@jengvall.bsky.social
Research & analysis on Central Asia, South Caucasus Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at The Swedish Institute for International Affairs (UI) https://www.ui.se/english/about/staff/johan-engvall/
@niginakhon.bsky.social
Central Asian(ist). PhDing in memory studies. Researcher and writer. Sometimes a journalist. (Gender issues, Islam, memory and identity). My pronouns are u/uning
@thepamirarchive.bsky.social
The Pamir Archive: Largest archive in private hands of maps, postcards, books and photos about Central Asia. Worlds largest digital collection of maps and text. https://independent.academia.edu/MarkusHauser
@annakarjalainen.bsky.social
British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia, fighting dis/mis-info. Try to limit myself to Baltics and Central Asia. Uppsala Uni. Moomin mad! Also on Twitter for now.
@syinats.bsky.social
Central Asia Researcher @HRW.org [Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan]; PhD (#nomadityofbeing); Writer [sci-fi]. Opinions are my own.
@irnahofman.bsky.social
Rural Central Asia | Tajikistan | Global China | Critical agrarian studies | Everyday geopolitics | Ethnography | Labour | Cotton | Running | https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/ihofman.html
@sgutterman.bsky.social
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus Editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
@caci-silkroad.bsky.social
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center. Research on Central Asia, Caucasus, and Turkey (AFPC and ISDP Sweden). https://www.silkroadstudies.org/
@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)
@alakbarov.bsky.social
Political Commentator. Journalist. Photographer. Interests: South Caucasus, Central Asia, football. Director at Caspian Circle. Bylines at Daily Sabah, Open Democracy, The Jamestown Foundation, The Jerusalem Post.
@savethecaspiansea.bsky.social
🌊#SaveTheCaspianSea | Partner NGO's advocating for clean waters, sustainable practices & corporate accountability.🌎 savethecaspiansea.com IG: savethecaspian
@ymatusik.bsky.social
Journalist writing about politics, culture, migration and society in Central Asia and Eurasia more broadly | PhD candidate in Anthropology at CUNY GC | en-ru-fr-de | кыргызча сүйлөйм Words in @economist.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @eurasianet.bsky.social
@andrewgrantham.co.uk
Railways - especially in Afghanistan - travel and maybe the odd sound mirror. @andrew_grantham at The Other Place. https://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk
@brawleybenson.bsky.social
Caucasus and Russia | Eurasianet, @bylinetimes.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com, @themoscowtimes.com
@willneal.bsky.social
writer, investigative journalist on the South Caucasus | John Schofield fellow | words at Daily Beast, Meduza, the i, New Lines Magazine, Byline Times, Coda Story, euronews, New Humanitarian, OCCRP et al | contact via willneal.org/
@mtemnycky.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American freelance journalist covering Eurasian affairs | Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow | Bylines New York Times, Forbes, The Hill, Newsweek, EUobserver, Kyiv Post, etc Website: https://wakelet.com/@MTemnycky press@atlanticcouncil.org
@jordanovaan.bsky.social
On #CentralAsia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. #PhD&memes, mostly. Call sign: Academic kelin. PlovINT, random rants. 🇨🇿+🇩🇪
@eilishhart.bsky.social
Editor of Meduza’s long-reads newsletter, The Beet, covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. 📧 Send tips & pitches: beet@meduza.io
@mukhamedian.bsky.social
researcher, Central Asian, currently working on successions, regimes, and foreign policy of CA
@aigiturgunbaeva.bsky.social
Journalist focusing on Central Asia Words: The Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Eurasianet, The Diplomat, CABAR asia
@bagatsen.bsky.social
Writer, editor, translator, project manager, reformed bookseller. Now Berlin previously Moscow, Tbilisi, Munich, DC, Warsaw, Budapest. Hoya Saxa! YSR! (he/him) Book reviews and oddments at https://thefrumiousconsortium.net
@carlschreck.bsky.social
Investigations with RFE/RL. Russia watcher. 1990s German rap. Good handles, decent J, suspect finisher. Usually bumping Roger Miller.
@drdavidtobin.bsky.social
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. Author of 'Securing China's Northwest Frontier: Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang' (Cambridge University Press) https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/people/academic-staff/david-tobin
@pauldavidgould.bsky.social
Author, Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants, a state-of #Russia novel and #LGBT #thriller set in 1990s Moscow, pub'd @Unbound | alum Uni of #Birmingham | alum Faber Academy | #Russianist | #Brighton resident | #Huddersfield-born | sub-editor FT Wknd
@jolaycock.bsky.social
Historian: migration, refugees, humanitarianism, South Caucasus, Armenia. Manchester.
@jonathancampion.com
Central Asia news editor | Cricket with The Metronomes | Author of 'Getting Out' 🇺🇦🏏 | Norfolk and Caucasus too. 🌏 jonathancampion.com 📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
@stephenmbland.bsky.social
Senior Editor & Head of Investigations @timesca.com - author, journalist & expert specializing in Central Asia & the Caucasus.
@timesca.com
The First English Language Publication on the Region Since 1999. Central Asia's independent news source - covering politics, economics, culture, social issues and foreign affairs. timesca.com Contact us: bit.ly/4g1ijim
@tumarov.bsky.social
Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org I write about Central Asia for @ceip-politika.bsky.social https://carnegieendowment.org/people/temur-umarov?lang=en¢er=russia-eurasia
@zeeshanshah.bsky.social
Works at FINRA; Observer of Pakistan and US politics with 9 years of working in both political systems. Posts on International Affairs, Financial Markets,Türkiye, Central Asia, and Eurasia. Comments in Al-Monitor, The New Arab, & Nikkei
@neilphauer.bsky.social
Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Chechnya), Russia, Ukraine, Syria, heavy metal. Stories @CNN, @CBC, @NYMag, @guardian etc. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com. Eng/рус/հայ.
@abarbashin.bsky.social
Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app