Eric Woods @erwoods.bsky.social Escaping the birdsite, once and for all. Russia, sanctions, missiles, drones, and the global arms trade.
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
Daniele Garofalo @danielegarofalo.bsky.social Intelligence, Security Consultant, Analyst, Lecturer: Terrorist & Insurgent Armed Groups.
https://www.danielegarofalomonitoring.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
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Jules Duhamel @julesduhamel.bsky.social Geospatial analyst specialised on armed conflicts and political violence. #Sahel and more. Contact: julesduhamel@protonmail.com | Website: julesduhamel.com
@laurenbindc.bsky.social @laurenbindc.bsky.social 
The Notorious S.E.B. @bigseb31213.bsky.social my diamonds come from the most horrific situations possible
Tricia Bacon @triciabacon.bsky.social Professor at American University. Former State Department CT analyst.
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.
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
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.
Tom Bowker @tombowk.bsky.social Co-founder and managing director of Zitamar News, www.zitamar.com
Follow Zitamar here too: https://bsky.app/profile/zitamar.bsky.social
Brit abroad since 2014. Currently living in The Hague.
Dino Mahtani @dinomahtani.bsky.social Independent researcher and writer, focused mainly on African affairs. Formerly CrisisGroup, UN, FT, Reuters, Guardian. PhD candidate at LSE.
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
Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
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
Casus Belli @casusbelli.bsky.social Slightly French Analyst | #OSINT #IMINT and monitoring | Mostly Africa and ex-USSR | RT ≠ endorsement
Alice Fereday @alicefereday.bsky.social Senior Analyst, North Africa and Sahel Observatory @Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Researching illicit economies in the Sahel, with a focus on Niger and Chad
Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute. Post-doc with with the Danish Institute for International Studies. PhD in African History from Columbia University. Learning and writing about the Sahel, North Africa, and France.
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
Aneliese Bernard @anelieseb.bsky.social Director of Strategic Stabilization Advisors. At one point worked at State Dept., now a pen for hire. Thoughts on politics are my own, posts on West African terrorism, policy, and security are sometimes informed.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
Adamkinzinger.komi.io
Adamkinzinger.com
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social Middle East/International history. Three books on Iraq w/ Oxford UP. One forthcoming w/ Stanford UP. Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own.
https://www.samuelhelfont.com
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
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/
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
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.
menastream @menastream.bsky.social 
Charlie Werb @charliewerb.bsky.social Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own
Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social Professor of African History | Queen's University Belfast | Interested in Politics, Religion, Armed conflicts, jihad, peace, Africa, Mozambique, Portuguese-speaking world, Switzerland, missionaries. Webpage: https://qub.academia.edu/EricMorierGenoud
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
el kangoo @elkangoo.bsky.social YWthIGlsX2thbmd1cnU
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
@clariofarrell.bsky.social @clariofarrell.bsky.social 
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
Jakub Janovsky @rebel44cz.bsky.social Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator.
http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
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 
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
Robert Postings @robertpostings.bsky.social | Freelance journalist in London | Previously in China + Jordan |
Written for The Times, Time Out Shanghai, The PIE, The Defense Post + more.
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security
Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae
Circassian
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
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.
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Jon Novakovic @jnoves.bsky.social Executive Director of the Global Interagency Security Forum. NGO Safety and Security
Gianluca Mezzofiore @gianlucamezzo.bsky.social Editor, OSINT and visual investigations @CNN
Email: gianluca.mezzofiore@cnn.com
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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Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Tomasz Rolbiecki @tomaszrolbiecki.bsky.social Security analyst and researcher. Focusing on VEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily Lake Chad.
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.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
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
Judith Verweijen @judithverweijen.bsky.social Assistant professor at Utrecht University. Researching militarization, resource conflict & violence at the intersection of conflict studies, political ecology & geography. Focus on eastern DRC.
Mihnea @miyhnea.bsky.social Politics, history. Europe, MENA.
Ariz Kader @kaderariz.bsky.social Yes, that Ariz Kader.
Samuel Oakford (WaPo) @samueloakford.bsky.social @washingtonpost visual forensics | samuel.oakford@washpost.com | signal: 771-200-7508
Nathaniel Powell @natkpowell.bsky.social Historian--France, Africa, etc. Honorary Researcher Lancaster University CWD, West Africa Analyst, Oxford Analytica. Author of "France's Wars in Chad" https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/frances-wars-in-chad/6B7D8F9C8A81E0A83028C24EA0CF8D28
Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Chroniques du Sahel (Libération) • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
Christoph N. Vogel @ethuin.bsky.social Researcher, advisor, scholar and investigator. Hiphop and cooking aficionado. Kujenga amani lazima kuelewa vita.
Liz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
Katherine Zimmerman @katiezimmerman.bsky.social Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Middle East, Africa. A lot on Yemen, US counterterrorism strategy, & Salafi-jihadi groups.
katherinezimmerman.substack.com
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
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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@gbaznik.bsky.social @gbaznik.bsky.social International Relations & History, focused on conflicts in MENA & Europe, secessionist movements, & politics. Maps, news, & travel junkie.
Repost/♥/follow ≠ endorsement
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
Joshua Koontz @joshuakoontz.bsky.social Yemen Analyst, Geolocation & Maps, Follow/Like/Share =/= Endorsement, My posts are my own, Threads @jkoontz__ X @JoshuaKoontz__- 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.
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
Bryan Nichmann @bryan-nichman.bsky.social 
Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social Perhaps the real watch list was the friends we made along the way. Keyboard Inghimasi. Sic semper tyrannosaurus rex. --Dire Straits Appreciation Zone-- #Flowers4Qanon
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 🎤
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
Necro Mancer @mancer.bsky.social Necromancer (666_mancer) from Twitter official account
@ramialloiah.bsky.social @ramialloiah.bsky.social 
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.
Krautbender @artwendeley.bsky.social 
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social Dog shepherd.
🅱️adam @badam.bsky.social Great Lakes Nationalist. A Chicago Guy. Following urban, transit, political and conflict stuff.
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian.bsky.social Times Of Israel military correspondent | BGU alum | hmu: mannie@timesofisrael.com | http://mann.ie
MarQs__ @marqs.bsky.social 
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Niamh McBurney @blondearabist.bsky.social 
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns. 
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
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