Middle East analysts
Analysts, academics, and reporters focusing on policy in the Middle East and North Africa.
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@willtodman.bsky.social
@erinmcunningham.bsky.social
Middle East News Editor @washingtonpost; previous life as a correspondent in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. Now in D.C.
@idreesahmad.bsky.social
Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
@ramijarrah.bsky.social
Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
@syrianzo.bsky.social
Damascene | Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow @EUI | CIVICA Postdoctoral Fellow @CEU |Adjunct Professor @Johns Hopkins | Political violence and civil war | Focusing on wartime and postwar southern Syria
@karimelgendy.bsky.social
Director of @carboun.bsky.social, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Middle East Institute. 🔭 Energy Geopolitics and Climate Diplomacy in the Middle East and East Med.
@ajaltamimi.bsky.social
Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
@drdrewmikhael.bsky.social
Practitioner, writer & commentator on conflict, displacement & peacebuilding.
@dahliasc.bsky.social
@leventkemal.bsky.social
Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae Circassian
@jeromed.bsky.social
Senior analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at International Crisis Group (ICG). Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Forthcoming book on HTS
@kshaheen.bsky.social
Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
@stevenhyde.bsky.social
Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP. https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
@lcmporter.bsky.social
Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
@mideast.csis.org
The CSIS Middle East Program focuses on the drivers of change in the region and is led by Mona Yacoubian. Follows/RTs ≠ endorsements.
@natashahall.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official All views my own #Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
@he-yin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Kent State University Remote Sensing; AI/Machine Learning; Land System Science https://www.kent.edu/geography/he-yin 🛰️🌎🌈
@josephwillits.bsky.social
Head of Parliamentary Affairs at Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding). http://instagram.com/josephwillits/ https://linktr.ee/josephwillits Palestine, Lebanon, Parliament. From between Junction 12/13 of the M6. Not funny, but tweets my own.
@yezidsayigh.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
@hannanotte.bsky.social
Russia's foreign & security policy | Middle East | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS & Snr. Associate @CSIS | PhD Oxford Uni. | Berlin-based | Currently writing a book on Russia for W. W. Norton & Co. | Personal views
@mbazzi.bsky.social
NYU journalism professor | Director, NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | Former Middle East bureau chief, Newsday. https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
@khalilsayegh.bsky.social
Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
@leilama.bsky.social
PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants. leilamolanaallen.com
@yasharali.bsky.social
Elephant Lover Yashar.substack.com Twitter: @yashar IG/Threads @yasharali
@hafsahalawa.bsky.social
Egyptian/Iraqi Brit. Political analyst and human rights advocate, MENA/Horn of Africa. Views here my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
@michatobia.bsky.social
Editorial Manager at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
@tcwittes.bsky.social
President of National Democratic Institute. “I believe in democracy, because it’s the only system that believes in us.”-Madeleine Albright
@halagorani.bsky.social
NBC News International Correspondent. Former CNN. Author "But You Don't Look Arab."
@leloveluck.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com foreign correspondent covering international crises, including the Israel-Gaza and Lebanon wars. Based in London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. I’m new here. 🙋🏻♀️
@alomran.me
Saudi correspondent for @financialtimes.com. @ahmed on Twitter and Instagram.
@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!
@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social
Researcher on Yemen, MENA, Maritime Domain | Posts about MENA, Appalachia, Rivers | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, 100 Days in Appalachia | DM for media inquiries | Check out @waterways-project.bsky.social | he/him
@owenjones.bsky.social
Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
@fsjen.bsky.social
Former senior State Department. Transatlanticist. Middle East Junkie. Mom, traveler, foodie-wannabe.
@ambgordongray.bsky.social
Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Former career diplomat. RPCV Morocco. Re-posts ≠ endorsements. https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members-1/gray/gordon
@natansachs.bsky.social
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow & Director of Center for Middle East Policy. Views my own. https://linktr.ee/natansachs
@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.
@sewella.bsky.social
News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
@barakravid.bsky.social
Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace
@patrickosgood.bsky.social
MENA geopolitical risk | one warm day is all I really need | Currently clean on OPSEC | usual caveats re ♥️ & 🔁
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@tmegrisi.bsky.social
By day a mild mannered policy fellow @ecfr covering north Africa, migration and the geopolitics of the Mediterranean
@cmparreira.bsky.social
political scientist • assistant professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) • PhD Stanford • local governance and social policy in the Middle East • christianaparreira.com
@alexstark.bsky.social
Associate Political Scientist RAND. Enthusiastic Wellesley alum. PhD Georgetown. She/her. Opinions my own. Go birds.
@markberlin2.bsky.social
Postdoc at Princeton SPIA. Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University. Militant cooperation, extra-lethal violence, and Middle East politics. markberlin2.com
@jonathanfulton.bsky.social
Associate professor of political science at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council. Research focuses on China-Middle East relations. Host of The China-MENA Podcast, author of China-MENA Newsletter on Substack.
@mkraidy.bsky.social
Author, Teacher, Partner, Leader, Dean & CEO @nuqatar.bsky.social, Founder @iasnuq.bsky.social, Professor @northwesternu, Board Chair @ACLS1919 Board Member & @AnnenbergCARGC & @Casar_Aub
@monaharb.bsky.social
Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
@elgindy.bsky.social
Middle East analyst | author, ‘Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump’ http://tinyurl.com/y5qpl6bb
@djrothkopf.bsky.social
Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
@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 [email protected].
@jricole.bsky.social
Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics; Signal: Juan Cole
@bmomani.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Waterloo in Political Science and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs.
@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
@katiezimmerman.bsky.social
Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Middle East, Africa. A lot on Yemen, US counterterrorism strategy, & Salafi-jihadi groups. katherinezimmerman.substack.com
@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
@aaronstein1.bsky.social
President/CEO @fpri.bsky.social; Podcast w/ blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social; Recent Substacker; Author: US War Against ISIS. Views are all my own
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Fellow with Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@andrewleber.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U MENA politics, some photography, some translation New Orleans, LA ⚜️
@evanhill.bsky.social
Washington Post investigations reporter. Co-host of the Schlock and Awe podcast. History Man, a wordburger please.
@ryanbohl.bsky.social
Girl dad. Dog friend. Chicken wrangler. Middle Eastern geopolitics (however you define it) at the RANE Network.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Editor and CEO, Zeteo Author, ‘Win Every Argument’ British-American
@sommervilletv.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent, BBC News https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
@mararevkin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Nonresident @carnegiedcg.bsky.social. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
@hhassan.bsky.social
Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
@maryahannun.bsky.social
Managing Editor of MERIP. Post doctoral researcher at University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.
@mirandawmeyer.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Geography at CUNY Grad Center. Political geography of memory through territory & infrastructure (water, waste, heritage). Syria and Lebanon, mostly. Sometimes history/philosophy of science.
@hamzehhadad.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Adjunct Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. All views are my own.
@meddhiah.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University 🖥️ mohameddhiahammami.com
@marsin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College | Non-resident fellow at Brookings Institution
@jbdacey.bsky.social
MENA programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe-based, once upon a time in Syria and Egypt
@mehranhaghirian.bsky.social
Director of Regional Initiatives, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation | PhD. Gulf Studies, Qatar University | MA International Affairs, American University’s School of International Service | Diplomacy
@shertog.bsky.social
Political economist with focus on Middle East and political violence, based at LSE
@chehayebk.bsky.social
Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. [email protected]
@hdagres.bsky.social
Iranian-American • Atlantic Council editor + senior fellow, Iran focus • 15 years in MENA • Newsletter: http://theiranist.com (Shares ≠ endorsement)
@warghetti.bsky.social
Writer, translator, Beiruter & now part-time Montrealer. Senior editor at The Markaz review.
@drhahellyer.bsky.social
‣ Senior Associate Fellow - Geopolitics, Security @ Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) ‣ Fmr: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Harvard Kennedy School ‣ Specialise in MENA ◘ Europe ◘ SE-Asia
@schwartzstein.bsky.social
Mid East & Africa-focused environmental journalist and consultant. Fellow at Center for Climate and Security (@CntrClimSec), @TED Fellow. Author of 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence.' Athens, Greece-based
@biffpm.bsky.social
postdoc @ Harvard Weatherhead 24-25 & asst prof @ Yale 25-. Networks, contentious politics, MENA. Peripatetic product of the garden state. https://biffpm.github.io/
@adammbaron.bsky.social
Former niche social media personality. Baltimorean. Calabrese. Aspiring gadfly. Future Security Program Fellow, @newamerica.org; Advisor, @hdcentre.org; obituary writer, British-Yemeni Society Journal.
@cinziabianco.bsky.social
Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations on the Arabian Peninsula/ Gulf and relations with Europe.
@dassakaye.bsky.social
Longtime Middle East/global affairs/diplomacy observer. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. New book out Dec 2! https://www.sup.org/books/politics/enduring-hostility
@mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social
reporter @WashingtonPost.com 📫 [email protected] https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/mohamad-el-chamaa/
@suzannemaloney.bsky.social
VP & Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
@michaelpbrill.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University | Non-Resident Fellow in the USAF Institute for Future Conflict | Former Global Fellow in the Wilson Center History & Public Policy Program