Jamela Alindogan @jamelaalindogan.bsky.social Mother. Journalist. Filipino 🇵🇭
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
Drop Site @dropsitenews.com Independent news on politics and war. No paywall - subscribe for free.
dropsitenews.com
Africa Media @africa.skyfleet.blue Agrégateur Média sur l'Afrique focus Congo, Mali, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire et l'Afrique en général
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
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 🎤- T Trenton Schoenborn @tschoenborn.bsky.social Conflict and political situation analysis and reports: Syria, Iraq, Mali/Niger. Casualty tracking. STL to MPLS transplant. Opinions do not represent employer.
Joshua Koontz @joshuakoontz.bsky.social Yemen Analyst, Geolocation & Maps, Follow/Like/Share =/= Endorsement, My posts are my own, Threads @jkoontz__ X @JoshuaKoontz__
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
Samuel Oakford (WaPo) @samueloakford.bsky.social @washingtonpost visual forensics | samuel.oakford@washpost.com | signal: 771-200-7508
Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social Damascus-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria)
Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria:
https://akmckeever.substack.com
Caleb Weiss @calebweiss.bsky.social Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
Tomasz Rolbiecki @tomaszrolbiecki.bsky.social Security analyst and researcher. Focusing on VEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily Lake Chad.
Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social West African politics maniac. Bissau-Conakry-Dakar-Banjul & all things Boko Haram. https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/membre/vincent-foucher/
https://afriquexxi.info/
https://polaf.hypotheses.org/la-revue
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Gianluca Mezzofiore @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social Editor, OSINT and visual investigations @CNN
Email: gianluca.mezzofiore@cnn.com
Liam Karr @liamkarr.bsky.social Africa Team Lead for @criticalthreats
Focus on security challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Opinions are my own. Reposts, follows, and likes ≠ endorsements.
Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
Email: dolivier@africandefence.net
Signal: darren.13
Oliver Mizzi @ollymizzi99.bsky.social Journalist at The New Arab covering the MENA. Sussex and St Andrews alum. Finally got round to substack writing here: https://substack.com/@ollymizzi99
Charlie Werb @charliewerb.bsky.social Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own
Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social Researcher/ Focus on Africa
https://open.substack.com/pub/hasretkargin?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4mz338
Sub-Saharan Africa report every week.
Wassim NASR @simnasr.bsky.social Journaliste spécialiste des mouvements jihadistes FRANCE24
Senior Research Fellow Soufan Center
Auteur de « État islamique, le fait accompli » (Plon)
الناسُ صِنْفانِ: مَوتَى في حَياتِـهِمُ/ وآخَرونَ بِبَطْن الأرضِ أحْـيـاءُ
Sahel Research Group @ufsahelresearch.bsky.social The Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida is no longer active on Bluesky. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook, or visit our website https://sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/
Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social Limbo | PhD in Government | Senior Research Officer @ Essex Law School | Conflict & terrorism | Strategies & behaviors of militant groups | Previously ETH & AUC
بين غربتك ف ديار أهلك… و غربتك ف بلاد الله
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https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
Anna Schmauder @annateesch.bsky.social #Sahel Researcher & analyst working on armed groups + hybrid orders in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger - currently adviser at http://stabilisation-platform.de/en / Non-Resident Fellow GPPi https://gppi.net/team/anna-schmauder/ thru-hiker 22/23
Dino Mahtani @dinomahtani.bsky.social Independent researcher and writer, focused mainly on African affairs. Formerly CrisisGroup, UN, FT, Reuters, Guardian. PhD candidate at LSE.
Conflict Research Group @crg-ugent.bsky.social The Conflict Research Group is a multidisciplinary research unit at Ghent University. We are primarily interested in the micro-level dynamics of conflict.
James Barnett @james-barnett.bsky.social Researcher and PhD candidate studying conflict and political transitions in Africa (Nigeria and the Horn). Fieldwork fanatic, interdisciplinary inclinations
Various affiliations, but all views my own.
Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
Jules Duhamel @julesduhamel.bsky.social Geospatial analyst specialised on armed conflicts and political violence. #Sahel and more. Contact: julesduhamel@protonmail.com | Website: julesduhamel.com
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Daniele Garofalo @danielegarofalo.bsky.social Intelligence, Security Consultant, Analyst, Lecturer: Terrorist & Insurgent Armed Groups.
https://www.danielegarofalomonitoring.com
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
Ryan O'Farrell @ryanmofarrell.bsky.social Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa & the Levant / geolocations / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
Elana DeLozier @elanagulf.bsky.social Executive Director, The Sage Institute for Foreign Affairs || Adjunct Faculty, UVA || #Yemen #Gulf #Nuke
The Assignment with Antonia Hylton @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social Watch every Saturday and Sunday on MS NOW, from 1 P.M. ET to 4 P.M ET!
Cameron Kasky @cameronkasky.bsky.social Front runner in New York’s 12th Congressional District #YesWeCam
Andrew Farrand @afarrand.bsky.social MENA energy analyst | American abroad | author of The Algerian Dream, translator of Inside the Battle of Algiers
Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social EVP at @cipolicy.bsky.social.
Médias 🇫🇷 @mediasfr.skyfleet.blue Veille Informationnelle de quelques médias Français !
+ d'info : @lemonde.skyfleet.blue @altermedias.skyfleet.blue
🆘 @skyfleet.blue
Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social Author and journalist. Writing at https://michaeldeibert.substack.com. Enemy to autocrats. Friend to all cats. Piti piti, zwazo fe nich-li
War Noir @warnoir.bsky.social Independent Weapons and Conflicts researcher | Mostly focuses on Armaments and Weapons Including Illicit Sales | patreon.com/war_noir | MilitantWire.com
Larry Madowo @larrymadowoo.bsky.social International Correspondent at CNN. African Voices Host cnni. Nomad. Past lives in Joburg, London, New York & Washington DC. Bad jokes & good vibes.
GeopoliticalGuy @geopoliticalguy.bsky.social Geopolitics through maps and visuals 🌎
+350k followers on IG
https://open.substack.com/pub/geopoliticalguy?r=2lo9v2&utm_medium=ios
Dr Javid Abdelmoneim @intlpresident.msf.org Emergency medicine. A doctor without borders. International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
@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
Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social host of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. weekends 10AM ET on @ms.now. author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated.
jacobsoboroff.com
James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/
Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic
Miray Philips - ميراي فيلبس @mirayphilips.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
I study transnational religion, memory, rights & violence in the Middle East and its diasporas
📸 "our demise doesn't have to be like this"
www.mirayphilips.com
Dylan Gamba @dylangamba.bsky.social AFP correspondent in Ethiopia
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
Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social Professor at Yale Law School & Professor of Political Science at Yale University; President, American Society of International Law; Executive Editor at Just Security; former Special Counsel at U.S. Department of Defense. Website: oonahathaway.com.
Danielle Summer @daniellesummer.bsky.social Freelance Foreign Correspondent with a focus on women’s rights and foreign affairs.
Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social Reporter covering immigration, homelessness, other stuff, for THE CITY
Tips: ghogan@thecity.nyc or dm me for signal
Sarah Haviland @sarahlhaviland.bsky.social Protection and gender, peace and security | past @fletcherschool.bsky.social @nonviolentpeaceforce.org @americanbar.org @interaction.org | she/her | views my own
Livia Saccardi @livsaccardi.bsky.social Crisis Response campaigner @amnesty.org, ex- @minorityrights.bsky.social. Views are my own. RTs ≠ endorsement.
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
Erika Guevara-Rosas @erikaguevararosas.bsky.social Feminist & HumanRights Lawyer & Defender / Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns at Amnesty International. Views and posts are my own.
Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social 🌍 Daily Human Rights Content 📊⚖️
Stephanie Brancaforte @expluma.bsky.social All in for climate, peace & human rights. Sicily-USA-global.
Amateur fire-fighter & river protector.
RinascimentoGreen.it & transistor.city
Michael Ineichen @ineichenm.bsky.social Head of Advocacy at @Amnesty_Schweiz @Amnesty_Suisse
Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07
https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
Yunghi Kim @yunghi.bsky.social Photojournalist 43+• The Yunghi Grant • member Contact Press Images • www.YunghiKim.Com
Khadijah M Silver (they/them), JD/MPH @khadijah.bsky.social Everything I care about was target of a day one EO: #civilrights #equity #transrights #environmentaljustice etc. Policy lawyer, ex-journo/NP exec fueled by fierce love&lighthearted shit-talking. Finding solidarity with my inner child. Views mine, all mine!
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Hanan Salah @hanansalah.bsky.social Associate Middle East and North Africa Director, Human Rights Watch
"Turn the Volume Up."
Stacy Sullivan @stacysullivan101.bsky.social Current @HRW comms director, former @ACLU, Balkan wars alum. Dog-loving mom of two (dogs and children). Happiest on a beach.
Salsabil Chellali @salsabilc.bsky.social Tunisia Researcher/Director at Human Rights Watch. Former Journalist covering Tunisia and Algeria.
ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social Keeping track of international humanitarian law scholarship and ICRC action since 1863. Find out more at https://www.icrc.org/en/icrc-library
ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social ATLAS empowers, supports, and connects women working in, or embarking on, a career in public international law. Empowerment, intersectionality, community. www.atlaswomen.org
Press Office @msfpressoffice.bsky.social
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
IFEX @ifex.org IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries.
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UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances @wgeid.bsky.social UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Posts do not represent official UN policy.
Re-post is not endorsement.
Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social We are a global movement that wants to end the injustice of corruption worldwide 💙 Imprint: http://anticorru.pt/im
Web: https://www.transparency.org/
Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies @handle.invalid Exploring how international law applies to humanitarian crises | Published by Brill | https://jihls.net
Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social forumarmstrade.org -- The Forum is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use.
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
ICTJ @theictj.bsky.social The International Center for Transitional Justice fights for acknowledgement, accountability and reform in the aftermath of mass atrocity and repression.
Geneva Call - Appel de Genève @genevacall.org A neutral and independent humanitarian organization working to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Read more at: http://www.genevacall.org
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) @nrc-global.bsky.social We're a humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
Official social media: http://nrc.no/social-media
Media: media@nrc.no /+47 90 56 23 29.
Coalition for the International Criminal Court @coalitionfortheicc.org Civil society in 150 countries fighting for global justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
European External Action Service @eudiplomacy.bsky.social 🇪🇺🌍 The EU diplomatic service: promoting peace, security, and EU values worldwide. Get insights into EU foreign policy and global diplomacy.
#EUDiplomacy
🌐 eeas.europa.eu
UN News @un-news-centre.bsky.social https://news.un.org/en/
Katja Schoeberl @kschoeberl.bsky.social Head of International Relations and International Humanitarian Law-Unit at German Red Cross
War Studies Research Centre NL @wsrcnl.bsky.social
Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social Professor of International and U.S. Foreign Affairs Law, Columbia Law School.
Annie Shiel @annieshiel.bsky.social US Director at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC). She/her. Views mine, RT ≠ endorsement.
Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international and interdisciplinary perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal practice.
https://link.springer.com/journal/10691
Michael Fakhri @michaelfakhri.bsky.social Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2020-2026)
Erin Hunt @erinlynnhunt.bsky.social Disarming humanitarian, banning landmines, cluster bombs, killer robots & nukes, Executive Director @MinesActionCan and loving the fights I lose. Views my own.