Ben Judah

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Ben Judah (born 1988) is a British journalist and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire.

Early life[]

The son of author Tim Judah, Judah was born in London.[1] He is of Baghdadi Jewish descent. He spent a portion of his childhood in Romania[2] before returning to London where he was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. He attended Oxford University.[3]

Career[]

Judah has interviewed and profiled French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak.[4][5][6] He has covered the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution and the 2011 Tunisian Revolution.[7][8][9] He was a regular contributor to the magazine Standpoint, reporting from the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia and Xinjiang.[10][11][12][13]

From 2010 to 2012, he was a policy fellow in London at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank.[14] He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the European Stability Initiative in Istanbul.[15] From 2017 to 2020, he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C.[16] In 2020, he joined the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. as a Nonresident Senior Fellow.[17] Judah has written for various progressive and conservative think-tanks including The Center For American Progress (CAP) and Policy Exchange.[18][19] His work has also featured at The German Council on Foreign Relations.[20]

His first book Fragile Empire (2013), a study of Vladimir Putin's Russia, was published by Yale University Press.[21]

Judah has written for The New York Times, and The Sunday Times.[22][23] He has been a guest on CNN, BBC News and Channel 4 News and is a contributing writer for Politico Europe, for which he has reported on Britain.[24][25][26][27]

In 2015, he was commended for the Feature Writer of the Year award at the British Press Awards.[28]

His second book, This Is London (2016) was published by Picador.[29] The book was Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 and Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019.[30]

Judah was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2016.[31]

Personal life[]

Judah is married to BuzzFeed reporter Rosie Gray.[32]

Bibliography[]

  • Fragile Empire. Yale University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0300205220.
  • This Is London. Picador. 2016. ISBN 9781447272441.

References[]

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/671406944058531841/[bare URL]
  2. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/snowden-syria-vladimir-putin-s-cold-peace-with-the-west-1.1302183[bare URL]
  3. ^ "Ben Judah feels like a stranger in his native London". The Spectator. February 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Judah, Ben. "Exclusive interview: Emmanuel Macron on Brexit, le Pen and the teacher who became his wife".
  5. ^ Judah, Interview by Ben. "The Magazine Interview: Imran Khan, the former playboy cricketer and would-be PM of Pakistan".
  6. ^ "Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales". 5 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Judah, Ben. "Blood in the Streets of Bishkek".
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Ben Judah". www.ecfr.eu.
  15. ^ "Ben Judah - About ESI - ESI". www.esiweb.org.
  16. ^ "Experts - Ben Judah - Hudson Institute". www.hudson.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  17. ^ "Ben Judah". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  18. ^ Sutton, Trevor; Judah, Ben. "Turning the Tide on Dirty Money". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  19. ^ "A "Washington Strategy" for British Diplomacy". Policy Exchange. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  20. ^ https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/international-corporate-tax-reform. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ^ "Fragile Empire | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu.
  22. ^ Judah, Ben (December 3, 2015). "Opinion | The Tax Europe Can't Afford Not to Pay". The New York Times.
  23. ^ Judah, Ben (August 24, 2014). "Bellow away, bigot. You don't scare me" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  24. ^ "Putin's popularity might not be what it seems - CNN Video" – via edition.cnn.com.
  25. ^ "Is Putin to blame for the plunging rouble?". BBC News. December 19, 2014.
  26. ^ "Follow the money: debate on sanctions against Russia". Channel 4 News. 15 April 2014.
  27. ^ "Ben Judah". POLITICO. May 5, 2015.
  28. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-10-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  29. ^ "Ben Judah". Pan Macmillan.
  30. ^ "This is London by Ben Judah". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  31. ^ "Ben Judah, 27". Forbes. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  32. ^ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake. "POLITICO Playbook: Trump's 'lost summer'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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