Aijan Sharshenova
Political analyst
Academic tamada
Research: political populism, foreign policy analysis, political risk analysis, occasionally sustainable energy
@ilvestoomas.bsky.social
Unsuccessfully retired ex-prez, ex-MEP, ex-foreign minister, ex-ambassador, ex-director of RFE-RL Estonian service, etc, ex cetera. Except for @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, I take seriously only those who post here under his or her own name.
@youranoncentral.bsky.social
#Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://spookyconnections.com/
@syinats.bsky.social
Central Asia Researcher @HRW.org [Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan]; PhD (#nomadityofbeing); Writer [sci-fi]. Opinions are my own.
@felixlight.bsky.social
Reuters correspondent in Tbilisi, covering Russia, Caucasus, ex-USSR. Also travel stuff. Views my own.
@joannalillis.bsky.social
Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
@asiacitalia.bsky.social
ASIAC is an academic association based in Italy that promotes knowledge exchange on Central Asia and the Caucasus. (RT/likes are not endorsements). Website and newsletter: https://www.asiac.net/
@ievapuzo.bsky.social
@europe-asia.bsky.social
Since 1949, the principal academic journal in the world focusing on history + current political-social-economic affairs in Russia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia.
@alakbarov.bsky.social
Political Commentator. Journalist. Photographer. Interests: South Caucasus, Central Asia, football. Director at Caspian Circle. Bylines at Daily Sabah, Open Democracy, The Jamestown Foundation, The Jerusalem Post.
@yaneuve.ren
ктёнок по имени «ꙮ» three meowthoxy two prime carbonyl etikotenocyclidine
@jonathancampion.com
Central Asia news editor | Cricket with The Metronomes | Author of 'Getting Out' 🇺🇦🏏 | Norfolk and Caucasus too. 🌏 jonathancampion.com 📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
@akbotabox.bsky.social
@bkurmanov.bsky.social
Researcher/scholar based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Central Asia Open government, digital activism, authoritarian politics and memory Senior research fellow at University of Central Asia. Views are my own.
@desenaliev.bsky.social
@anarsomuncuoglu.bsky.social
Hacettepe University Central Asian studies, Russian studies
@ideasoneurope.bsky.social
Ideas on Europe is a blog hosting service that provides an independent forum for informed analysis, comment, and debate. Created and managed by @uaces.bsky.social. Website https://ideasoneurope.eu/.
@eldiyar.bsky.social
Journalist | Editor | Trainer | 🇰🇬 🇺🇿 🇰🇿 🇹🇯 | OCCRP and ICIJ | Formerly: Editor-in-Chief at Kloop
@cessnews.bsky.social
Central Eurasia in Focus: Advancing Research, Building Community
@mukhamedian.bsky.social
researcher, Central Asian, currently working on successions, regimes, and foreign policy of CA
@theryanjohnson.bsky.social
Decorated hero of the Republic of Absurdistan. Specialist in the coffees of Central Asia.
@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 🇮🇹🇪🇺|
@bertelsmannst.bsky.social
Wir wollen Menschen bewegen, Zukunft gestalten. Wer wir sind: https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/
@sashaetkind.bsky.social
Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war. I ban, with or without warning
@empirepoduk.bsky.social
Podcast on empires and global history 🌎 A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple Current series - Victorian Narcos
@fmols.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Political Science @POLSISEngage, researching leadership, followership, populist movements, voter attitudes and political behaviour. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@profafinlayson.bsky.social
Prof of Political & Social Theory @ UEA: regularly a political theorist, often a political analyst, always a rhetorician. Sometimes I teach people how to make political speeches; usually they are happy about it. Mostly I study Reactionary Digital Politics.
@theoaiolfi.bsky.social
Junior Professor at Université Bourgogne Europe | Associate researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Convenor of @populismpsa.bsky.social | Populism; Style; Far-right; Identity https://tinyurl.com/populiststyle
@grmarkou.bsky.social
PhD in Political Science. Discourse Analysis • Comparative Politics • Populism • Anti-populism • Conspiracism • Radicalism. Website: https://grmarkou.wixsite.com/grigorismarkou
@georgenewth.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics @UniofBath. Researching #populism #commonsense #regionalism & #farright. Spurs (THFC) fan. He/Him/His My book on the history of the (Northern) League: https://shorturl.at/berQR
@adriaportac.bsky.social
Investigador predoctoral en Filosofia a la Universitat de Barcelona. Membre del projecte de recerca Posfundacional, a vegades em podeu trobar al centre d'arts Santa Mònica, escric una columna a Catalunya Plural. "L'universal (encara) és un camp de batalla"
@juanroch.bsky.social
Assistant professor in political science, UNED, Madrid. Party politics, EU politics, political discourse, democracy, political mobilization. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juan-Roch
@archibaldgustin.bsky.social
PhD Student in Political Science at @UniversiteLiege and @echo_vub studying political discourse (he/his)
@antonisgal.bsky.social
PhD in Political Sciences. Project Coordinator, Eteron Institute. FEPS Young Academics Network. Greek & EU Politics • Discourse Analysis • (Anti)Populism • Far right/nationalism.
@bolandeira.bsky.social
Economista e professor. Doutor em Teoria Política na Sciences Po. Convenor for @populismpsa.bsky.social. PT EN FR ES. https://linktr.ee/bolandeira
@salomeietter.bsky.social
Teaching Fellow @PAISWarwick - teaching on race, gender, and political theory. Researching anti-populism, capitalism, racism and contemporary left politics. https://www.linkedin.com/in/salomeietter/
@michaelangeloanast.bsky.social
Political Sociologist @ Digital Transitions & Society, University of Nicosia www.michaelangelosociology.com www.unic.ac.cy/digits/
@gkatsambekis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics | Research on populism, democracy, authoritarianism, radical left politics, social movements | Opinions my own
@k8ebrown.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Language and Social Justice at Manchester Met, researching far-right mainstreaming, media and discourse. She/her Latest article: https://bit.ly/4fzZ3cf
@lassethomassen.bsky.social
Professor of Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London; Deputy Director (Training and Cohort Development) LISS DTP
@giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social
Lecturer in Political Communication, Cyprus University of Technology. Co-convener of @populismpsa.bsky.social Author of Populism in Power https://tinyurl.com/PopInPow www.giorgosvenizelos.com