Ben Judah (born 1988) is a Franco-British[1] journalist and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire.

Early life

The son of author Tim Judah[2] and Rosie Whitehouse, he was born in London. He is of Baghdadi Jewish descent. He spent a portion of his childhood in the Balkans[2] before returning to London where he was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. He attended the University of Oxford.[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][22] His second book, This Is London, was published by Picador in 2016. The book was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 and shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage[23] 2019.[24]

Judah has written for The New York Times and The Sunday Times. He has been a guest on CNN, BBC News and Channel 4 News and is a contributing writer for Politico Europe.[25]

In 2015, he was commended for the Feature Writer of the Year award at the British Press Awards.[26]

Judah's name appeared on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2016.[27]

Personal life

Judah is married to BuzzFeed News reporter Rosie Gray.[28]

Bibliography

Books

  • Fragile Empire. Yale University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0300205220.
  • This Is London. Picador. 2016. ISBN 9781447272441.
  • This is Europe: The Way We Live Now. Picador. 2023. ISBN 9781447276265.

Selected articles

References

  1. ↑ https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/staff/ben-judah/
  2. 1 2 Clibbon, Jennifer. "Snowden, Syria, Vladimir Putin's 'Cold Peace' with the West | CBC News".
  3. ↑ "Ben Judah feels like a stranger in his native London". The Spectator. 6 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Judah, Ben (2 February 2017). "Exclusive interview: Emmanuel Macron on Brexit, le Pen and the teacher who became his wife". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Judah, Ben (4 February 2018). "The Magazine Interview: Imran Khan, the former playboy cricketer and would-be PM of Pakistan". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Judah, Ben (5 May 2015). "Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales". Politico. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Judah, Ben (April 2011). "From Carthage to Kasserine". Standpoint Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Judah, Ben (9 April 2010). "Blood in the Streets of Bishkek". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Judah, Ben (October 2009). "Moscow: Putin's Empire Strikes Out". Standpoint Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Judah, Ben (October 2008). "Caucasus: Diary, August–September, 2008". Standpoint Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hunting the Lynx with the Old Believers | Standpoint". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti | Standpoint". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Xinjiang: Taming China's Wild West | Standpoint". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ben Judah". www.ecfr.eu. 9 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Ben Judah – About ESI – ESI". www.esiweb.org.
  16. ↑ "Experts – Ben Judah – Hudson Institute". www.hudson.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Ben Judah". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  18. ↑ Sutton, Trevor; Judah, Ben (26 February 2021). "Turning the Tide on Dirty Money". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "A "Washington Strategy" for British Diplomacy". Policy Exchange. February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  20. ↑ Vallée, Shahin; Judah, Ben (2 September 2021). "International Corporate Tax Reform". DGAP: German Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  21. ↑ Feinberg, Richard (November 2013). "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin". Foreign Affairs. 92 (6).
  22. ↑ Tismaneanu, Vladimir (May 2014). "Reviewed Work: Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah". International Affairs. 90 (3): 725–727.
  23. ↑ Oliver, Tim (1 May 2016). "This Is London: Life and Death in the World City Ben Judah" (PDF). International Affairs. 92 (3): 737–738. doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12627.
  24. ↑ "This is London by Ben Judah". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  25. ↑ "Ben Judah: 30 under 30". Forbes. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "Press Awards". Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  27. ↑ "Ben Judah, 27". Forbes. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  28. ↑ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake (2 September 2019). "POLITICO Playbook: Trump's 'lost summer'". POLITICO. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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