Brandon Friedman
Senior Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center (MDC), Tel Aviv University
@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
@haidhaid22.bsky.social
Senior Consulting Associate Fellow, Chatham House @CH_MENAP | PhD from @warstudies | a Syrian who writes about Syria among other things. RT ≠ endorsements.
@p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social
Historian & Arabist Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
@pslewis.bsky.social
Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords.
@drjmankoff.bsky.social
Scholar and analyst of Russia and Eurasia at NDU and CSIS. Author of Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security (Yale, 2022) and Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).
@dmedelstein.bsky.social
•Vice Provost for Education, Georgetown University •Incoming Dean of Georgetown's College of Arts & Sciences (as of July 1, 2025) •Professor of International Affairs & Government
@dhuber.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Roma Tre University, Scientific Advisor Istituto Affari Internazionali, Editor The International Spectator, Tweeting in personal capacity
@englks.bsky.social
Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Ramallah // previously Middle East Desk
@elhamfakhro.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School. Author, 'The Abraham Accords: the Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization' (Columbia University Press, 2024). http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-abraham-accords/9780231212380
@michaelherb.bsky.social
@dassakaye.bsky.social
Longtime Middle East/global affairs/diplomacy observer. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. New book out Dec 2! https://www.sup.org/books/politics/enduring-hostility
@jbdacey.bsky.social
MENA programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe-based, once upon a time in Syria and Egypt
@hamidrezaaz.bsky.social
Ph.D. | Visiting Fellow @swp-berlin.org http://linkedin.com/in/hamidreza-azizi-fp
@ibishblog.bsky.social
Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI), weekly columnist for The National, and writer and speaker at large. Former Bloomberg columnist and New York Times regular contributor, now writing a lot for The Atlantic.
@shertog.bsky.social
Political economist with focus on Middle East and political violence, based at LSE
@ibkardon.bsky.social
Study China’s maritime strategy, international security policy Senior Fellow @carnegieendow.bsky.social Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS Book: China’s Law of the Sea yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256475/chinas-law-of-the-sea/
@gafterman.bsky.social
Head, Asia Policy Program, Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy & Foreign Relations, Reichman University | Fellow, CASSIS, University of Bonn | China, Middle East, Asia, Superpower competition, Tech Middle Powers.
@marknkatz.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, George Mason U. Schar School of Policy and Government; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. Russian foreign policy; great power competition.
@altayatli.bsky.social
PhD • International Political Economy • Economic Statecraft • Geoeconomics • Turkey • China • Asia-Pacific • Teaching @KoçUniversity @BoğaziçiUniversity • Consulting @AtlıGlobal
@alonpinkas.bsky.social
Chief of Staff/Foreign Policy Advisor to 1 PM & 4 of Israel's best Foreign Ministers since 70CE. Fmr. Ambassador, Consul General in NY. Played for The Arsenal, 1979 FA Cup Final. Writes in www.The-Independent.com & does TV way too much Tel Aviv, Israel
@mariarepnikova.bsky.social
Academician, word technician, Atlantan, Russian-American-Latvian-Jew. Associate Prof @Georgia State in Global Comm; China expert. Author of Media Politics in China and Chinese Soft Power. Currently writing China's image-making in Africa.
@matthefler.bsky.social
Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
@alomran.me
Saudi correspondent for @financialtimes.com. @ahmed on Twitter and Instagram.
@hhassan.bsky.social
Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
@jfb1066.bsky.social
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2025?). Next: Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
VOA chief national correspondent/ex White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ @pressclubdc board of governors; @JURISTnews board of […] [bridged from https://journa.host/@w7voa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@nuclearhistory.bsky.social
Historian of France's military nuclear ambitions (1945-1958) and US nuclear weapons testing. The views expressed are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
@avielroshwald.bsky.social
History Professor. Comparative study of nationalism. Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
@ncrenic.bsky.social
Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.
@rusi.bsky.social
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world. Website 💻: https://rusi.org/ WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
@smetanamichal.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Charles University | Director of the Peace Research Center Prague & the Experimental Lab for Int. Security Studies | PI of the ERC project MICROCODE | international security & politics | http://michalsmetana.academic.ws
@ridt.bsky.social
Author of ACTIVE MEASURES, RISE OF THE MACHINES, CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, "Attributing Cyber Attacks," more. Johns Hopkins, Alperovitch Institute.
@dandrezner.bsky.social
Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
@fheisbourg.bsky.social
Senior adviser (Europe), IISS, Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
@bennetthuw.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations, writing on British defence since 1945. In south Wales, an archive or a military museum. Permanently grateful to archivists and librarians.
@eliotacohen.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
@edwardlucas.bsky.social
Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
@robertegnell.bsky.social
President/vice-chancellor of the Swedish Defence University, professor of leadership.
@georgeeaton.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Politics), New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/author/george-eaton
@cplaisant.bsky.social
International Relations | Diplomacy | Turkey-Syria | Et un peu d'@OL. Personal views here
@sinemadar.bsky.social
Associate (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
@akmckeever.bsky.social
Amman-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
@chehayebk.bsky.social
Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. [email protected]