Franco-British journalist
Ben Judah (Atlantic Council)
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
[1] and
Rosie Whitehouse , he was born in
London .
[2] He is of
Baghdadi Jewish descent.
[3] He spent a portion of his childhood in the
Balkans
[1] 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
Shadow 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] [
failed verification ] 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]
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non-primary source needed ]
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
References
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a
b Clibbon, Jennifer.
"Snowden, Syria, Vladimir Putin's 'Cold Peace' with the West | CBC News" .
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"Ben Judah: Labour's new voice on Europe" . TheArticle . 12 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024 .
^ Judah, Ben.
"Ben Judah: The last of our synagogues" . www.thejc.com . Retrieved 26 March 2024 .
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"Ben Judah feels like a stranger in his native London" . The Spectator . 6 February 2016.
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"All eyes on the police" . POLITICO . 29 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024 .
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"Ben Judah" . Atlantic Council . Retrieved 20 September 2021 .
^ Sutton, Trevor; Judah, Ben (26 February 2021).
"Turning the Tide on Dirty Money" . Center for American Progress . Retrieved 24 September 2021 .
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"A "Washington Strategy" for British Diplomacy" . Policy Exchange . February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021 .
^ Vallée, Shahin; Judah, Ben (2 September 2021).
"International Corporate Tax Reform" .
DGAP: German Council on Foreign Relations . Retrieved 25 June 2022 .
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"Ben Judah" . www.ecfr.eu . 9 March 2012.
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"Ben Judah – About ESI – ESI" . www.esiweb.org .
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"Experts – Ben Judah – Hudson Institute" . www.hudson.org . Retrieved 20 September 2021 .
^ Feinberg, Richard (November 2013). "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin". Foreign Affairs . 92 (6).
^ 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.
^ 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 .
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"This is London by Ben Judah" . www.panmacmillan.com . Retrieved 18 August 2021 .
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"Ben Judah: 30 under 30" . Forbes . Retrieved 12 March 2022 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Judah, Ben (5 May 2015).
"Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales" .
Politico . Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ Judah, Ben (April 2011).
"From Carthage to Kasserine" . Standpoint Magazine . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
^ Judah, Ben (9 April 2010).
"Blood in the Streets of Bishkek" .
Foreign Affairs . Retrieved 25 June 2022 .
^ Judah, Ben (October 2009).
"Moscow: Putin's Empire Strikes Out" . Standpoint Magazine . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
^ Judah, Ben (October 2008).
"Caucasus: Diary, August–September, 2008" . Standpoint Magazine . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
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"Hunting the Lynx with the Old Believers | Standpoint" . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
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"Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti | Standpoint" . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
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"Xinjiang: Taming China's Wild West | Standpoint" . Archived from
the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
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"Press Awards" . Archived from
the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017 .
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"Ben Judah, 27" . Forbes . 18 January 2016.
Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020 .
^ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake (2 September 2019).
"POLITICO Playbook: Trump's 'lost summer' " . POLITICO . Retrieved 19 September 2021 .
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