Liam Karr
Africa Team Lead for @criticalthreats
Focus on security challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Opinions are my own. Reposts, follows, and likes ≠ endorsements.
@rogermid.bsky.social
Horn of Africa research. MD Sabi Insight Ltd and Rift Valley Inst Fellow. Ex CDI, Oxfam & Chatham House.
@broderickmcdonald.bsky.social
International Security, Terrorism, Online-Offline Harms | Associate Fellow, Kings College London ICSR | Fmr Special Advisor, Government of Canada Prev: UNAOC/Aspen/Cambridge
@megkelly.bsky.social
senior visual forensics reporter @washingtonpost tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal
@pmfrowd.bsky.social
Researching security politics | Borders, migration, data, intl. interventions, Sahel & West Africa | prof @ University of Ottawa
@erikemueller.com
he/هو. nonstate armed actors, the state, armed conflict, North Africa, West Asia, & South Asia. Defense Analyst @RAND.org. PhD student with @umnpolisci.bsky.social. Opinions mine. Timberwolves. www.erikemueller.com
@mccra-essex.bsky.social
Multilingualism, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution in Africa (MCCRA). ESRC-funded project at @Uni_of_Essex and @odi_global. Team in Cameroon, DRC, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Uganda, UK. https://sites.google.com/view/mccrafrica/
@greatermiddleeast.bsky.social
New / Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute / Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley / Affiliate at Georgetown School of Foreign Service / Visiting Researcher at LMU Munich / Comment on: #Africa #Asia #Pacific #MENA #Biden #Trump #Blinken
@fabsenbln.bsky.social
Aviation, politics, terrorism, military stuff and OSINT from West Africa 🇧🇫 🇳🇪 🇲🇱 🇹🇩 🇧🇯 🇹🇬 🇨🇮 Find me on Twitter: https://x.com/fabsenbln https://fabsenbln.substack.com/
@jedrzejczerep.bsky.social
Head of Middle East and Africa Programme, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). African politics, society, culture.
@nicholasacarl.bsky.social
Research manager at the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. Also supporting joint research efforts on the Middle East with the Institute for the Study of War.
@mclark.bsky.social
National Security Fellow researching the Russian military at the Institute for the Study of War
@katstepanenko.bsky.social
Russia Deputy Team Lead & Analyst @TheStudyofWar.bsky.social | Russian Information Space, Kremlin Drama & Force Generation | opinions my own https://www.understandingwar.org/press-media/staff-bios/kateryna-stepanenko
@karolinahird.bsky.social
Currently studying war @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. Focusing on Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and all things human rights in TOT. Opinions mine, although I’m “not an expert or analyst” according to the Kremlin, so be warned!!
@briancarter.bsky.social
Middle East Portfolio Manager at AEI’s Critical Threats Project. I lead the joint CTP and Institute for the Study of War Middle East Team. Opinions own.
@mattlevitt.bsky.social
Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
@crisisgroup.org
We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
@altuna.bsky.social
Mostly Islamism. North Africa & Sahel. Narratives and counternarratives. Senior Research Fellow at GWU Program on Extremism
@michaelshurkin.bsky.social
Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, NOT a political scientist. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
@warontherocks.bsky.social
Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
@charliewerb.bsky.social
Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own
@craigwhiteside.bsky.social
teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo
@hugokaaman.bsky.social
Researcher & analyst. Focus on SVBIED design & tactics by non-state actors. Articles @MiddleEastInst @JanesINTEL @EuroEyeRad. IR grad, MENA studies
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/
@adamsandor.bsky.social
Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
@africom.bsky.social
AFRICOM is responsible for military relations with nations & regional organizations in Africa. Follows/reposts ≠ endorsements
@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
@tomaszrolbiecki.bsky.social
Security analyst and researcher. Focusing on VEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily Lake Chad.
@yguichaoua.bsky.social
Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Chronique Sahel dans Libé • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
@p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social
Historian & Arabist Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
@calebweiss.bsky.social
Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
@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
@kopalo.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Washington, DC. More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
@zitamar.bsky.social
Independent news and analysis from Mozambique. Read more, and sign up to our Daily Briefing email, at www.zitamar.com
@simnasr.bsky.social
Journaliste spécialiste des mouvements jihadistes FRANCE24 Senior Research Fellow Soufan Center Auteur de « État islamique, le fait accompli » (Plon) الناسُ صِنْفانِ: مَوتَى في حَياتِـهِمُ/ وآخَرونَ بِبَطْن الأرضِ أحْـيـاءُ
@saladinaldronni.bsky.social
Researcher. Terrorism, conflicts, jihadi crime networks, IS/AQ, Central and South-East Asia. Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel. Writing for hire. DM. @saladinaldronni on X/Twitter https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
@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
@ryanmofarrell.bsky.social
Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa & the Levant / geolocations / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
@menastream.bsky.social
@vincentfoucher.bsky.social
West African politics maniac. Bissau-Conakry-Dakar-Banjul & all things Boko Haram. https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/membre/vincent-foucher/ https://afriquexxi.info/ https://polaf.hypotheses.org/la-revue .
@jseldin-news.bsky.social
VOA National Security Correspondent, former Pentagon Correspondent Ex WTOP/Federal News Network | Syracuse University-Newhouse (RTs ≠ endorsement) Email: jseldin@voanews.com / DM for Signal
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
@criticalthreats.bsky.social
An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: criticalthreats@aei.org | Media requests: mediaservices@aei.org
@bsky.app
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