Our Contributors
Alasdair Dick
Alasdair Dick has just completed his MPhil in Modern European History at Cambridge and is currently undertaking a TEFL Course in Toronto. He writes about anything from European politics to the importance of Jurassic Park. You can read more at his blog here, and find him on Twitter @AlasdairDick
Lucy Emmerson
Thomas Baron
Thomas Baron is a freelance journalist specializing in the Middle East, Over Population, and Enviromentalism. See his blog at TheArsenalofDemocracy
Chris Mistry
Paul Hunt
Paul Hunt writes on subjects including international relations, human rights and international development, you can find him on Twitter @PaulJ_Hunt
James Jacobs
James Jacobs left university wanting to become the next George Orwell, though frankly he'll settle with being Janet Street Porter. His interests include International Development, Constitutional Affairs and the Arts. He keeps a blog: CultureArtNews, and you can find him on Twitter @jameswjacobs
Michal Lodej
Michal Lodej is a freelance journalist who writes on a variety of subjects including politics and finance.
Babatunde Onabajo
Ram Mashru
Ram Mashru holds a degree in law from Cambridge University and edits the Discuss[n] blog. He writes on subjects including politics, international law and human rights.
Chris Smith
Chris Smith holds an MA in International Relations, and has spent three years volunteering for the Green Party
Stephanie Kleynhans
Matthew Sells
Matthew Sells holds an MSc in International Relations from the LSE. His research interests include European foreign and defence policy and African politics. Currently undertaking a Traineeship at the European Commission, he previously worked for a Brussels-based human rights NGO and the Liberal Democrats. All views expressed are purely personal. You can follow him on Twitter here
Jamie Harrop
Jamie Harrop is a passionate defender of politics, currently studying Political Science. He is a strong believer in the power of politics to create lasting change, and his political heroes range from Gladstone and Disraeli, to Campbell and Powell. Jamie prides himself on his analysis of political situations and near perfect eyebrows. Jamie is co-founder of The Starr Blog. Find The Starr on Twitter here
Daniel Bosley
Daniel Bosley is a postgraduate in International Relations, although he likes to contribute to the debate on a range of subjects. He is admittedly left-leaning, but not so much that he falls over.
Chris McCourt
Sam Stopp
Sam Stopp is a history and politics graduate who has recently worked as a parliamentary researcher. Sam co-edits The Starr Blog. Find The Starr on Twitter here
Oliver MacArthur
Oliver MacArthur is an investment professional and freelance journalist. Find him on Twitter @olliemacarthur
Jennifer Lang
Jennifer Lang has an MPhil in International Relations at Cambridge University, and has recently spent time in Israel and the West Bank. She writes on subjects including Afghanistan, Iran and US/EU foreign policy. You can find her on Twitter @Jenn_Lang
Elio Calcagno
Elio Calcagno is a History and Politics student who has an interest in international relations, politics and history. He writes on topics ranging from Italian foreign policy to the Paris Peace Conference. You can read his blog here, and follow him on Twitter @eliocalcagno
Andrew Carroll
Andrew Carroll is currently studying for an MLitt in International Political Theory at the University of St Andrews. He writes on subjects including US and European Politics, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jamie Walden
Jamie Walden is a philosophy graduate and freelance writer. He has written for a number of publications on a range of subjects, from the serious- the Middle East, Islamism and threats to free speech- to the comparatively trivial- British comedy, Question Time audiences and Johann Hari's internet self-promotion campaign. He has recently joined the modern world by signing up to Twitter, find him here.
Tom Leftley
Tom Leftley writes on subjects including domestic politics, television and sport. You can read his blog here, and follow him on Twitter @TomLeftley
Reema Malhotra
Reema Malhotra is a budding journalist with a background in philosophy, politics and economics.
Andy Findon
Rizwan Qayyum
Rizwan Qayyum is a law student who writes on subjects including international affairs and economic development.
Caroline Mortimer
Martin Armstrong
Martin Armstrong was born in Tokyo and spent his childhood in Japan and Hong Kong before moving to the UK in 1996. He possesses a First Class Degree in Religious Studies and a Masters in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He has travelled widely in the Islamic world and is currently based in Beirut free-lance writing and studying Arabic.
David Miller
Lucy Williams
Orlando Cantell
Orlando Cantell has an MA in History from UCL. His interests include culture and politics in the UK and the U.S. You can find him on Twitter @OrlandoCantell
Dr. Imrana Iqbal
Dr. Imrana Iqbal, a native of Lahore, Pakistan, is a former Professor of English at the University of Texas at Arlington. When living in Pakistan she wrote for The Frontier Post and The Nation (Lahore). She is the founder of the Pakistan Reconstruction Project.
Charles Pierson
Charles Pierson, a Board Member of the Pakistan Reconstruction Project, is a lawyer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who writes on international law.
Richard Alcorn
Richard Alcorn holds an MA in Economics from the University of Glasgow, and has recently spent a year working as an economist in the public sector. He writes subjects including UK economic and environmental policy, London Mayoral politics, and American and EU issues.
Samuel Passmore
Samuel Passmore is a freelance journalist with interests including film, music, and politics. You can follow him on Twitter @samuelpassmore
Liam Duffy
Roland Bensted
Roland Bensted is the Europe editor of The Heptagon Post. He has worked at the Home Office and the Cabinet Office, and is currently studying for an MA in International Relations at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
BAJ Dixon
Owen Earwicker
Owen Earwicker is a history undergraduate who currently works on the Redbrick student newspaper. You can find him on Twitter @OwenMaxwell
Sam Buczynskyj
Sam Buczynskyj is a student of International Relations and Politics at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. You can find him on Twitter @sambuczynskyj and read his blog here
Lorna Gledhill
Lorna Gledhill is a freelance journalist, interested in government spin, civil disobedience and youth alienation, who regularly contributes to Catch21 and the Institute for Ideas in a Post-Bureaucratic Age. Follow her on twitter @eggression
Peter Hall
Samantha Herbert
Joe Jervis
Joe Jervis is a freelance journalist and editor of the Britain's Next Generation blog, a website for young people to air opinions on the future of politics, economics and sport. Follow him on Twitter @JoeJervis89
Beth Miller
Beth Miller is a student of International Relations and Politics, currently spending a year on exchange at The University of Hong Kong. She writes on various political subjects and has a particular interest in Asia.
Christian Nicholson
Christian Nicholson is reading for an MA in International Relations at King’s College London, having graduated with first class honours in War Studies, also at King’s, in 2009. His research interests include state building and the impact of ideas in social sciences.
Elizabeth Pickworth
Elizabeth Pickworth writes on a wide range of issues, and has previously written for Berlin-based NGO the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
Jenghiz von Streng
Jenghiz von Streng is an International Relations master’s student, and has recently spent a year studying in Beijing.
James Wallace
George Arnett
Susan Murphy
Haider Ali
Haider Ali is a politics graduate and journalist who has written for a wide range of publications.
John Laidlaw
John Laidlaw is a graduate of Dundee University, he writes on subjects including politics and international affairs.
Matthew Lane
Matthew J. Cooke
Mathew J. Cooke is a postgraduate at the University of Birmingham, researching Scottish Nationalism and Independence.
Michael Archer
Michael Archer has a keen interest in cinema and television, and is currently studying creative writing at Chichester University
Adam Gilbert
Adam Gilbert is a freelance writer who writes on a variety of issues with a particular focus on the meeting point of culture and politics. He's currently working on a Masters thesis on modern day political satire, and you can see more of his work at the blog Eating In, Eating Out
Susannah O’Sullivan
Susannah O'Sullivan is a post-graduate student of International Politics at the University of Manchester. She writes on subjects including Western intervention and post-conflict reconstruction.
Daniel Zuidijk
Daniel Zuidijk is a freelance journalist with an interest in technology, lifestyle and kinds of current affairs. He is also obsessed with Hunter S. Thompson and anything to do with cinema and can be found trying to combine all of this here.
Michael McKenna
Michael McKenna recently finished a politics degree at the University of Dundee and returned to his native city, Belfast. He's a left-leaning Irish Nationalist, and a member of the Red Army following Ireland’s oldest football club, Cliftonville FC.
Andrew McGrath
Andrew McGrath is a sometime historian and is currently working for a civil liberties organisation.
Beti Baraki
Beti Baraki is a political activist who writes on subjects including gender and sexuality issues, race, and secularism. You can find Beti on Twitter @betibetiel
Jevon Whitby
Max Loxterkamp
Max Loxterkamp has a degree in English literature. As well as having literary and cultural interests he is also concerned with the potential effects of new technology on society.
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