋️ Human rights in their multidimensional implications and resistance practices.
https://www.nadiaddezio.com/
Courrier international @courrierinter.bsky.social 🗞Le meilleur de la presse étrangère 🌍
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Anouk Pronk @anoukpronk.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute, The Hague. 🇪🇺/🇳🇱 migration policy • temporary protection 🇺🇦• migration partnerships
Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social Director of Middle East Institute's Turkish Program / Author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.
Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social Yorkshire-based journalist. York Press, The Line of Best Fit and News Associates.
Mattia Giampaolo @mattia8826.bsky.social PhD candidate with a focus on Palestine, Marxism, anti-zionist, Arabic speaker
Otto Lanzavecchia @ottolanza.bsky.social Reporter and geopol analyst. Words @ Adnkronos & ISPI. Senior Fellow, CED. EU affairs, energy, tech, society. Made in Milan.
Africa Confidential @africa-confidential.com In-depth analysis of political, economic and security developments across the African continent since 1960.
See more: http://africa-conf.com/m/Africa-Conf
Martin Jay @martinrjay.bsky.social Owner of maghrebi.org, ex award winning journalist with big media, loves dogs, lives on the edge of the sahara. Fired by CNN for being a good journalist. The truth really is easier to remember.
I'm not an 'impersonator' as BSK has labelled me ffs
Bill Law @billlaw49.bsky.social Editor ArabDigest.org and host of the weekly Arab Digest podcast. Ex-BBC Gulf and Middle East analyst.Retweets are not endorsements
EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social The EUISS is the EU’s foreign & security policy think tank. We provide critical analysis and insights to inform the EU’s strategic choices.
🌐 iss.europa.eu
@nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social @nebahattanriverdi.bsky.social Research Analyst Africa and North Africa, Middle East, Turkish Foreign Policy 
Fatiha Dazi-Heni @dazihenifatiha.bsky.social Researcher, political scientist on Arabian Peninsula States and Societies. IRSEM. Paris and sciences Po Lille
Jeune Afrique @jeuneafrique.com Pour suivre toute l'info en #Afrique : un mensuel, un site web, des applis mobiles et désormais un compte Bluesky !
Rendez-vous sur notre site : jeuneafrique.com- I @iswerenfelsi.bsky.social @iswerenfelsi.bsky.social Focuses on the Maghreb.Views are my own
Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow
IDS and ICTD. 💚🐧
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
SWP Africa & Middle East @swp-mea.bsky.social Africa & Middle East Division | Forschungsgruppe Afrika & Mittlerer Osten
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (@swp-berlin.org)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Berlin
Gordon Gray @ambgordongray.bsky.social Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Former career diplomat. RPCV Morocco. Re-posts ≠ endorsements.
https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members-1/gray/gordon
Middle East Council on Global Affairs @mecouncil.bsky.social An independent policy research institution bridging MENA & the world | Join our Newsletter: https://mecouncil.org/newsletter/
مجلس الشرق الأوسط للشؤون الدولية
Adel Ourabah @adelourabah.bsky.social PhD Research Associate @KASpoldimed #Politics #Security in North Africa.
Defense News @defensenews.bsky.social Defense News is the global defense community's leading source of news & analysis on programs, policy, business & tech. Sign up for our newsletters: http://defensenews.com/newsletters
Al-MONITOR @almonitor.bsky.social Independent and trusted coverage of the Middle East, providing unique insight on the trends & events shaping the region from top journalists in the region
Ulf Laessing @ulflaessing.bsky.social Head of Sahel Programme at Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Bamako; previously 13 years for Reuters in Mideast/Africa; Author of Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi; personal account
Elham Fakhro @elhamfakhro.bsky.social Academic and author of a recent book on the Abraham Accords. Interested in the Gulf states, conflict diplomacy, progressive ideas.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-abraham-accords/9780231212380/
Leslie Vinjamuri @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social President and CEO
Chicago Council on Global Affairs;
also Professor of Practice @SOAS University of London
Paul Melly @paulmelly.bsky.social Reporter/researcher; Chatham House Consulting Fellow. Sahel-W. Africa, rural dev, Madagascar, French & EU Africa policy. Tweets own views; RTs not endorsements
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
Riccardo Fabiani @ricfabiani.bsky.social Project Director, North Africa at the International Crisis Group.
Salsabil Chellali @salsabilc.bsky.social Tunisia Researcher/Director at Human Rights Watch. Former Journalist covering Tunisia and Algeria.
Libya Crimes Watch - رصد الجرائم في ليبيا @lcw.ngo متخصصين في رصد وتوثيق الانتهاكات، نكافح ضد الإفلات من العقاب.
Specialists in monitoring & documenting violations, we fight against impunity.
https://lcw.ngo
Lawyers for Justice in Libya @libyanjustice.bsky.social Libyan and international human rights NGO.
libyanjustice.org
Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org MMC is a global network engaged in data collection, research, and analysis on mixed migration, with regional hubs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Latin America #MixedMigration
https://mixedmigration.org/
Mourad Teyeb @mouradteyeb.bsky.social Media professional, Researcher, Consultant.
Based in #Tunisia. I cover North #Africa.
nello scavo @nelloscavo.bsky.social Journalist at Avvenire. Special correspondent. Made in Sicily. Giornalista di Avvenire. Inviato speciale. Siciliano. nelloscavo@protonmail.com
Chantal Meloni @chamelons.bsky.social International Criminal Law Professor @LaStatale
of Milan + SeniorLegal Counsel on International Crimes Accountability @ECCHRBerlin
Internazionale @internazionale.it 🔶 L’account ufficiale di Internazionale.
🔶 Per abbonarsi: internazionale.it/abbonati
Maxime Lebrun @maximelebrun.bsky.social Research & Analysis at the Hybrid CoE - based in Helsinki. Views strictly my own.
@riccardopennisi.bsky.social @riccardopennisi.bsky.social 🔮Homemade world-views
🗺️Maps+Maps+Maps
❗How geography affects YOU
🌋Rome|Europe|Globe
Francesco Sassi @frankstones.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow @statsvitenskap.bsky.social🇳🇴
Energy Statecraft, International Relations, Geopolitics, Diplomacy.
Non-resident Research Fellow @ RIE - Bologna🇮🇹
Samuel Doveri Vesterbye @samueljsdv.bsky.social Director of European Neighbourhood Council | Author of Security Threats along EU’s 🇪🇺 Eastern Flanks (Palgrave: London) | #CentralAsia #Caucasus #Türkiye #MENA | Independence | Danish 🇩🇰🇪🇺 & Italian 🇮🇹🇪🇺|
Khaled Drareni @khaleddrareni.bsky.social Journaliste
Fondateur de Casbah Tribune
Représentant de RSF en Algérie
Mathieu Galtier @mathieugaltier.bsky.social Journaliste freelance #Tunisie #Libye. Passé par #Yonne, #Soudan(s) et @cuej_info. RT et Fav - bla bla bla - que moi. mathieu.galtier.mg@gmail.com
Maryline Dumas @marylinedumas.bsky.social Journaleuse, focus #Tunisie et #Libye. Immigrée au soleil.
dumas.mary@gmail.com
North Africa Risk Consulting @northafricarisk.bsky.social North Africa Risk Consulting - political risk analysis for North Africa, with a focus on the energy sector. 
Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Libération (Chroniques du Sahel) https://www.liberation.fr/auteur/yvan-guichaoua/ • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social Research. Dialogue. Advice.
https://www.armedgroupscentre.org/
Jalel Harchaoui @jalel-h.bsky.social Analyst focusing on #Libya security & political economy.
Sergio Altuna @altuna.bsky.social Mostly Islamism. North Africa & Sahel. Narratives and counternarratives. Senior Research Fellow at GWU Program on Extremism
CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social CIDOB is an international affairs think tank that analyses the global issues that affect political & social dynamics, from the international to the local level.
🌍 www.cidob.org
Airwars @airwars.bsky.social The civilian harm watchdog.
We also run the Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social
Donate: http://airwars.org/about/donate
Mario Savina - ماريو سافينا @mario-savina.bsky.social Research Analyst | North Africa & Migration | PhDing SapienzaRoma | OSMED | AIRL | Read too much | Watch movies
Nigel Gould-Davies @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Contributing editor, Survival. Fmr Ambassador to Belarus. Victims' rights advocate. Views mine.
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social Europe editor of The Economist. Don’t let them kill me https://youtu.be/WnE15v4Gets
Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
ECFR European Security @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social @ecfr.bsky.social ideas and analysis on Europe’s security, defence, enlargement, resilience and eastern neighbourhood dynamics
Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social Program Director, Global Issues and Institutions, at Crisis Group.
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social Director, European Security @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / Migrant / ❤️ punk rock (but not only) / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / podcast: https://www.crisisgroup.org/pod/europe/war-peace
Emmanuel Gamard @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social Senior Communications Officer, Africa Program @crisisgroup.org
Crisis Group | Sahel @sahel.crisisgroup.org Compte officiel du Projet Sahel de @crisisgroup.org. Nous sommes une ONG à but non lucratif oeuvrant pour la prévention et la résolution des conflits armés.
Angela Ziccardi @angelaziccardi.bsky.social @ecfr.eu / @ecfrrome.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇪🇺 | Foreign policy / MENA region & Med / Migration / Energy
Based in Rome, before in 🇹🇷&🇹🇳
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
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
Isabelle Arradon @isabellearradon.bsky.social Strategic Adviser. Tweets on #ConflictPrevention #CivilianProtection #Gender.
Ex-Research Director for 10+ years @CrisisGroup, and formerly Senior Research Policy Adviser @Amnesty. Based in Europe.
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Burcu Ozcelik @burcuozcelik.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Middle East & North Africa Security @ RUSI | PhD, University of Cambridge | Armed Conflict, Extremism, Security, Democratic Theory | Views mine. London-based.
Web: https://rusi.org/people/ozcelik
@rusi.bsky.social
Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social Lecturer @SOAS, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI & the European Leadership Network.. Middle East/Turkey, international security, defence, diplomacy, climate security.. Belfast resident.. Posts likely to include poetry, baking and pics of Rathlin Island. 
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
Daniela Huber @dhuber.bsky.social Associate Professor Roma Tre University, Scientific Advisor Istituto Affari Internazionali,
Editor The International Spectator,
Tweeting in personal capacity
Anne Wolf @annemwolf.bsky.social All Souls College, University of Oxford. I work on authoritarianism, Islamist politics, and the MENA region
https://www.anne-wolf.co.uk/
Kevin Koehler @kkoehler.bsky.social Associate Professor at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa; PI MENA-PERC project; research on political elites in MENA, particularly Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey.
www.kevinkoehler.org
Yasmina Abouzzohour @yabouzzohour.bsky.social Princeton University Research Scholar & Lecturer | Public opinion, civil–military & political behavior | MENA→comparative | PhD, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford
Real Instituto Elcano / Elcano Royal Institute @rielcano.bsky.social Think tank de estudios internacionales y estratégicos
Leading Spanish think tank on international affairs and strategic studies
https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/
ECFR MENA @ecfrmena.bsky.social Middle East and North Africa Programme @ecfr.eu
https://ecfr.eu/privacy/#social-media-profiles 
Haizam Amirah Fernández @haizamamirah.bsky.social Director ejecutivo del Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos (CEARC)
www.cearc.net
Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales @ifri.bsky.social 🇫🇷 Leading French think tank dedicated to the analysis of international issues and global governance.
🌐 Website: https://ifri.org
🎧 Podcast: https://smartlink.ausha.co/le-monde-selon-l-ifri
Antônio Sampaio @antoniosamp.bsky.social Independent researcher and PhD candidate at the War Studies Department, King's College London. Focused on urban safety, violence prevention, crime and conflict. Previously Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, IISS. Former journalist.
Virginia Comolli @virginiacomolli.bsky.social Head of Pacific Programme, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, GI-TOC
#organizedcrime
Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Alessandro Azzoni @alleazzoni.bsky.social Diplomatico dal XX secolo. Padre, motociclista e tifoso del Parma. Diplomat since the XX century. Father, biker and Parma Calcio fan. Like and retweet bla bla..
Nona Mikhelidze @nonamikhelidze.bsky.social Senior fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome
https://www.iai.it/en/persone/nona-mikhelidze
Leo Goretti @leogoretti.bsky.social International relations, sports, politics, ttrpg, mountains, cycling
Nicoletta Pirozzi @nicolettapirozzi.bsky.social Head of EU Programme and Institutional Relations Manager @IAIonline, Associate @EUI_EU, Vice President @WIISItaly, President @MondoDemLab
Riccardo Alcaro @ric-alcaro.bsky.social I'm an international relations analyst, with a special interest in US-European cooperation on Russia and the Middle East
Istituto Affari Internazionali @iaionline.bsky.social A private, independent, non-profit think tank, promoting awareness of #internationalpolitics since 1965 and contributing to the advancement of #Europeanintegration and #multilateralcooperation 🗺️
Enrica Picco @enripicco.bsky.social Central Africa Director @CrisisGroup | #Cameroon #CARcrisis #Chad, and #Russia in the region | Italian in Kenya 🇮🇹🇰🇪 | Usual caveats.
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social 
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
www.ruthmichaelson.com
Sofian Philip Naceur @sofiannaceur.bsky.social Journalist, currently Tunis/Rome, working on 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇹🇳🇵🇸 border regimes, migration, arms trade
Contact: mail(a)sofiannaceur.de
Hussein Ibish @ibishblog.bsky.social Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI), weekly columnist for The National, and writer and speaker at large. Former Bloomberg columnist and New York Times regular contributor, now writing a lot for The Atlantic.
Agence France-Presse @afp.com L'AFP: d'abord les faits 🌍
https://u.afp.com/liens