James Barnett
Researcher, consultant, and PhD candidate studying conflict in Africa. Fieldwork fanatic, interdisciplinary inclinations, Nigeria-based and -focused.
Various affiliations, but all views my own.
@ashleyajackson.bsky.social
Co-director at The Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups l Nairobi
@bonenberger.bsky.social
Writer Editor Local politician (Branford, Connecticut) Army veteran Honorary "top 1% Altmetric author" (not tied to scientific publication) Runs the @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social account here
@adamkeiper.com
Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
@hegghammer.net
Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
@jjschroden.bsky.social
21 years as a military operations analyst. Lots on DOD happenings, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US counterterrorism in Afghanistan. All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
@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.
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: [email protected]. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
@criticalthreats.bsky.social
An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: [email protected] | Media requests: [email protected]
@samueloakford.bsky.social
@washingtonpost visual forensics | [email protected] | signal: 771-200-7508
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social
CNN's Chief White House Correspondent, 9 p.m. Anchor and diehard Alabama fan.
@wesleymorgan.bsky.social
Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars and their aftermath https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan Author of THE HARDEST PLACE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/ Evangelist for THE LONG SHIPS Signal wesmorgan.01
@tonystark.bsky.social
Author of the novel, EX SUPRA. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Supra-Tony-Stark/dp/B0B6L9TD6J/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=f9e567ed-9cbb-4a51-9ebe-37646193cff5 Sequel: Project Duality, coming soon. Substack: www.BreakingBeijing.com Natsec. Tech. China.
@ryanmofarrell.bsky.social
Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa & the Levant / geolocations / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
@kopalo.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Washington, DC. More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
@hilarymatfess.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, biking, and my dogs
@glasmanjo.bsky.social
historian, prof, author: 'Minimal Humanity' (London 2020) ; 'Les humanités humanitaires' (Paris 2023). African history, global history, humanitarian aid. Views are my own. https://joelglasman.com
@wlacher.bsky.social
Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation (2020); co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya (2023). https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
@debos.bsky.social
Prof. of Political Science. University of Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social - ISP Writing on war, tech, gender, postcolonialism Completing a book on biometrics in Africa She/her https://www.marielledebos.com/en/about/
@adamsandor.bsky.social
Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
@emorier.bsky.social
Professor of African History | Queen's University Belfast | Interested in Politics, Religion, Armed conflicts, jihad, peace, Africa, Mozambique, Portuguese-speaking world, Switzerland, missionaries. Webpage: https://qub.academia.edu/EricMorierGenoud
@natkpowell.bsky.social
Historian--France, Africa, etc. Honorary Researcher Lancaster University CWD, West Africa Analyst, Oxford Analytica. Author of "France's Wars in Chad" https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/frances-wars-in-chad/6B7D8F9C8A81E0A83028C24EA0CF8D28
@ryanmusser.bsky.social
Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC. Check out my Africa starter packs.
@yolandebouka.bsky.social
Asst Prof Africa | Gender and Feminist Theory | Critical & Decolonial IR | Race and IR |
@justinlynch.bsky.social
Managing Director, Conflict Insights Group, a public benefit analytics and research firm. co-author Sudan's Unfinished Democracy http://tinyurl.com/4mfzbe3n. views my own.
@zekuzelalem.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at the @ecfr.eu. Award-winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Migration, human rights, OSINT. https://www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem
@beverlyochieng.bsky.social
Books | Sahel coup watcher | Wagner Group stalker | Senior Analyst, Francophone Africa, Control Risks | Senior Associate, CSIS Africa | occasional typos, usual disclaimers Dakar/Nairobi/Bookshelf
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@thejah.bsky.social
The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from ancient times to the present. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@jasonmosley.bsky.social
Migrant. Northeast Africa & Red Sea. Frontiers & state visions, regional political economy & security. Works at @rvinews.bsky.social Views my own.
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
Columnist and features writer - The Guardian. Georgetown Fellow.
@elliottdgreen.bsky.social
Professor of Development Studies, LSE | Research: Ethnicity, Nationalism, African Politics, Political Economy of Development | Ealing, UK resident but Evanston, IL native | website: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/greened/
@crisisgroup.org
We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink
@tbenner.bsky.social
Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin www.gppi.net
@getachew.bsky.social
Professor of Sustainable Design, Sustainability Consultant, EDIA Director at SAPL, UMD Media Founder and CEO
@africa-confidential.com
In-depth analysis of political, economic and security developments across the African continent since 1960. See more: http://africa-conf.com/m/Africa-Conf
@femkevanzeijl.bsky.social
Dutch #journalist /writer/photographer based in #Lagos, #Nigeria. Just published 4th book, Do-It-Yourself Society: on life in Lagos (in Dutch, translation ongoing). https://www.fvz-journaliste.nl/?lang=en
@frontiercharlie.bsky.social
Frontier / emerging market obsessive, author The Time Travelling Economist which explains what Marx missed and when countries escape poverty from 1670 to 2070
@kennedywandera.bsky.social
International Broadcaster. Board Chair, The Foreign Press Association, Africa. https://www.voanews.com/author/kennedy-wandera/jtjvt
@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
@cobbo3.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi