Dr. Matt Herbert
Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel @ The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
@ulflaessing.bsky.social
Head of Sahel Programme at Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Bamako; previously 13 years for Reuters in Mideast/Africa; Author of Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi; personal account
@jacobware.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231
@ila0.bsky.social
New here. Interested in security & social movements studies. Currently head of research valorization dept. at the Policy Center for the New South. Monitoring #Egypt & #Sudan. Fr, Eng, Ar, ⵣ
@idos-research.bsky.social
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), one of the world’s leading #research institutions for global #SustainableDevelopment. | Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
@actunifreiburg.bsky.social
Scientific center for Transregional, Reciprocal African Studies and Societal Exchange at the University of Freiburg. https://act.uni-freiburg.de/en
@sdoyel.bsky.social
Migration researcher based in Tunis by way of LA | migration and movement(s), views my own
@grace-ellis.bsky.social
researching governance & security in West Africa @Clingendael | previously advisor @HiiL | views my own
@northafricarisk.bsky.social
North Africa Risk Consulting - political risk analysis for North Africa, with a focus on the energy sector.
@ohrolandsen.bsky.social
Prof. at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) https://www.prio.org/people/4704 No glib quips, just a list of some interests: mediation, security assistance, organised violence, foreign interventions, culture, South/Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sahel.
@fracalderoni.bsky.social
Prof. of Criminology @unicatt.bsky.social & @Transcrime Co-Editor Global Crime. Mafia,organized crime,criminal networks, illicit markets,sports,reading,beer (order changes during we).❤️=🔖
@safiraleaf.bsky.social
@antoniocastelo.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker Researcher PhD candidate focusing on Transnational Environmental Crime in West Africa
@abuaardvark.bsky.social
Marc Lynch. GW Professor, on leave AY24-25 and hopefully hard to find. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST (Hurst) on the way! Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
@hilarymatfess.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, biking, and my dogs
@lawfaremedia.org
Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
@macartan.bsky.social
WZB Berlin, Humboldt University, TCD https://macartan.github.io/ Politics, conflict, inequality, political economy of development, causal inference
@nickherbert.com
Member of the House of Lords; Chair of the College of Policing, the Countryside Alliance, the Global TB Caucus and the Global Equality Caucus www.nickherbert.com
@sranderson.bsky.social
General Counsel and Senior Editor at Lawfare. Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School. Former diplomat and lawyer.
@dnaish.bsky.social
@michaeldwyer.bsky.social
Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@antoinegalindo.bsky.social
Journalist | All things Europe-Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia | 11 years on the Horn and counting |📍Paris, Brussels, formerly Addis-Ababa & Accra | EN & FR africaintelligence.com
@sarah81m.bsky.social
Tunis-based freelance correspondent for German language media & journalism trainer; Kefteji-lover; RT # endorsement, ♡ = bookmark, opinions my own etc
@sahel.crisisgroup.org
Compte officiel du Projet Sahel de @crisisgroup.org. Nous sommes une ONG à but non lucratif oeuvrant pour la prévention et la résolution des conflits armés.
@sofiannaceur.bsky.social
Journalist/researcher, formerly Cairo-based, now on the move for RLS North Africa Office and others Currently Tunis/London, working on 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇹🇳🇵🇸 border regimes, migration, arms trade, genocide, urban development/destruction Contact: mail(a)sofiannaceur.de
@natashahall.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official All views my own #Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
@joosthiltermann.bsky.social
MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025).
@monicamarks.bsky.social
Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA. 14 years writing on Tunisia. Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul.
@meganastewart.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her. www.meganastewart.org
@kvlassen.bsky.social
Director of Conflict Research Group • Professor at Ghent University • civil war • armed groups • international intervention • cycling
@parinstitute.bsky.social
PARI is an African research institute affiliated to the University of Johannesburg and Wits University, providing new and original social science research, advocacy and implementation support for South Africa, the global South and beyond.
@cfs-rusi.bsky.social
Specialising in the intersection of finance and global security
@centrafreak.bsky.social
Central Africa Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA (views mine). #humanrights #sahel #centrafrique #tchad #chad #droitshumains #drc #congo PhD Rutgers/poli sci, EdM Harvard, BA Yale/philosophy. Neurodivergent Trekkie hobbit jedi Loki variant.
@isabellearradon.bsky.social
Research Director @CrisisGroup.org Leads on #EarlyWarning #HorizonScanning #CrisisWatch. Tweets on #ConflictPrevention #CivilianProtection #Gender. Formerly amnesty.org and peacebrigades.org.
@cvinograd.bsky.social
Journalist | Now: @nytimes | Before: @60minutes @NBC @AP @WSJ | @pulitzercenter grantee
@crystallising.bsky.social
west africa correspondent @dpa / prvsly foreign politics editor / storytelling & international relations nerd / de & en
@colombiadocs.bsky.social
Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
@ckrafftc.bsky.social
Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Education/Labor/Development/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.
@carladmartin.bsky.social
Lecturer, Harvard Department of African and African American Studies; Board President, Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research. she/her
@virginiebaudais.bsky.social
Dir. Sahel and West Africa programme SIPRI, Mali and Niger, security and governance.
@anelieseb.bsky.social
Director of Strategic Stabilization Advisors. At one point worked at State Dept., now a pen for hire. Thoughts on politics are my own, posts on West African terrorism, policy, and security are sometimes informed.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Johannesburg-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail since 2009. Previously 15 years as a correspondent in Moscow and Beijing. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/geoffrey-york/
@tanguyq.bsky.social
PhD. Polical Science / Docteur en Science Politique - Social dynamics of violence in Burkina Faso and Mali. Postdoc - Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique (CESSP) - Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Private security in Africa.
@driotinto.bsky.social
Lecturer at FGV RI and researcher at CEI-ISCTE. Former ICCS/University of Birmingham. Interested in IR Theory, Political Violence, Criminal & Rebel Governance, Civil Wars and Nukes. Aviation, food, wine and beer. All the usual caveats apply.
@darren.africandefence.net
Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence) Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa. Email: [email protected] Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/9yYQ7ONQJ8KYa71byz4avvZuSICtMLWim0AlDOYqYwwZhOSZaVpGKLUzYPBqrJAM
@caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
Freelance Multimedia Journalist France24 West Africa Correspondent Based in Dakar
@allisong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tulane | politics of development & humanitarianism in the Sahel and West Africa | bilingue