Christy Quirk
Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to.
Nice, FR
quirkglobalstrategies.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinequirk/
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Understanding and countering influence ops
People who think about how Influence operations, Information integrity, malign narratives, propaganda or -LOL “FIMI”-shape public opinion. Whatever you want to call it, just don’t call it disinformation
Democracy, Human Rights and Governance
Practitioners and academics working to advance/halt the backsliding of democratic movements outside of the US. A mushy category that would be improved with more diplomats, multilats and civil society but here we are
Ukraine
There are still way too few Ukrainian journalists, activists and think tankers here compared to the other place but maybe they'll start to migrate. This is a list of people who post from a Ukrainian/non-Russian centric perspective.
Pollsters and data
Mostly American, some Brits, couple of French
@dfriedman.bsky.social
Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@roguepollster.bsky.social
aka Dina Smeltz. International polling expert, senior fellow of public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council, film fanatic, chihuahua whisperer, explorer
@sonjaschiffers.bsky.social
Director of @boell.de South Caucasus Office, based in Tbilisi. German & EU foreign policy | Wider Europe | democracy & autocracy | peace & security | feminism. PhD from FU Berlin. FirstGen. All views personal.
@codastory.bsky.social
Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit, such as the abuse of new technologies, the rise of oligarchy and the manipulation of scientific fact.
@elenepanchulidze.bsky.social
Research Coordinator at @epd.eu & @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
@protest24.bsky.social
Protest 24 is a page focused on sharing information about protests in #Georgia and providing daily updates on its dynamics.
@moldovamatters.md
The #1 source for news about Moldova in English. https://www.moldovamatters.md
@tarheelmary.bsky.social
Former USIP Senior Advisor on Russia and Europe. Former US Foreign Service Officer focused on Russia and Eastern Europe. Historian of U.S.-Soviet relations (military, diplomatic, and social history). Data scientist focused on sentiment analysis.
@europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
💡 Your one-stop-shop for expertise on European democracy support, bringing together analysts and policymakers. A joint initiative of Carnegie Europe & @epd.eu 🔗 europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
@emilyrandallwa.bsky.social
Congresswoman for WA-06 🌲 Healthcare champ | 1st gen college grad | Union family | Queer Chicana 🌈💃🏽
@johnwlittle.com
Creator: Blogs of War / Covert Contact Podcast Work: AI+Intelligence Tracking: Geopolitics, AI, Intelligence, Robotics, Coding, Defense, Rocket Lab, Music, Writing, Chess Blog: https://johnwlittle.com Support Ukraine: https://u24.gov.ua
@cmaza.bsky.social
Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defense for National Journal. Founder of Lazo Magazine: https://lazomagazine.com/ I write https://lazoletters.substack.com/ email: cmaza@nationaljournal.com c.maza@protonmail.com
@lemonde-en.bsky.social
French journalism at its best, now in English. With @lemonde.fr 🗞️🌍 ➡️ Subscribe to our daily newsletter here: http://lemde.fr/39e5FQs
@pascallth.bsky.social
Political analyst Right makes might Substack: https://pascallth.substack.com/
@stephenwolf.bsky.social
Contributor @the-downballot.com. Democracy, voting rights, redistricting, maps, & poli sci.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. https://www.rusi.org/people/snell arthursnell.substack.com
@aronlund.bsky.social
Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Fellow at Century International, the Centre for Syrian Studies, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
@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)
@meyer-resende.bsky.social
Writer and Executive Director, Democracy Reporting International. Lisbon & Berlin. Consensus is gemütlich. Debate is inspiring.
@juliaioffe.bsky.social
Washington correspondent and founding partner @ Puck. Tomorrow will be worse. For more inspirational insights, subscribe at https://puck.news/author/julia-ioffe/
@javiercorrales.bsky.social
@jonaswschmid.bsky.social
Researching autocratic politics, finance ministers & international cooperation at the University of Stockholm.
@mareikeohlberg.bsky.social
Senior fellow @gmfus | CCP interference, digital, media, ideology | Permanent email/DM bankruptcy | #peasantpride | Usual disclaimers
@kristinahook.bsky.social
Asst. Professor, Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University. Fellow, Atlantic Council. PhD, University of Notre Dame. Anthropology in Ukraine since 2015. Genocide/atrocity prevention
@govjayinslee.bsky.social
Former Governor still on a mission to defeat climate change and building a better future for everyone. Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and organize.
@jankypants.bsky.social
the jankier the pants, the player you get birdsite asylum seeker (formerly draperha) making this my new home type-a bureaucrat professionally pushing papers in/around the middle east. history nerd, arabist, turkophile, news junkie, perpetually tired
@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social
President of @refugeesintl.bsky.social Humanitarianism, baking, biking. Former lead for COVID (46) and disaster response (44) at USAID. Personal account.🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️ Support our work! https://www.refugeesinternational.org/donate/
@theukrainianreview.bsky.social
Ukrainian perspective on the media worldwide 🌎 Website: https://theukrainianreview.info/
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social
Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
@nonprofitssay.bsky.social
Capturing the aesthetic beauty of nonprofit organizational expression. From the people who brought you the same on Twitter/X.
@fbieber.bsky.social
🦫, professor, coordinator BiEPAG, director CSEES Uni. Graz, President ASN, in english, Deutsch i naški. Seriously Balkans Podcast.
@notesfrompoland.bsky.social
Independent and informed news and insight on Polish politics, culture, business and history. Support us: https://notesfrompoland.com/donations/support-us/
@kasemenova.bsky.social
Writer, editor, lapsed Russianist That guy up there on the left is Vladimir, in Titicut Follies. He was my uncle. I’m writing abt him on Substack. https://substack.com/@kasemenova?utm_source=byline
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@nassefi.bsky.social
women's health/global health/human rights physician, novelist, creative content catalyst, TED(+MED)ster, single mama, Iranian-American, global nomad, feminist, thrillionaire; www.nassimassefi.com
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@guerzovich.bsky.social
Consultant & Systems Convener: at the intersection of governance, monitoring, evaluation, research & learning Co-founder @act4delivery Collaborating w/#Politeia
@ponarseurasia.bsky.social
New approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia & Eurasia. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of George Washington University https://www.ponarseurasia.org/ IERES @ GWU
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic — available for purchase now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/zack-beauchamp/the-reactionary-spirit/9781541704411/?lens=
@zecsaky.bsky.social
Senior research fellow CER @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. Mostly EU stuff, sprinkled with some democracy & Central Europe. Past lives Freedom House, EUI, Bloomberg.
@arzugeybulla.bsky.social