Will Todman
Senior fellow @mideast.csis.org and Chief of Staff @geopolitics.csis.org. Mostly conflict, governance, and displacement in the MENA region. All views my own. https://www.csis.org/people/will-todman
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Middle East analysts
Analysts, academics, and reporters focusing on policy in the Middle East and North Africa.
@samhuckstep.bsky.social
Working on climate, migration, governance & green transition at CGDev. Any views mine.
@wrcommission.bsky.social
The Women’s Refugee Commission is creating a better world for refugee women and girls.
@mkwong.bsky.social
Angry as hell humanitarian, recovering diplomat, former State Dept/USAID/USIP/@ICRC. Tolerated by two loving sons. Views my own - expect a little noise. (smoking girl by Yoshitomo Nara).
@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate. HPG is part of @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank. Website: www.odi.org/hpg
@mradamtaylor.bsky.social
Washington Post reporter covering Trump administration foreign policy with a focus on the State Department. Adam.taylor@washpost.com or Mradamtaylor.01 on signal
@louisdugit.bsky.social
French diplomat | former political counselor in DC | former fellow @washinstitute.bsky.social | Parisian, Cairene, Beiruti, Rbati
@carboun.bsky.social
The first independent energy and climate think tank focused on the Middle East and North Africa. Supporting the region's path to decarbonization and climate resilience. www.carboun.com
@qunfuz.bsky.social
Author "The Road from Damascus". Co-author "Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War". Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at www.isisprisons.museum. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
@beccawasser.bsky.social
Deputy Director & Senior Fellow, Defense Program, Center for a New American Security
@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
@ozkaterji.bsky.social
Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement. https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host. The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/
@daliahatuqa.bsky.social
Palestinian journalist, cross-stitch aficionado, lactose-intolerant cheese lover
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
@seanyom.bsky.social
Poli-sci prof @ Temple, Senior Fellow @ FPRI and DAWN, and luckiest dad outside Turkey. I write on Mideast politics, authoritarianism, & US foreign policy. More: http://seanyom.com. ***Slowly moving here from Twitter/X...
@curtisryan.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Appalachian State University. IR. Middle East politics. Music fanatic. A bit too obsessed with Jordan and with Arab and Middle East alliances and politics. Section Chair, APSA Middle East and North African Politics section.
@freddydeknatel.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Democracy in Exile, the journal of DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social | Previously @ World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social & Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com | https://dawnmena.org/about/who-we-are-2/frederick-deknatel/
@ionacraig.com
Journalist. Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula. Sometimes @yemendataproject.org. Board member: @tcij.org, @declassifieduk.org. Once upon a time I trained racehorses Subscribe for Yemen-related things 👇 www.patreon.com/ionacraig https://linktr.ee/ionacraig
@brianwhitaker.bsky.social
Journalist, former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper. Author of 'Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East', plus several other books about the region. Website: al-bab.com
@rafsanchez.bsky.social
Foreign correspondent NBC News. Covering the Middle East + beyond. IG: http://instagram.com/rafsanchez.nbc
@cheesemanab.bsky.social
Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
@rashaaqeedi.bsky.social
Storyteller and occasional provocateur Mesopotamian from Mosul,Ninewa Other interests include: Art, Culture, Pop Culture, Kale Smoothies, and Seneca 105K followers on X and heartbroken
@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
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@trbrtc.bsky.social
Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Doing what I'm doing now (open source investigation combined with traditional reporting) because of Twitter's community. Retired hitchhiker.
@manisha.bsky.social
investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead, The Guardian. Emmys judge. friend to all cats / www.manishaganguly.com
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump (and Elon Musk)-without fear or favor. I write about people and power. And I do believe accountability matters. My contact on Signal: EricNYT.08 Also can get anonymous tips: nytimes.com/tips
@kristigovella.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Oxford | Japan Chair, CSIS economics x security x governance in the Indo-Pacific and beyond all views my own | RT ≠ endorsement www.kristigovella.com
@est.csis.org
The Economic Security and Technology Department at CSIS examines the most pressing issues facing the U.S. and its partners in sustaining economic and technological advantages essential to prosperity, security, and resilience.
@gershonbaskin.bsky.social
Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
@ishaantharoor.bsky.social
Global affairs columnist @WashingtonPost.com, anchor of The Post's WorldView column and newsletter on int'l politics. Dad. New Yorker. Victoria concordia crescit. New to BlueSky!
@bentescheller.bsky.social
Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Middle East and particularly Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Posts my own.
@sskelly.bsky.social
Public servant. Veteran. Not going anywhere quietly. Live rock shows are life.
@renadmansour.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House. Research, analysis, and the occasional joke on the Middle East.
@nicholasfenton.bsky.social
Associate Director and Associate Fellow at the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Views my own. Follows and reposts do not equal endorsements.
@gregpoling.bsky.social
Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Opinion my own, etc etc
@chmenap.bsky.social
The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region. 🔗 kalam.chathamhouse.org
@geopolitics.csis.org
The Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department brings together CSIS’s leading regional experts and research programs to offer cross-cutting analysis of the most challenging issues ahead. https://www.csis.org/geopolitics-foreign-policy
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@sinemadar.bsky.social
Associate (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
Pod Save America, Obama White House, Message Box, and some books