Ben Judah Explained

Ben Judah (born 1988) is the political adviser to the Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire.

Early life

The son of author Tim Judah and Rosie Whitehouse, he was born in London.[1] He is of Baghdadi Jewish descent.[2] He spent a portion of his childhood in the Balkans[3] before returning to London where he was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. He attended the University of Oxford.[4]

Career

Ben Judah is the political adviser to the Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP of the UK Labour Party.[5]

Previously, he had a career in think-tanks. From 2020 to 2024, he worked at the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. as a Senior Fellow.[6] Judah has written for various progressive and conservative think-tanks on foreign affairs including The Center For American Progress (CAP) and Policy Exchange.[7] [8] His work has also featured at The German Council on Foreign Relations.[9] From 2010 to 2012, he was a policy fellow in London at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank.[10] He has also been a visiting fellow at the European Stability Initiative in Istanbul.[11] From 2017 to 2020, he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C.[12]

He has written three books. His first, Fragile Empire (2013), a study of Vladimir Putin's Russia, was published by Yale University Press.[13] [14] His second, 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[15] Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019.[16] His third, This is Europe, was published by Picador in 2023.

Judah has written on foreign affairs for numerous publications including The New York Times and The Sunday Times. He has been a guest on CNN, BBC News and Channel 4 News and was a contributing writer for Politico Europe.[17] He has interviewed and profiled French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak.[18] [19] [20] Earlier in his career, he covered the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution and the 2011 Tunisian Revolution and reported from the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia and Xinjiang.[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

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

Judah's name appeared on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2016.[29]

Personal life

Judah is married to journalist Rosie Gray.[30]

Bibliography

Books

Selected articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-03-12 . Ben Judah: Labour's new voice on Europe . 2024-03-26 . TheArticle.
  2. Web site: Judah . Ben . Ben Judah: The last of our synagogues . 2024-03-26 . www.thejc.com . en.
  3. Web site: Snowden, Syria, Vladimir Putin's 'Cold Peace' with the West CBC News. Clibbon. Jennifer.
  4. Web site: Ben Judah feels like a stranger in his native London. February 6, 2016. The Spectator.
  5. Web site: 2024-02-29 . All eyes on the police . 2024-03-26 . POLITICO . en.
  6. Web site: Ben Judah. 2021-09-20. Atlantic Council. en-US.
  7. Web site: Sutton. Trevor. Judah. Ben. Turning the Tide on Dirty Money. 2021-09-24. Center for American Progress. 26 February 2021 . en-US.
  8. Web site: A "Washington Strategy" for British Diplomacy. 2021-09-24. Policy Exchange. February 2021 . en-GB.
  9. Web site: International Corporate Tax Reform . Vallée, Shahin . Judah, Ben . 2 September 2021. 25 June 2022. DGAP: German Council on Foreign Relations.
  10. Web site: 9 March 2012 . Ben Judah . www.ecfr.eu.
  11. Web site: Ben Judah – About ESI – ESI . www.esiweb.org.
  12. Web site: Experts – Ben Judah – Hudson Institute . 2021-09-20 . www.hudson.org . en.
  13. Feinberg . Richard . Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin . Foreign Affairs . November 2013 . 92 . 6.
  14. Tismaneanu . Vladimir . Reviewed Work: Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah . International Affairs . May 2014 . 90 . 3 . 725–727.
  15. Oliver . Tim . This Is London: Life and Death in the World City Ben Judah . International Affairs . May 1, 2016 . 92 . 3 . 737–738. 10.1111/1468-2346.12627 .
  16. Web site: This is London by Ben Judah. 2021-08-18. www.panmacmillan.com. en.
  17. Web site: Ben Judah: 30 under 30 . Forbes . 12 March 2022.
  18. News: Judah . Ben . 2 February 2017 . Exclusive interview: Emmanuel Macron on Brexit, le Pen and the teacher who became his wife . 25 June 2022 . The Sunday Times.
  19. News: Judah . Ben . 4 February 2018 . The Magazine Interview: Imran Khan, the former playboy cricketer and would-be PM of Pakistan . 25 June 2022 . The Sunday Times.
  20. News: Judah . Ben . 5 May 2015 . Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales . 11 June 2022 . Politico.
  21. Web site: Judah . Ben . April 2011 . From Carthage to Kasserine . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309131457/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/476 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19 . Standpoint Magazine.
  22. Web site: Judah . Ben . 9 April 2010 . Blood in the Streets of Bishkek . 25 June 2022 . Foreign Affairs.
  23. Web site: Judah . Ben . October 2009 . Moscow: Putin's Empire Strikes Out . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309131415/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3809 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19 . Standpoint Magazine.
  24. Web site: Judah . Ben . October 2008 . Caucasus: Diary, August–September, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309155215/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/2195 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19 . Standpoint Magazine.
  25. Web site: Hunting the Lynx with the Old Believers | Standpoint . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309155644/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/5378 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19.
  26. Web site: Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti | Standpoint . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309132327/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3161 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19.
  27. Web site: Xinjiang: Taming China's Wild West | Standpoint . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309131523/http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3406 . 2016-03-09 . 2016-02-19.
  28. Web site: Press Awards . 2017-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170626062033/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=winners-2015 . 2017-06-26 . dead .
  29. Web site: 2016-01-18. Ben Judah, 27. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015947/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/glke45eml/ben-judah-27/ . 2019-02-07 . 2020-11-20. Forbes. en.
  30. Web site: Palmer. Anna. Sherman. Jake. POLITICO Playbook: Trump's 'lost summer'. 2021-09-19. POLITICO. 2 September 2019 . en.

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