I'm an award-winning journalist covering foreign policy and defense for National Journal.

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I previously covered foreign policy and international affairs for Newsweek Magazine, was the Washington D.C. correspondent for the German news wire DPA, worked as a reporter and editor for the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia, and was a reporting fellow for the Christian Science Monitor in Washington D.C. I was also a contributing editor for United Explanations, a multi-lingual online publication that covers international affairs. 

I frequently write about foreign policy, international affairs, national security, and politics.

I am especially interested in explaining complex subjects – including conflicts, migration patterns, disinformation campaigns, corruption, and foreign influence on politics – to a general audience.

Human stories with a strong narrative arc are my passion. I have interviewed Cambodian women who were trafficked to China and sold as brides, and I profiled female activists fighting illegal logging in the Cambodian jungles.

In India, I reported on female police officers tasked with combating street harassment, and in the United States, I profiled a community of transgender activists making a collective farm in Appalachia.

I never pass up the opportunity to tell a good story, and I always strive to cover underreported issues, events, places, and communities. 

My work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy Magazine, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Roads and Kingdoms, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Diplomat, VICE, and World Politics Review, among many others. 

A graduate of the University College London’s School of Slavonic and East European studies, I enjoy black coffee, books, and traveling everywhere.

Besides the United States, I've lived in and reported from Central America, Central Asia, Western Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Southeast Asia, and the United Kingdom. I speak English, Spanish, and Serbo-Croatian, and I’m always working to improve my Russian language skills.

Feel free to reach out with story tips, assignments, media requests, or just to have a chat.