Ben Judah (born 1988) is a British journalist and author of This Is London and Fragile Empire. Since February 2024, he has been a political adviser to David Lammy, who became Foreign Secretary in July 2024.
Ben Judah (born 1988) is a British journalist and author of This Is London and Fragile Empire. Since February 2024, he has been a political adviser to David Lammy, who became Foreign Secretary in July 2024.
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]
Judah is married to journalist Rosie Gray. [5]
Judah began his career as a journalist covering the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution and the 2011 Tunisian Revolution and reported from the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia and Xinjiang. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [ non-primary source needed ]
From 2010 to 2012, Judah was a policy fellow in London at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank. [13] He has also been a visiting fellow at the European Stability Initiative in Istanbul. [14] [ failed verification ] From 2017 to 2020, he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C. [15] Judah was a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank in Washington, D.C., from 2020 to 2024. [16]
Judah has written for various progressive and conservative think-tanks on foreign affairs including the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Policy Exchange. [17] [18] His work has also featured at the German Council on Foreign Relations. [19] 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 . [20] He has interviewed and profiled French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak. [21] [22] [23]
Judah has written three books. His first, Fragile Empire (2013), a study of Vladimir Putin's Russia, was published by Yale University Press. [24] [25] 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 Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019. [26] [27] This Is London brought Judah to the attention of MP David Lammy. [28] His third book This is Europe was published by Picador in 2023.[ citation needed ]
In February 29, 2024, Judah was announced as a political adviser to David Lammy, who became Foreign Secretary that July. According to the New Statesman , Judah shaped Lammy's doctrine of "progressive realism" and raised Lammy's profile domestically and internationally. [28] [29]
In 2015, he was commended for the Feature Writer of the Year award at the British Press Awards. [30]
Judah's name appeared on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2016. [31]
In 2024, the New Statesman named Judah as one of the 50 most influential people shaping the UK's progressive politics. [28]
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