Tom Hussain
Veteran freelance journalist covering West Asia for the South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/author/tom-hussain
Proud father of 3 young adults. Love test cricket, Liverpool FC and Star Trek.
@hillmanje.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Former advisor to Secretaries of Commerce, State, and USTR. Author, THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD: http://bit.ly/ChinaDSR
@rbkhoury.bsky.social
assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest first grader. www.ranakhoury.com
@salmanshaheen.bsky.social
Author of forthcoming thriller novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure & Public Spaces on Hounslow Council. Journalist. Pundit. FRSA salmanshaheen.com Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour councillors at 367 CHR
@alishihabi.bsky.social
Writing about the Politics and Economics of Saudi Arabia
@yazanbadran.bsky.social
Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home. https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
@geopolist.bsky.social
Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
@jhoppermann.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @soasuni.bsky.social | Forced Migration & IR in MENA | Prev. @uni-freiburg.de
@richardjwallace.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics, IR, Peace & Conflict Studies | Focus on Politics, Religion, Violence in MENA & South Asia | Conflict Resolution | THFC
@joe-english.bsky.social
Covering humanitarian crises in the UNICEF press office in NYC | Brit in Brooklyn
@khalilsayegh.bsky.social
Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
@jricole.bsky.social
Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics; Signal: Juan Cole
@heissenstat.bsky.social
Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) Focused on Turkey and the Middle East. Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
@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
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent at HuffPost // Writing a book on Gaza and the Biden administration for W. W. Norton // he/him Say hi: akbar.58 on Signal or akbar.ahmed@huffpost.com
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@abuaardvark.bsky.social
Marc Lynch. GW Professor, on leave AY24-25 and hopefully hard to find. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST (Hurst) on the way! Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
@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
@missalainneous.bsky.social
PhD in Middle East Studies. Research on transnational feminism, women and migrant workers in the Arab Gulf. Tweets are cries for help.
@soliman.bsky.social
Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
@newlinesmag.bsky.social
An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays run daily online and quarterly in print. http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
@washinstitute.bsky.social
Advancing a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East. (Reposts & Follows do not constitute endorsement.)
@chris-doyle.bsky.social
Commentator on Middle East, international politics & Director of @Caabu Council for Arab-British Understanding. (Views mine alone)
@rohanadvani.bsky.social
Studying the political economy of the GCC and Singapore. PhD sociology at UCLA. Fellow @centuryintl #coys
@aronlund.bsky.social
Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Fellow at Century International, the Centre for Syrian Studies, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
@robinmills.bsky.social
Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
@csis.org
A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world. https://www.csis.org
@hafsahalawa.bsky.social
Egyptian/Iraqi Brit. Political analyst and human rights advocate, MENA/Horn of Africa. Views here my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
@kshaheen.bsky.social
Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
@yezidsayigh.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
@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
@forbes.com
@afpnews.bsky.social
Top news and features from AFP's reporters around the world. Official account. u.afp.com/socials
@reuters.com
@theguardian.com
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@pstaniland.bsky.social
UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
@johnreedwrites.ft.com
South Asia bureau chief, Financial Times. Covering #India, #Pakistan, #Bangladesh, and #SriLanka for the pink paper. Clips: https://www.ft.com/john-reed
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@matthewpetti.bsky.social
Fulbright fellow in Jordan, 2023. Once and future journalist. Views are my own, not those of the Fulbright program or State Department.
@thomasjuneau.bsky.social
Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
@sinatoossi.bsky.social
senior fellow at the @CIPolicy.bsky.social | write a lot about Iran, US foreign policy, Middle East | bylines Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Guardian & elsewhere | check out my substack: sinabeyondborders.com
@suneengel.bsky.social
Security correspondent for WSJ and author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on organized crime, terror and war. He/him.
@jongambrell.bsky.social
Gulf and Iran news director for The Associated Press in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by way of Egypt, Nigeria, Arkansas and elsewhere. Reachable at jgambrell@ap.org.
@972mag-rss.bsky.social
Unofficial account. Automated post via RSS. Maintained by @danni.id
@istanbultelaviv.bsky.social
Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Author of Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a new book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Also writes for Haaretz and more.
@abujamajem.com
Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Century International Fellow. Former Crisis Group. "Jamajem" means ☠️. www.abujamajem.com
@thenewarab.bsky.social
Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond. Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com https://www.newarab.com/
@bcfinucane.bsky.social
Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales