Grant Rayner
Multidisciplinary professional based in Asia for 20+ years. Founder of Spartan9, crisis management consultant, author, and creator of Station XV bags. Passionate about resilience, travel, and photography.
@criticalthreats.bsky.social
An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: criticalthreats@aei.org | Media requests: mediaservices@aei.org
@renanetjes.bsky.social
Arabist/Hebrew. Independent researcher, @RenaLingua. NE & NW Syria, Isr/Pal. Publications/words in Clingendael FikraForum Bbvpro Radiobe1 DAWNJournal Harmoon SadaJournal TheRightsForum Deutschlandfunk CNN BBC & elsewhere renanetjes@protonmail.com
@yazanbadran.bsky.social
Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home. https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
@amermatar.bsky.social
Syrian journalist, filmmaker, director of the ISIS Prisons Museum @alshare media foundation. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018). https://isisprisons.museum
@warnoir.bsky.social
Independent Weapons and Conflicts researcher | Mostly focuses on Armaments and Weapons Including Illicit Sales | MilitantWire.com
@howtojapanese.com
Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
@aljumhuriya.bsky.social
Independent analysis, commentary, and reporting on #Syria and beyond. Founded in 2012 by Syrian writers and academics.
@alxluck.bsky.social
Chinese Military. Bundeswehr/NATO. MA Pol Sci/History. Cats, dogs, motorcycles. Überbringer schlechter Nachrichten. Analysis@ NavalNews.com. Contributor@ hartpunkt.de. Previous articles at FPRI.org.
@emollick.bsky.social
Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
@tamhussein.bsky.social
Award winning investigative journo & writer. Curr. ITV News & New Lines Magazine. Usual disc. Substack page: The Blood Rep http://bit.ly/3cAjRoD book: http://amzn.to/3d9mHRC
@carlbergstrom.com
UW biology prof. I study how information flows in biology, science, and society. Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk I don't like fascists. he/him
@usgs-quakebot.bsky.social
This bot pulls data from the USGS's real-time earthquake feed and posts a summary of any event in the lower 48 states having a preliminary magnitude 3.5+ made with 🫶🏼 by @DataDrivenMD.social **NOT AFFILIATED WITH USGS**
@bfwalter.bsky.social
I study how democracies die & how people fight back. NYT bestseller. NAS member. Seen on CNN, MSNBC, WaPo. NYorker. http://barbarafwalter.com
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@thelevantfiles.bsky.social
https://www.thelevantfiles.org/ The Levant Files launches as a trilingual new analytical platform focused on Eastern Mediterranean affairs, offering nuanced insights beyond traditional reporting.
@ajaanmark.bsky.social
From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand. Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism. He/Him
@jbdacey.bsky.social
MENA programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe-based, once upon a time in Syria and Egypt
@netblocks.org
The Internet's Observatory: Tracking cybersecurity and digital governance • connectivity and democracy • tools and policy for change • https://netblocks.org
@bbbayh.bsky.social
Researching authoritarian politics| Freelance writer| Focus on Turkey and post-Soviet countries | Previously PhD at Coventry| Views my own.
@sommervilletv.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent, BBC News https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
@jay.bsky.team
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. Let’s build a federated republic, starting with this server. 🌱 🪴 🌳
@thenationalnews.com
The Middle East. Explained. www.thenationalnews.com 📍 Abu Dhabi | Baghdad | Beirut | Cairo | London | Washington DC
@comicscovers.bsky.social
Covers of comics, duh. I do not own this artwork, and I mostly do not own these pictures.
@markmackinnon.bsky.social
Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing). Add me to your top secret group chats!
@wenhao.bsky.social
China reporter covering disinformation and internet surveillance. 📍Washington DC ✅Open to work 🏢Previously Voice of America Wenhao.substack.com
@qusaynoor.net
❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And ( (@newarab.com.web.brid.gy ) ) 📸
@syriadirect.bsky.social
Independent media and training organization producing in-depth, investigative reporting on Syria by our team of Syrian and international journalists. 🔗 syriadirect.org
@akmckeever.bsky.social
Amman-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria) This week in northern Syria newsletter👇 https://akmckeever.substack.com
@nateschenkkan.bsky.social
Personal account. For your freedom and ours! Opinions are mine and do not represent anyone else.
@chriso-wiki.bsky.social
Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki
@soumayakeynes.ft.com
Economics columnist at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/soumaya-keynes Host of The Economics Show podcast https://link.chtbl.com/economicsshow Singer-songwriter http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
@ckhillebrand.bsky.social
👋 I mainly share posts about contemporary intelligence 🕵🏼♀️🕵️♂️, state secrecy 🤫, politics 🌍, and cats 🐈⬛ 🐈.
@connellyal.bsky.social
Asia diplomatic editor and senior Asia correspondent at the Economist. Former think tanker. Author, with Shona Loong, of New Answers to Old Questions, on Myanmar.
@rawanssa18.bsky.social
Human rights and tech @Amnesty| Ex @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
@jeromed.bsky.social
Senior analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at International Crisis Group (ICG). Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Forthcoming book on HTS
@jamesmiller.bsky.social
The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/ Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic
@abujamajem.com
Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Century International Fellow. Former Crisis Group. "Jamajem" means ☠️. www.abujamajem.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.
@syrianotes.bsky.social
Informing UK policy debates on Syria. Focused on human rights and accountability. Web: https://www.syrianotes.org/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/SyriaNotes/ YouTube: http://youtube.com/@syrianotes5908
@ruslantrad.bsky.social
Researcher on information operations, disinformation narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia. Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab. Views are my own. https://bio.link/ruslantrad
@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.
@diplomatofnight.com
"A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare." Unfortunately I try to write sometimes
@nedalalamari.bsky.social
Syrian political activist from #Daraa #Syria Freedom. Ya Hala 👋 8.12.2024 buymeacoffee.com/nedal