Journalists Who Cover Defense Politics

Alicia Alamillos

Madrid, Spain

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Alicia Alamillos is a journalist and fixer based in Madrid, Spain. Former Middle East correspondent for ABC newspaper, based in Cairo, Egypt. Former Subsaharan Africa correspondent and editor for EFE News Agency based in Nairobi, Kenya. With experience working for print, online and radio. Breaking ...

Patrick Bodenham

Yangon, Burma

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Patrick Bodenham is a journalist based in Yangon, Burma.

Amelie Botbol

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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Amelie Botbol is a freelance journalist based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. She specializes in Defense, Tech and Current Affairs. Amelie holds a Bachelor in journalism from Reichman University in Herzliya and a Masters in Counterterrorism. She was published on Fox News Digital, JNS.org, ToI, The JC and ...

Alexandra Brzozowski

Brussels, Belgium

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Brussels-based journalist covering EU foreign, security and defence policy since 2017. Regional expertise in the EU’s neighbourhood with on-the-ground reporting from Europe's (far) East, including the Eastern Partnership—particularly Russia’s war on Ukraine from Brussels, Kyiv, and beyond— the ...

Kris Cheng

London, United Kingdom

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Kris Cheng is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom, freelancing for Voice of America. I previously covered politics, Greater China and diplomacy from Hong Kong, mostly with the Hong Kong Free Press.

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Ami Chichakyan

Yerevan, Armenia

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Ami Chichakyan is a journalist based in Yerevan, Armenia.

Eduard Cousin

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Eduard Cousin is a freelance journalist based in Cairo since 2013 and covering the Arab region, writing on politics, security, social issues, economy, energy, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of a book on the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Egypt (In Dutch: Nu de wereld niet meer kijkt). ...

Ushar Daniele

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Ushar Daniele is an Asia correspondent for the South China Morning Post, based in Kuala Lumpur. With more than a decade of experience across print, television and digital journalism, she reports on politics, geopolitics, security, climate and regional affairs across Southeast Asia. Known for sharp ...

Ingrid Gercama

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Experienced journalist able to do lives and reporting for print, radio and tv. I have reported for media outlets from more than fifteen countries, including for ARTE/ZDF, BBC News, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Sunday Times, NRC Handelsblad, Deutsche Welle en De Groene Amsterdammer.

Alfred Hackensberger

Tangier, Morocco

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Alfred Hackensberger is based in Tangier, Morocco. War and crisis correspondent of the German daily WELT and Die Presse in Austria. But available for other jobs in other countries. For over two decades I have been covering North Africa, as well as the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, or Lebanon, and since ...

Imran Khan

Washington, United States of America

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Imran Khan is a multimedia journalist living in Washington, DC. Khan graduated from the Corcoran College of Art & Design with a BFA in Fine Arts Photography. He received his master's degree from George Washington University in New Media Photojournalism. His master's thesis included a documentary ...

Katie Livingstone

Washington, United States of America

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Katie Livingstone is a journalist based in Washington, United States of America.

Campbell Macdiarmid

Ottawa, Canada

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Journalist from Aotearoa New Zealand, former Middle East correspondent, now based in Ottawa.

Rachel Marsden

Paris, France

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Rachel Marsden is a media professional with over two decades of expertise in international politics. Her extensive career includes multilingual hosting, presenting, producing, and debating across TV, radio, and digital platforms. She has been an internationally syndicated columnist since 2011, ...

Angel Ricardo Martinez

Bocas del Toro, Panama

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Freelance print and broadcast journalist specialized in international affairs and geopolitics. Reporting experience in English and Spanish from more than 30 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. 

Recent news coverages include:

Jun – Jul 2015 – Greek debt ...

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Colin Meyn

Rockville, United States of America

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Colin Meyn is a journalist based in Silver Spring, Maryland. He spent the first decade of his career in Cambodia, where he reported and edited for the Phnom Penh Post, The Cambodia Daily and the Southeast Asia Globe. From 2017 to 2020 he was the managing editor of Vermont state news website ...

Nicholas Noe

Bayrut, Lebanon

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Nicholas Noe recently served as Regional Organizing Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign in Michigan where he managed the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) operation for the crucial areas of Wayne County and Dearborn City. Previous to this, Mr. Noe lived in Beirut (2004-2016) and in Tunis (2012-2014) ...

Isidoro Patalano

Milan, Italy

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Isidoro Patalano is a journalist based in Milan, Italy.

Erkan Pehlivan

Frankfurt, Germany

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Erkan Pehlivan is a freelance journalist based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Many years of case reporting experience, with a network of contacts in EU, Turkey, Balkans, MENA, think tanks...
Particularly familiar German, EU and Turkey policy.

Human rights, abductions, turkish intelligence MIT, Islam ...

Thubten Samphel

Bengaluru, India

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Born in Tibet in 1956. Thubten Samphel attended schools and colleges in India. Graduated from the School of Journalism at Columbia University in 1989. Since then edited Tibetan Bulletin, the official English language publication of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). Served as the information ...

Jonathan Singh

London, United Kingdom

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Jonathan Singh is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom.

He is a former humanitarian worker, senior leader in international development, and miltary pilot who has worked on complex programs globally.

Jonathan writes and comments on global affairs, politics, and international relations and ...

Stella Strouvali

Athens, Greece

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Stella Strouvali is a journalist based in Athens, Greece.

Akio Yaita

Taipei, Taiwan

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Akio Yaita is a Japanese journalist now based in Taiwan. He worked for Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun for more than twenty years. He also writes column regularly for Japanese political magazines SEIRON and WILL published monthly. Throughout his career in the last two decades, as a well-known ...