Maximilian Hess
Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
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@drjarosak.bsky.social
I write about Eastern and Central Europe and Russia | Creator of For Your Freedom and Ours | Powered by post-metal and Turkish coffee Find my articles here: https://linktr.ee/drjarosak
@arnoldplaton.bsky.social
Cartography and data-viz enthusiast. “Hobby-etymologist”. 🇪🇺 Europhile of multiple identities 🇷🇴/🇭🇺 |✸☽︎|. Immigrant 🇫🇷. Was an architect once.
@emsovdebt.bsky.social
Emerging markets investing. Manager @IFC.org South Asia. Econ PhD. Former EM bond investor @bondvigilantes. Author of Africa debt book: Where Credit is Due.
@elisethomas.bsky.social
Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
@katjabego.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House | international security, geopolitics and geoeconomics of tech, Europe | Currently ✍️ a book on subsea cables (Polity '25) | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
@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/
@nateschenkkan.bsky.social
Personal account. For your freedom and ours! Opinions are mine and do not represent anyone else.
@gnuggat.bsky.social
Retired. 1993-2017 Exec Director of the Berkeley Program in Soviet/Post-Soviet Affairs, Adj Assoc Prof Political Science.
@ianrharnett.bsky.social
Veteran macro-strategist. Co-founder Absolute Strategy Research - all views are my own - not those of ASR. Any likes/reposts do not mean endorsement.
@brianmacmillan.bsky.social
Migration researcher; political satirist; data-scientist and video artist. Art Videos; brianmacmillan.com/videos Writing: brianmacmillan.com/fiction Political Satire: apocalypsereview.com
@steveswerdlow.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer, Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Rights, Dept. of Pol. Science & Int'l Relations @usc.edu Former @hrw.org. Central Asia, Caucasus, Ukraine, Eurasia.
@strathearnrose.bsky.social
Former SNP MP/MSP/Scottish Government Minister; mostly on mastodon.scot I want an independent Scotland 🏴, a free Ukraine 🇺🇦 and an unlimited supply of books 📚
@dvalatsas.bsky.social
@chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social
The Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. Policy research and discussion on Russia, the Eastern Partnership states and Central Asia. Website: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/russia-and-eurasia-programme
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@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.
@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)
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016. There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly. Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
@hovnzrt.bsky.social
updates on Armenia (mostly foreign affairs, security & defense) | staff writer at EVN Report | Telegram (backup & longer posts): https://t.me/armeniaobserved
@tomdewaal.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, all things Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea. Also Russian poetry.
@kotelnaya.bsky.social
Observations on life in Moscow, stoked in the Kotelnaya SUBSTACK: https://kotelnaya.substack.com
@ofmandaniel.bsky.social
Reporter @TheWorld.org public radio news program covering Ukraine, Russia & more. Email: Daniel.Ofman@theworld.org https://theworld.org/contributors/daniel-ofman
@auonsson.bsky.social
Pseudonymous osint. Enjoy data, ships, planes, maps, simplicity, connectedness. Also, Baltics. Judge me by my tweets. http://mastodon.world/@auonsson backup 🇸🇪
@manos.ms
Migrant, son of migrants, grandson of refugees. Advisor @med-ma.eu, @eteronorg.bsky.social. Also known as @maledictus on Twitter. Greece, Balkans, migration, politics, football. Opinions my own. #YNWA
@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social
Head of BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies), not representing the official views of my employer, RTs not endorsements https://t.co/E0YqzEKBp7
@marioholzner.bsky.social
macro-economist & director @wiiw.ac.at, historian @dshcs.bsky.social, visiting professor @collegeofeurope.bsky.social, policy, econometrics, EU, Central, East & Southeast Europe
@kamalalogist.bsky.social
Student of interesting times armed with rusty Stanford poli sci degree & 國語. Rooting for the sole superpower 🇺🇦 & end of malignant nuclear kleptocrats. Daughter of 💜 ⭐combat vet.
@tinatin.bsky.social
🇬🇪📍🇺🇸 | Georgia-born New Yorker in DC | @EurasiaGroup Analyst (Eurasia; 🇷🇺 vs🇺🇦 ) | @GirlSecurity_ Mentor | 📚✍️“Stalin’s Millennials” Author
@tbalmforth.bsky.social
@mehoffman.bsky.social
Writer, wit, and bon vivant; scholar manqué; or laconic recluse. Depends on my mood and whom you ask. Based in Istanbul. Before that Russia, Philly, Hawaii, and more. History, political economy, food Buff 'n Blue, Boola Boola
@aaron-schwa.bsky.social
Political risk and product by day, puns by night. Just kidding, the puns are by day, too. My handle in the bad place is @aaron_schwa.
@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social
Droa Party Foreign Affairs. Lecturer, PhD student. CEE Europe & Central Asia governance, identity, hybrid threats. University of St Andrews alumna. NAFO - KartFella
@rosannalockwood.bsky.social
Broadcast Journalist and Presenter. English accent, international outlook. I’ve seen enough…
@alunrthomas.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Eurasian Studies at University of Staffordshire. Interested in Central Asia and Russia. Chair of Staffordshire's UCU branch.
@joumanna.bsky.social
Bloomberg TV anchor & journalist in Dubai. Reformed banker… once upon a time a central bank nerd. I will post about the Mideast & economics / global markets but mostly here for the bants
@gugachomakhidze.bsky.social
Researcher | Europe, Eurasia & Caucasus | Seen in @ForeignPolicy.com, @France24.com, @cepa.org and @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@miajankowicz.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Business Insider, writes about defence. Mother to a mid-size flea colony and the delinquent cat it lives on. Likes are usually bookmarks, not necessarily my opinion, etc
@sherkhashimov.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and researcher from Central Asia. sherkhashimov.com
@nickbouchet.bsky.social
German Marshall Fund Senior Visiting Fellow. US foreign policy, democratization, democracy promotion, civil society. Throw in some Eastern Europe and Russia and we're mostly good to go.
@sgutterman.bsky.social
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus Editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
@jamescrossland.bsky.social
Professor of History. Author of "Rogue Agent" and "The Rise of Devils". #History #spies, #terrorism, extremism, propaganda, weird people and things that are not real Substack - https://jamescrossland.substack.com/
@prleblond.bsky.social
CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa Senior Fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation & Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Fellow @ CIRANO
@as368.bsky.social
Still just ‘zis guy, you know? He/him/his. Refugee from Twitter. Delighted how similar this site is and that most of my favourite follows are here.