Central/ Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
This is a very incomplete list of mostly academics who area area experts across disciplines. Will continue to update.
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@drnikford.bsky.social
@hugomundy.bsky.social
Russia, Eastern Europe, and foreign policy researcher and commentator | EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy | UCL SSEES
@umayfm.bsky.social
Свобода это процесс в ходе которого вы развиваете привычку быть недоступным для рабства. 🇰🇬 alga Kyrgyzstan glory to Ukraine
@colleenwood.rocks
Digital politics/culture + human rights in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Teaching political science at a CC in Minnesota. Opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone, views do not reflect the state of Minnesota or U.S. government
@azamatistan.bsky.social
almaty native - california transplant - sociology professor - “Жовто-блакитный казах из Лос-Анджелеса - 3.14здец всех 3.14здецов” 🇰🇿🇺🇦
@terezahendl.bsky.social
Philosopher / global (health) justice, East-West inequalities and hierarchies of knowledge / anticolonial & CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
@aschacht.bsky.social
Historian (East Central Europe, International History of Science & Medicine) at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social. PhD from @dshcs.bsky.social and @recetvienna.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at, Managing Editor with @administory.bsky.social
@benhnoble.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL | Associate Fellow, Chatham House
@dkaleniuk.bsky.social
11 years in anticorruption in Ukraine, Executive Director of Anticorruption Action Centre, antac.org.ua/en 1.5 years in advocating globally for Ukrainian victory, Co-founder of International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, https://ukrainianvictory.org/
@katerinasviderska.bsky.social
PhD Candidate & Gates Cambridge Scholar @camukrainistyka.bsky.social Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa Forever loyal to @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social Researching nationalism, memory and Europe 🇪🇺
@idarogalska.bsky.social
Soc-lib writing about queerness, transgender issues, Polish and European politics. Passionate about OSINT, technology, process management, theory of change, and non-profit organizational leadership.
@stefaningvarsson.bsky.social
Analyst at Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)
@yoshikoherrera.bsky.social
Professor, Political Science Univ of Wisconsin-Madison. Comparative politics, social identities, nationalism, xenophobia, teaching on the Russian war on Ukraine https://yoshikoherrera.com
@okhromeychuk.bsky.social
Historian of East-Central Europe, PhD. Author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022), ‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians (2013). Director of Ukrainian Institute London. www.olesyakhromeychuk.com
@tumarov.bsky.social
Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org I write about Central Asia for @ceip-politika.bsky.social https://carnegieendowment.org/people/temur-umarov?lang=en¢er=russia-eurasia
@togzhankassenova.bsky.social
Almaty-born, DC-based expert on nuclear politics and financial crime prevention Author of Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2022) http://www.togzhankassenova.com
@johannamellis.bsky.social
Ex-D1 swimmer, historian. @endofsportpod.bsky.social. Writing on Hungarian sportspeople, state socialism, & IOC’s imperialism in the Cold War. she/her. Anti-DeSantis. IG jojomellis for outfits
@kresysiberia.bsky.social
Research, Remembrance & Recognition of Poland’s citizens’ struggles in the Eastern Borderlands and in Exile during World War II www.Kresy-Siberia.org www.youtube.com/@KresySiberiaFoundation https://twitter.com/KresySiberia https://facebook.com/groups/Kres
@garrykasparov.bsky.social
Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@pkostad.bsky.social
Associate Professor; Political Science; University of Illinois at Chicago; www.petiakostadinova.net. European Union; democracy; post-communist countries; Bulgaria. Posts about research, gardening, good food; parenting fails/wins, and youth travel hockey
@odrachewych.bsky.social
Historian of 20th C international relations, USSR, Comintern, Russia's War in Ukraine; professor at Western University and King's University College. www.oleksadrachewych.com
@arianagic.bsky.social
Writer, activist, political and legal analyst. Director @DI_IntCentreUA. Senior Advisor @ceed_toronto. Sanctioned by Russia. Co-author of upcoming book, “Unrecognized War” http://cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecognized-war/9783838219479
@kizdebski.bsky.social
Transparency, Participation, Anti-Corruption. Technology, Democracy. Stay Rude. Stay Rebel. Poland, CEE, EU. Lawyer and civic lobbyist.
@adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social
Protest & contentious politics. Autocracy, populism. Geopolitics, critical raw materials, extractive industries. Knowledge production, Central Asia asel.doolotkeldieva@gmail.com
@dianakudaibergen.bsky.social
Political Sociologist, Decolonial Writer, Central Asian to the core. Lecturing at @UCLSSEES. Most of the times you can find me writing or rummaging around the steppe, deserts and valleys. Fellow at Homerton College, previously at Cambridge Sociology
@samagreene.bsky.social
Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@cerianbond.bsky.social
Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
@tricia-starks.bsky.social
Historian of Russian/Soviet Health and Med. Pushkin House Prize nominee for Cigarettes and Soviets. Shortlisted for Smoking under the Tsars. Now researching Russian male health. Opinions my own.
@warandcoffee.bsky.social
Assistant professor (a glorified postdoc) working on child protection in 🇺🇦, 🇺🇳 peacekeeping, and my third coffee of the day. Views strictly my own, etc. 🇨🇦 is home, PhD GU 🇸🇪, from NM 🇺🇲. He/him.
@maksymeristavi.com
#RussianColonialism storyteller-in-chief. author of award-winning “Russian Colonialism 101”🪆🪓
@bohdanakurylo.bsky.social
Ukrainian academic in the UK | LSE Fellow in Qualitative Methodology | PhD from UCL SSEES | Research: security, critical IR & post-Soviet politics: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Bohdana-Kurylo/Bohdana-Kurylo
@roalyr.bsky.social
| Ukrainian, educator, varied hobbies | russians - DNI | Game developer: | @pglowrpg.bsky.social, @gdtlancer.bsky.social | FOSS: https://github.com/roalyr | Art: https://socel.net/@roal_yr_art | See #UkrainianView | Support https://savelife.in.ua/en/
@ragnarbjartur.bsky.social
My day job involves making sense of data. In my spare time, I apply these skills to Ukraine's fight for freedom.
@kshoshiashvili.bsky.social
Senior Corruption Researcher At Transparency International Georgia About democratization and foreign policy. Covering Georgia 🇬🇪, Слава Україні! Opinions mine
@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
@neilabrams.bsky.social
Corruption, democracy, rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Words in WaPo, Slate, Foreign Policy. PhD, political science. He/him. Subscribe at https://www.readthedetox.com
@rprose.bsky.social
News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Mostly Russia news & chess. Views are mine
@buziashvili.bsky.social
Malign influence and info ops | Foreign interference | Russia @ Atlantic Council, DFRLab. Former adviser to the NSC of Georgia. Views my own. 🇺🇦
@oalexanderdk.bsky.social
All Source INT Analyst watching Twitter burn from across the street.
@lauradean.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin University (she/her) 🇱🇻🇺🇦
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
@michaelhansenphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland #FirstGen (Research: gender/politics; radical right; American politics; European politics) 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇺 michaelhansenpolitics.org
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
I play tennis and I write books. I hate pickleball. https://jsubotic.com
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
Security & geopolitics | Previously based in 🇦🇫🇨🇳🇲🇲🇷🇼🇬🇧🇺🇸 | Capital Germany 40 under 40 | ☕ http://buymeacoffee.com/jberlin | Don’t just get mad, get busy | https://berlinbridge.substack.com
@general-ben.bsky.social
Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
@bctallis.bsky.social
Intl Politics, Security & Strategy Director, Democratic Strategy Initiative, Berlin @DSI-Strategy.bsky.social #NeoIdealism | 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #BerlinsideOut Pod Co-Host [T=personal. RT≠agree]
@russianhistoryprof.bsky.social
Author and professor of Russian and Soviet esoterica | Michigander turned Californian | posts about Russia, Ukraine, NHL, wine, higher ed | Special Topics Editor at Kritika | host of History Ex Silo podcast on NBN
@ruboyinthehood.bsky.social
@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.
@cpcs.bsky.social
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (CPCS) is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal featuring comparative research on current and historical developments in the communist and post-communist world. Editor: Paul Goode (@jpaulgoode.bsky.social)
@ericamarat.bsky.social
Professor. Opinions are my personal. Posting as a private citizen. Do not represent any institution or group.
@bdtaylor-su.bsky.social
Professor @SUpolisci and Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. New book: Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction. http://amzn.to/3gdhiFe
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
Political Scientist, PhD. Author of "Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans" (2018) and "The Bosniaks: Nationhood After Genocide" (2023), both available via Hurst and OUP. 📍 LAX via SJJ. 🌐 www.jasminmujanovic.com
@stevenseegel.bsky.social
professor & associate chair of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, dog lover, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
@minczifra.bsky.social
Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, Bear Market Brief contributor. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism and its limits. Posts reflect my own views. Здесь вам не Toth. www.noyardstick.com minczifra.substack.com
@terrelljstarr.bsky.social
Watch my Ukraine reporting at Black Diplomats Official YouTube! Read my foreign affairs takes at Black Diplomats @SubstackIn. Listen to me podcast @gaslitnation.
@hozic.bsky.social
IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
@strategywoman.bsky.social
#warcoffee diary from Kyiv The latest letters from Ukraine about the war, history and culture: https://linktr.ee/strategywoman
@abarbashin.bsky.social
Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
@kirland.bsky.social
Civ-mil, public policy & RU politics. PhD in PoliSci. Fellow at @ECFR. Tweets in personal capacity only. Shamiev.org
@lucanway.bsky.social
Polisci Prof U Toronto. Study democracy/dictatorship & Ukraine. Books: Revolution & Dictatorship (PUP 2022); Pluralism by Default (JHUP 2015); Competitive Authoritarianism (CUP 2010)
@kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social
Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
@polidemitolog.bsky.social
Political analyst. Former assistant professor at RUDN Moscow. PhD in political science. Bylines in Euronews, Bloomberg, Novaya Gazeta and Radar. Views my own.
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social
🇵🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺Research Coordinator at @democracyreporting.bsky.social, working on re:constitution programme - rule of law in the EU. Lives on Berlin-Poznań-Warszawa train. Usual disclaimers. He/him. Big fan of bios longer than 160 characters.
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@timfrye.bsky.social
Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Political economy, autocracy, and the NBA, and not always in that order. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia.
@benstanley.eu
Associate Professor, SWPS University. Welsh by birth. English by upbringing. Irish by design. Polish by choice. I am a lineman for the county.
@euanmacdonald.bsky.social
Freelance journalist living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine BBC local radio freelance reporter, sometimes heard on LBC radio Very biased: against fascist and authoritarian regimes; for democracy, rule of law, and human rights.
@mariasimeonova.bsky.social
Head of Sofia office, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR 📖 PhD, Department of Political Science, Sofia University | 🌐 EU foreign policy and the Black Sea Region | Eastern Europe
@jpaulgoode.bsky.social
Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy Editor of Communist and Post-Communist Studies (@cpcs.bsky.social) Co-lead of East European & Transatlantic Network (@eetn.bsky.social) McMillan Chair of Russian Studies, EURUS, Carleton University
@irgarner.bsky.social
Russian Prof @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
@oonuch.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM Democracy in wartime, GeoPols EU DisInfo Vote Protest Identity Polls 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺 📚Zelensky Effect 📚Mapping Mass Mobilization Visit. Prof College D’Europe Prev Oxford Nuffield/St Antonys; Harvard; UofT
@olgatokariuk.bsky.social
Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
@emilycouchuk.bsky.social
Reluctant swamp dweller supporting civil society in 🇺🇦 | Anti-racism, decolonisation | ✒️ in Foreign Policy, The Moscow Times, Index on Censorship &c | Views mine
@kassymbekova.bsky.social
Professor of eastern European history, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Russian and Russo-Soviet colonialism, imperialism, stalinism, post-stalinism.
@drnikford.bsky.social
PhD Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Chechnya🐺, Democracy, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, terrorism & political violence, identity. USMC. she/her/hers. #polisky #eusky #comparativesky слава Україні🇺🇦 words @FP, WaPo, Defense Post, etc