Steven A. Cook
Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Views are my own.
@mertkartal.bsky.social
* Associate Prof. of Political Science, St. Lawrence University * Transparency International Consultant * Good Authority Fellow * International organization; the EU; good governance, corruption, populism in Europe, and a bit of Turkey * 💛💙Fenerbahçe💛💙
@andrew.heiss.phd
Assistant professor at Georgia State University, formerly at BYU. 6 kids. Study NGOs, human rights, #PublicPolicy, #Nonprofits, #Dataviz, #CausalInference. #rstats forever. andrewheiss.com Signal: andrewheiss.01
@efinkel.bsky.social
Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Historian of WWIII. Study horrible things that happen to good people, write books, despair. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna. Intent to Destroy is out: https://tinyurl.com/ybfn7
@soliman.bsky.social
Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic — available for purchase now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/zack-beauchamp/the-reactionary-spirit/9781541704411/?lens=
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/deep-shtetl/ Music: bit.ly/azyashir
@bungdan.bsky.social
Ex Journalist Bloomberg/FEER/CSM. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, then Iraq/Egypt with a smattering of everywhere else. Same handle over at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Made wine for a few years. Now training a blue heeler in the CA foothills.
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
An unofficial bot of BBC News (World). RSS: https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml code: https://gitlab.com/tmaehara/bluesky-newsbots maintainer: @tmaehara.bsky.social
@timep.bsky.social
TIMEP is dedicated to centering localized perspectives in the policy discourse on the Middle East and North Africa. (Twitter: @TIMEPDC) Sign up for updates: http://timep.org/newsletter
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
@alexward.bsky.social
National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
@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
@zeinobia.bsky.social
Egyptian Blogger / Journalist / Photographer. Keybase: @zeinobia . Just another talkative Egyptian RT is not an Endorsement.
@3arabawy.substack.com
In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation. https://arabawy.org/newsletter
@maitelsadany.bsky.social
Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social
@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
@ramyyaacoub.bsky.social
🥷 at @open-society.bsky.social. ex @timep.bsky.social. Rocket Scientist @EmbryRiddle. M.A. @ausis.bsky.social. Political Analyst. Scuba Diver. English, Arabic, y un poco de Español 🇨🇦🇪🇬🇺🇸 Twitter: @ramyyaacoub
@jmalsin.bsky.social
WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre. https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
@michaelhorowitz.bsky.social
Geopolitical and security analyst, Head of Intel at Le Beck International. Views are my own.
@lkrozen.bsky.social
Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
@tekaldas.bsky.social
Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic Study and teach at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona #RefugeesWelcome He/Him 📍Barcelona
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@crisisgroup.org
We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
@emmamashford.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS. Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world. All views mine!
@jmberger.com
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise) ► EXTREMISM @mitpress http://amzn.to/2BKXLgU ► OPTIMAL: A dystopian novel http://amzn.to/3aKYZ99 ► https://www.jmberger.com/ Commission on AMZ links PhD @ Swansea University Law School
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@evanhill.bsky.social
Washington Post investigations reporter. Co-host of the Schlock and Awe podcast. History Man, a wordburger please.
@andrewleber.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U MENA politics, some photography, some translation New Orleans, LA ⚜️
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications danaelkurd.com to contact
@ghoshworld.bsky.social
Senior editor @Business. Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order.
@harrismylonas.bsky.social
▫️Political Scientist @gwu1821.bsky.social ▫️Editor-in-chief of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social ▫️Nationalism | nation-building | migration | diasporas 🔗 https://harrismylonas.com
@tomgara.bsky.social
writing and editing things. now: @meta, formerly @buzzfeednews, @wsj, @ft, views always my own, etc
@lizsly.bsky.social
Journalist, foreign correspondent. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
@sinemadar.bsky.social
Associate (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
@prashantrao.bsky.social
Semafor Senior Editor, responsible for international and climate coverage. Sign up: http://semafor.com/newsletters Ex-The Atlantic and The New York Times in London, AFP in Baghdad
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
@samueloakford.bsky.social
@washingtonpost visual forensics | samuel.oakford@washpost.com | signal: 771-200-7508
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Brookings; prof/ex-dean, American University SIS; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford. New book: Foreign Policy Careers for PhDs: A Practical Guide to a World of Possibilities www.jamesgoldgeier.com
@kschake.bsky.social
Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
@edebruin.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Hamilton College. Studying civil-military relations, civil war, policing. Author of HOW TO PREVENT COUPS (Cornell UP). www.ericadebruin.com.