John Kluge @klugesan.bsky.social Moving private capital to refugee entrepreneurs. Author, Banking on Belonging (July ’26). Mead-maker on a regenerative VA farm. Occasional writer, frequent board member, FTE husband and dad.
Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST)
Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics
Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
Mark Millar @mpmillar.bsky.social PhD researcher at SOAS | Former FCDO, UN & NATO practitioner | Exploring how institutions understand and judge conflict | Author of The Peacekeeping Failure in South Sudan
Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
@schneidermandm.bsky.social @schneidermandm.bsky.social Former DOD, State, NSC, Sen. Schumer, and Crisis Group alum. Reposting is not an endorsement and posts are my own!
Bethany Allen 貝書穎 @bethanyallen.bsky.social China, AI, technology, and authoritarianism. Currently ASPI. Was Axios, Foreign Policy, Yale, Johns Hopkins-Nanjing. Author BEIJING RULES, Financial Times Best Books of 2023. Robert Lewis Watchdog Award, Batten Medal for Courage in Journalism finalist
CSIS Japan Chair @japan.csis.org Japan Chair is a leading source of analytic insight and policy-relevant research on Japan, the U.S.-Japan alliance, and Japan’s leadership on the global stage.
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Shigeto Kondo @shigetokondo.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the JIME Center of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. https://eneken.ieej.or.jp/en/about/staff/kondo_shigeto.html
Washingtonian Problems @washprobs.bsky.social Memes, News, & Community
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Rohan Advani @rohanadvani.bsky.social sociologist. mostly reading and writing about sovereign wealth funds, political economy, and development. persian gulf and singapore. phd @uclasociology // fellow @centuryintl
#coys
Dr. Heather Williams @heatherwilly.bsky.social Director, Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) and Sr Fellow, Defense and Security Department at CSIS
Associate Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard Kennedy School
New Yorker by birth, Bostonian by choice
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
Sam Huckstep @samhuckstep.bsky.social Working on climate, migration, governance & green transition at CGDev. Any views mine.
Women's Refugee Commission @wrcommission.bsky.social The Women’s Refugee Commission is creating a better world for refugee women and girls.
Ziad Achkar, Ph.D. @ziadachkar.bsky.social Working on ICT4D and Organizational Learning
Just angry @mkwong.bsky.social Angry as hell. Who isn’t right now?. Views my own - expect a little noise. (smoking girl by Yoshitomo Nara).
Humanitarian Policy Group @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate. HPG is part of @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: www.odi.org/hpg
Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social Washington Post reporter covering Trump administration foreign policy with a focus on the State Department. Adam.taylor@washpost.com or Mradamtaylor.01 on signal
Louis Dugit-Gros لوي دوجيه-غرو @louisdugit.bsky.social French diplomat | ex @franceintheus.bsky.social | former fellow @washinstitute.bsky.social | Parisian, Cairene, Beiruti, Rbati
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
Https://www.johndickerson.com
The Carboun Institute @carboun.bsky.social The first independent energy and climate think tank focused on the Middle East and North Africa. Supporting the region's path to decarbonization and climate resilience.
www.carboun.com
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Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social New book: The Blood Between Us. Also The Road from Damascus. Co-author Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at @Prisons. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social Defense Lead, Bloomberg Economics; Senior Fellow for Defense, CNAS. Not a journalist. Views are my own.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
Dani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
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...
Curtis Ryan @curtisryan.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Appalachian State University. IR. Middle East politics. Music fanatic. A bit too obsessed with Jordan and with Arab and Middle East alliances and politics.
Section Chair, APSA Middle East and North African Politics section.
Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social Journalist, non-resident fellow at CIP @cipolicy.bsky.social, editor of @Hidden-Cities.com
Previously: Founding executive editor, Democracy in Exile @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social; managing editor @wpr.bsky.social; staff editor @foreignaffairs.com
Iona Craig @ionacraig.com Journalist + OSINT airstrikes data @yemendataproject.org
Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula since 2010. Once-upon-a-time I trained racehorses.
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Brian Whitaker @brianwhitaker.bsky.social Journalist, former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper. Author of 'Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East', plus several other books about the region. Website: al-bab.com
Raf Sanchez @rafsanchez.bsky.social Foreign correspondent NBC News. Covering the Middle East + beyond. IG: http://instagram.com/rafsanchez.nbc
Imtiaz Tyab CBS @imtiaztyab.bsky.social CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent
Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
Sina Toossi @sinatoossi.bsky.social senior fellow at the @CIPolicy.bsky.social | write a lot about Iran, US foreign policy, Middle East | bylines Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Guardian & elsewhere | check out my substack: dissidentforeignpolicy.com
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social The Guardian's investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead. Currently writing a book. tech x conflict x human rights. friend to cats. manishaganguly.com
Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump, his administration and circle of friends -- without fear or favor. I write about people and power. My contact on Signal: EricLiptonNYT.01
Gareth Sweeney @garethsweeney.bsky.social UN Director, Crisis Action
Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Japan Chair, CSIS
economics x security x governance in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
all views my own | RT ≠ endorsement
www.kristigovella.com
CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department @est.csis.org Examining the most pressing issues facing the United States and its partners in sustaining economic and technological advantages essential to prosperity, security, and resilience.
Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Bente Scheller @bentescheller.bsky.social Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Middle East and particularly Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Posts my own.
Shawn Skelly @sskelly.bsky.social Public servant. Veteran. Not going anywhere quietly. Live rock shows are life. #FlyNavy
Nicholas Fenton @nicholasfenton.bsky.social Associate Director and Associate Fellow at the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Views my own. Follows and reposts do not equal endorsements.
Gregory Poling @gregpoling.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Opinion my own, etc etc
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.
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Courtney Kealy @courtneykealy.bsky.social Journalist with some good stories to tell.
CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department @geopolitics.csis.org The Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department brings together CSIS’s leading regional experts and research programs to offer cross-cutting analysis of the most challenging issues ahead. https://www.csis.org/geopolitics-foreign-policy
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social Head (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer.bsky.social Pod Save America, Obama White House, Message Box, and some books
Susannah George @sgreports.bsky.social The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, before that Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq.
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Hélène Sallon @helenesallon.bsky.social Correspondante Moyen-Orient pour @lemondefr / Middle East correspondent for Le Monde. Focus on Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
Mona Yacoubian @myacoubian.bsky.social 
Jon Hillman @hillmanje.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Former advisor to Secretaries of Commerce, State, and USTR. Author, THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD: http://bit.ly/ChinaDSR
Philip A. Luck @philuck.bsky.social Director of Economics Program and Scholl Chair of International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Writing and thinking about all things economics, technology, and strategic policy. All opinions are my own. 
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
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Zeinab F. Shuker @zfshuker.bsky.social Flâneuse | Theorist | Writer | Asst Professor at SHSU | Sociologist of the political economy and climate change of Iraq & MENA
@douglaslondon.bsky.social @douglaslondon.bsky.social Retired CIA Ops Officer and Chief of Station; Georgetown SFS, John Hopkins SAIS, and Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social Your eye on the ground. Independent Middle East and North Africa news. https://middleeasteye.net
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Giorgio Cafiero @giorgiocafiero.bsky.social CEO of DC-based Gulf State Analytics • Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University • Adjunct Fellow at American Security Project • SME Gulf States • Public Trust Contractor 
Brian Hart @brianthart.bsky.social 贺博然 | Deputy Director and Fellow, @csis.org @chinapower.csis.org | Working at the intersection of China, security, foreign policy, and tech
https://www.csis.org/people/brian-hart
@harp713.bsky.social @harp713.bsky.social 
Chris Cook @chriscook.news FT enterprise editor. South London nationalist. Articles with my byline get posted automagically on @cook.report
City Lights of China @citylightsofchina.bsky.social Serving American Chinese comfort food since 1987
📍 Adams Morgan, DC!
🥡 Takeout, Delivery & Catering
⏰ 11:00 to 9:30 PM (most days)
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Willy Lowry @willylowry.bsky.social Senior correspondent for The National covering the US State Department, foreign policy and the Middle East. Host of The Interview with Willy Lowry.
Doreen Horschig @doreenhorschig.bsky.social Nukes, norms, and (counter-) proliferation ☢︎ | Fellow at Project on Nuclear Issues & @csis.org | Affiliate & PhD @ucf.bsky.social | formerly MIT, NYU, DAAD | 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
Nadia Hardman @nadiahardman.bsky.social Refugee and Migrant Rights Senior Advisor at Human Rights Watch. Here for the calm.
Lizzie Porter @lcmporter.bsky.social Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
Marty Pimentel @martypimentel.bsky.social Program manager and research associate, @mideast.csis.org. Contentious politics, social movements, North Africa. Views are my own.
Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي @alishihabi.bsky.social Writing about the Politics and Economics of Saudi Arabia
CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program @minerals.csis.org Developing policy solutions to build resilient critical minerals supply chains needed for national and energy security and economic competitiveness.
Joost Hiltermann @joosthiltermann.bsky.social MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025). 
Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com A magazine of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, founded in 1922. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
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Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/.
Chris Blanchard @cmblanchard.bsky.social Citizen. MENA Analyst on a Hill. Objectively speaking. Views expressed are my own.
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
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
RafifJ @rafifj.bsky.social American by birth, Syrian by blood, activist by nature. Shouting from the rooftop: FREE SYRIA. VP, Syrian Liberal Party; board president, Baytna and Nonviolence International. #Resist
Jonathan M. Winer @jonathanmwiner.bsky.social Former Senate counsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Special Envoy, now Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow, Middle East Institute. Write about law & politics, national & global security, Middle East, financial crime, cross-border issues.