Equator @equatormag.bsky.social A magazine of politics, culture and art
equator.org
Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social Associate Prof/SL in Intelligence Studies @warstudies @kcl.ac.uk www.KCSI.uk
Interests: #ColdWar #intelligence #covertops, #terrorism, USSR/Russia, CEE, #MiddleEast
Author of 📙 #WatchingTheJackals
👉 https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals
Militarnyi @militarnyi.com 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 The official English page of Militarnyi, Ukrainian military media outlet: militarnyi.com/en
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Kyruer @kyruer.bsky.social IR graduate, focused on insurgent groups in Syria and in the Sahel.
@Jrt_191 @jrtunderscore191.bsky.social I do military map making and map making accessories, miscellaneous OSINT. Student studying national security and international affairs. Australian-American. @Jrt_191 on twitter. Supporter of Ukraine. Слава Україні, Героям слава He/him
Mick - ميك @analystmick.bsky.social Consultant specialised in MENA geopolitics and SALW/Munitions worldwide. Researcher at Armament Research Services (ARES), Jane's contributor. 🇪🇺/🇩🇪
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
GMI @global-mil-info.bsky.social Diligently curating and verifying information from diverse sources to ensure accuracy and objectivity.
SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social We spread the truth, counter fakes and hostile propaganda, and amplify the voice of society.
Center for Strategic Communications - SPRAVDI.
Robbert @robbertt4321.bsky.social Clausewitzian. BRDM-2 hater.
TopCargo200 @topcargo200.com Tracking 🇷🇺 Russian senior officer deaths in 🇺🇦 Ukraine since February, 2022. We do not aim to be the first to publish, we work to provide the most comprehensive information available on every officer.
Ukraine Control Map @uacontrolmap.bsky.social Ukraine Control Map at http://uacontrolmap.com showing geolocations, frontlines, and unit positions during the war. DM for contact / media
Emil Kastehelmi @emilkastehelmi.bsky.social Military analyst, military history expert. Co-founder of Black Bird Group. Focusing on Ukraine, Russia and northern Europe.
Contact:
+358 407388158
emil.kastehelmi@gmail.com
Ragnar Bjartur Gudmundsson 🇺🇦 @ragnarbjartur.bsky.social My day job involves making sense of data. In my spare time, I apply these skills to Ukraine's fight for freedom.
https://bit.ly/ukrainedashboard
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer. 
Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social Fighting Disinformation since 2022.
All soups: https://vatniksoup.com/
Debunk of the Day: https://vatniksoup.com/en/topics/debunk-of-the-day/
Why we soup: https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/vs2/
Support our work: https://vatniksoup.com/en/support-our-work/
Andrew Perpetua @andrewperpetua.bsky.social If you think I deserve a tip: http://paypal.me/ukrdailyupdate
to view my map: http://map.ukrdailyupdate.com
Michael Bond @michaelbond.bsky.social 
Black Bird Group @blackbirdgroup.bsky.social @Black_BirdGroup
Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don't DM, Email us:
contact@blackbirdgroup.fi
Map:
https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap
Our site:
https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki 
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
MarQs__ @marqs.bsky.social 
Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank.
Special interest: The Russian Navy.
Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own
Faytuks News Δ @faytuks.bsky.social Fast & reliable news provider || Covering geopolitical incidents as they happen 🌍 BNONews collaborator. Want to support the channel? ko-fi.com/faytuks
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
NLwartracker @nlwartracker.bsky.social Tracking usage/capture/destruction of weapon systems in #Ukraine theater of operations. Sharing combat footage and more follow @nlwartracker to keep up-to-date!
DefenceGeek @defencegeek.bsky.social Jon.
military & geo-political news. Views my own.
Former Producer & Host @TheOsintBunker Podcast.
Senior Editor with @UKDefJournal.
Used to have 32.2K followers on Twitter/X.
Casus Belli @casusbelli.bsky.social Slightly French Analyst | #OSINT #IMINT and monitoring | Mostly Africa and ex-USSR | RT ≠ endorsement
All Source News @allsourcenews.bsky.social Chief Intelligence Officer of Artorias
I focus on cartel violence in Mexico, Latin American affairs and drug trade/organized crime 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Twitter: @all_source_news
Emma Smith @ameliairheart.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ she/her
@richardvereker1.bsky.social @richardvereker1.bsky.social 
OffBeat Research @offbeatresearch.bsky.social Open-source, online investigations covering the unconventional, plus in-depth reportage and analysis from the front lines.
https://offbeatresearch.com/
TheArabUkrainian @arabukrainian.bsky.social Artist
Adventurer
Boring person
Surviving russia's fascist war in Ukraine
Ukraine Solidarity Information @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social Newly formed group in solidarity with Ukraine. Monthly webinars from a left perspective to highlight the work of Ukrainian leftists and social movements.
Woland 🇵🇸 @woland11.bsky.social Professional yearner, Egyptian in need of immigration the fuck out of here, exmuslim atheist, blah blah you know it all already
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.
UntoldMag @untoldmag.org UntoldMag.org is a platform that challenges the established and amplifies the untold, bridging the gaps between rigorous analysis and accessible discourse and reimagining knowledge as a shared, dynamic, decentralized, and deeply situated experience.
Joel D. Parker @j-d-parker.bsky.social Academic. Syrian history and ME conflicts. Liberal. Lived almost half my life in Tel Aviv. Also US, France, and Scotland. Audiophile, and hobby guitarist. Dem for now. Anti-racist and pro-Palestinians. Jewish.
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian.bsky.social Times Of Israel military correspondent | BGU alum | hmu: mannie@timesofisrael.com | http://mann.ie
Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social Professor of Middle East politics at Northwestern University. Author of "We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria" and "The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora." https://sites.northwestern.edu/wendypearlman/
Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Political risk researcher on Yemen, MENA Based in Bangkok | Also posts on Appalachia, Rivers, เมืองไทย | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
Waleed Hazbun @whazbun.bsky.social IR and Middle East Studies Prof. at the University of Alabama. Mid East & East Med geopolitics, US foreign policy, Tourism & ✈️ Visiting Scholar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2024-25).
Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social Political Scientist. Analyst. Writer. Researcher. IR. MENA. Iraq. HR. World affairs.
By necessity, some Swedish politics.
Dr Andreas Krieg @andreaskrieg.bsky.social Author - Asso Prof King's College London / Royal College of Defence Studies (Global Strategy Program)
Fellow Institute of Middle Eastern Studies
Director MENA analytica Ltd
Interests: MENA, Gulf, Network-centric statecraft
francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
Simon Mabon @profmabon.bsky.social Professor of International Politics, author, podcaster. Lancaster University. SEPAD.
Schism (Yale University Press)
The Struggle for Supremacy (Cambridge University Press)
Houses built on sand (Manchester University Press)
Saudi & Iran (IB Tauris)
Abdalhadi Alijla @abdalhadi.bsky.social Gazan. Researcher. I write and speak on MENA, Peace and Conflicts. Award-winning researcher. Www.abdalhadi.net
Josh Stacher @stacher.bsky.social Professor of International Studies, Yogi (not in that order). 
Mohanad Hage Ali @mohanad.bsky.social MENA politics
Mariam Salehi @mariamsalehi.bsky.social Researching transnational conflicts, violence, struggles for justice, change, knowledge politics at INTERACT | FU Berlin | Book: https://tinyurl.com/yckxdh62 | she/her
Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social Co-Founder/Editor, Jadaliyya.com, ArabStudiesInstitute.org, Founding Director, GMU Middle East & Islamic Studies
Tiina Hyyppä @hyyppati.bsky.social Doctoral researcher Univ Helsinki, civil wars, civilian agency, rebel governance, political violence, Syria. Member of board of NSMES and editorial board of Babylon. 
Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social Poli-sci prof @ Temple, Senior Fellow @ DAWN, and luckiest dad outside Türkiye. I write on Mideast politics, authoritarianism, & US foreign policy. More: http://seanyom.com. ***Slowly moving here from Twitter/X...
Dr HA Hellyer @drhahellyer.bsky.social ‣ Senior Associate Fellow - Geopolitics, Security @ Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
‣ Fmr: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Harvard Kennedy School
‣ Specialise in MENA ◘ Europe ◘ SE-Asia
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.
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social Writer, translator, Beiruter. Editor-in-Chief of The Markaz review.
Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
Timothy E. Kaldas @tekaldas.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social
Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic
Study and teach at @uab.cat in Barcelona
#RefugeesWelcome He/Him
📍Barcelona
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Senior @cipolicy.bsky.social Fellow. Former @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
www.abujamajem.com
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Jared Malsin @jmalsin.bsky.social WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
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
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed
لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
ikoshiw.bsky.social @ikoshiw.bsky.social Isobel Koshiw, foreign correspondent with FT. Former Guardian. Hater of the void.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social 🇺🇦Ukrainian blogger.. 🪖Military analytics and weapons.Geopolitics.. Monitoring of global conflict zones ||🇺🇦~🇷🇺||🇮🇱~🇮🇷||🇹🇼~🇨🇳||🇵🇰~🇮🇳||Ukraine will win
International Network in Solidarity with Ukraine @ensu-resu.bsky.social 
@edupright.bsky.social @edupright.bsky.social 
Liam Stack @liam-stack.bsky.social NY Times reporter currently in Tel Aviv, but usually in NYC. Formerly Cairo, and a few other places. Khawaga-at-large. Brand new to BlueSky. Liam.stack@nytimes.com
Alex Scrivener ალეკო სკრივენერი @alscriv.bsky.social British-Georgian NGO guy based in Tbilisi at @demsecinstitute.bsky.social
"CIA-funded socialist".
Fighting hard for the debandzification of Georgia
Scott Long @scottlong1980.bsky.social He/him, they/them. Alien to myself. Human rights activist, queer rights troublemaker, founded Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Program. Concerns include Palestine, MENA, E Europe, climate. My opinions are my own; but you can buy them at fire sale prices.
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social Sociologist, dad, attenuated Jew, nervous anti-fascist, rootless cosmopolitan, drum and bass fan, out of practice salsa dancer, asphalt botaniser, glutton, insomniac, hearing impaired, union member, living in London
Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social News Operations Editor, Kyiv Independent
Shubhda Chaudhary @shubhda.bsky.social Founder of Middle East Insights, based in New Delhi. We produce insightful podcasts on Middle East affairs, featuring experts from around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/@MiddleEastInsights
Mariam Kirollos @markir.bsky.social Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
Sarah Carr @sarahmcarr.bsky.social 
Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
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
Lia Na’ama ten Brink @lntenbrink.bsky.social turnip-pilferer
@alenaivanova.bsky.social @alenaivanova.bsky.social I work for Labour Behind the Label/Another Europe is Possible, my union is IWGB, and I organise with a bunch of brilliant groups and campaigns
Khalil Sayegh @khalilsayegh.bsky.social Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
jamila squire @jamsqu.bsky.social everything for everyone
agitpress.net
Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own. #FreePalestine
Seth Dresden Wheeler @sethnotes.bsky.social Researching for MayDay Rooms (London) & the Working Class Movement Library (Salford)
Publishing with https://agitpress.net/
Experimental politics & culture
At war with the planetary work machine since 1974 ☭
Slowly writing a book about the ‘Global 1977’
Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social finance, energy, climate, geopolitics, industrial policy
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
in Australia -> DMs hard to retrieve, best to email
The Polycrisis @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Political economy of climate, finance, geopolitics & other things, by @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social
All our stuff is now here! http://www.thepolycrisis.org
Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development.
I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
Anna Lekas Miller @annalekasmiller.bsky.social I wrote LOVE ACROSS BORDERS and I organize book clubs and solidarity circles for people whose relationships are impacted by immigration policies. ❤️
Seema Syeda @seemasyeda.bsky.social Global liberation from below. Advocacy & Comms Director @JCWI. Co-author, Creeping Fascism. She/They.
Talking about class, colonialism, race & revolutions. Own views.
Joseph Willits 🍉 🦩🦚🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇱🇧 @josephwillits.bsky.social Head of Parliamentary Affairs at Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding).
http://instagram.com/josephwillits/
https://linktr.ee/josephwillits
Palestine, Lebanon, Parliament.
From between Junction 12/13 of the M6.
Not funny, but tweets my own.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag