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Fareed Zakaria (@FareedGPSCNN)—Editor of Newsweek International and host of CNN’s GPS. His latest book, The Post-American World, is a New York Times bestseller.

Bill Easterly (@bill_easterly)—NYU economics professor and aid skeptic. Takes pride in being the 8th-most-famous person from Bowling Green, OH.

Juan Cole (@jricole)—President of the Global Americana Institute, professor of history at the University of Michigan, and Middle East politics blogger.

Evan Osnos (@eosnos)—Staff writer for The New Yorker. Former Beijing bureau chief and Middle East correspondent for The Chicago Tribune.

Nicholas Kristof (@nytimeskristof)—Columnist for the New York Times. Has traveled to every member of the Axis of Evil at least twice.

Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione)— President of the Ploughshares Fund, expert on nonproliferation issues and Washington National fanatic.

Lara Setrakian (@LaraABCNews)—Reporter for ABC News  with great access on Iran. Currently based in Dubai, UAE.

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Tom Friedman (@tomfriedman)— New York Times columnist and Puliter Prize-winning reporter. Author of The World is Flat and Hot, Flat, and Crowded.

Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman)—Chief international politics commentator for the Financial Times.

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman)—National security correspondent for The Washington Independent. Blogs on everything from Afghanistan policy to comic books to punk rock.

John Duncan (@jduncanMACD)—Kenyan-born British ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament. Military history buff.

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias)—D.C. blogosphere fixture now residing at the Center for American Progress.

Steve Clemons (@SCClemons)—Director of the New America Foundation’s American Strategy Program and a blogger at The Washington Note.

Josh Block (@joshblockDC)—Spokesperson for Israel advocacy organization AIPAC.

Mark Leon Goldberg (@MarkLGoldberg)—Blogger for the United Nations Foundation’s UN Dispatch, which covers the inner workings of Turtle Bay and Foggy Bottom.

Tom Barnett (@thomaspmbarnett)—Influential security expert, military consultant., and columnist.

Peter Daou (@peterdaou)—Political consultant and commentator. Former Internet advisor to Hillary Clinton’s campaigns.

Al Gore (@algore)—Former vice president. Tree hugger.

Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel)—NYU professor of economics and international business. Prophet of Doom.

Dambisa Moyo (@dambisamoyo) Zambian-born economist and author of “Dead Aid.”

James Joyner (@drjjoyner)—Manging Editor of the Atlantic Council. Blogger at Outside the Beltway. Gulf War veteran.

Kaiser Kuo (@kaiserkuo)—American-raised blogger, dot-com entrepreneur and rock guitarist based in Beijing.

Boris Johnson (@MayorOfLOndon)—London’s outspoken and colorful mayor. Telegraph columnist

Barham Salih (@BarhamSalih)—The deputy prime minister of Iraq. Holds a doctorate in oceanography.

UN Secretary General (@secgen)—Unofficial feed showing Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s daily agenda.

Ami Nahshon (@AmiNahshon)—President and CEO of interfaith dialogue organization, The Abraham Fund. A self-described “unapologetic idealist.”

Stephen Harper (@pmharper)—Prime minister of Canada. Prefers overtime to shootouts when breaking an ice hockey stalemate.

Matt Steinglass (@mattsteinglass)—Freelance reporter based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Ranj Alaaldin (@RanjAlaaldin)—A political researcher and analyst specializing in the Middle East. A doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mina al Oraibi (@AlOraibi)—Reporter for the pan-Arab daily Asharq Alawsat.

Danny Ayalon (@DannyAyalon)—Deputy foreign minister of Israel.

Kevin Flower (@KevinFlowerCNN)—Middle East correspondent for CNN.

Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu)—Prime minister of Israel.

Bill Keller (@nytkeller)—Executive editor of the New York Times.

Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson)—Political editor of the BBC.

Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrienNYT)—Sunday Business editor at the New York Times and mystery author.

Adm. Mike Mullen (@thejointstaff)—Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military.

Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark)—Director of the Middle East Studies Program at George Washington University. Writes a blog at ForeignPolicy.com.

Evgeny Morozov (@evgenymorozov)—A fellow at the Open Society Institute in New York. Writes the Net Effect blog on ForeignPolicy.com.

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