His first book, Fragile Empire (2013), a study of Vladimir Putin's Russia, was published by Yale University Press. [21] [22] His second book, 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 [23] Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019. [24] Makes you expand the boundaries of your sympathies and your understanding. It’s an astonishing achievement." ― Evening Standard MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East, combined with commentary by contributors, interviews with emerging players, multi-media content, and independent analysis from fellows and staff. Every person in the book is trying to tell a story about how they feel Europe is dramatically changing. Life in Europe is changing more dramatically than it is in North America. The traditional ways of life in Europe are transforming faster, Europe’s cities are transforming faster. And the collision between these very old and rooted ways of life and the internet is producing really fascinating moments of friction, beauty, joy, and fear that I think Americans should pay attention to. Do you think the subjects of your book identify as European?

Judah, Ben (2 April 2017). "Exclusive interview: Emmanuel Macron on Brexit, le Pen and the teacher who became his wife". The Sunday Times. Will Charles III be a radical king? As his coronation ceremony approaches, I spoke with Will Lloyd, Commissioning Editor and Writer at the New Statesman, to discuss his recent cover article about the King’s views and his relationship with the UK public at large. TIME: How did the idea for This Is Europe come together? Did you envisage it as kind of a sequel to your previous book, This Is London?

It’s when Judah sits down with someone and listens that the book really takes off. He is brilliant at getting people to speak: the London Underground cleaner; the Polish builder; the Egyptian heiress; the Filipina housemaid; the imam who washes the bodies of the dead; the teacher; the carer; the gang leader. Among the mass of migrant stories are recurring tales of the glamour of London as seen from afar, and the grime, fear, poverty and violence seen close up. We learn a lot about the work that migrants do and how they see the British. Mean, ugly, lazy, cruel, secretive and snobbish are among the words used about us, though there is respect for our constitution and amusement at how we’re always saying sorry. Judah, Ben (October 2008). "Caucasus: Diary, August–September, 2008". Standpoint Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016 . Retrieved 19 February 2016. Such an ambitious project it automatically deserves applause . . . reminds us that below every system and conflict there are human beings." ― Irish Times

Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World The thumbnail was modified from a picture taken by Sue Ream. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg Judah: It depends how the war ends. If it actually ends, there’s a chance that these communities could consolidate again…and that’s why the war ending well for Ukraine is also a Jewish cause, because this kind of indeterminate gray zone is terrible for Ukraine, because it can’t join NATO, can’t join the EU, it can’t rebuild, and it also kind of starts to wither the Jewish community. UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture. UkraineAlert sources analysis and commentary from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community. I wanted to gather all these people into this book and have each of them tell us a story about what Europe is today,” says Judah, “and to have each of them answer that question of what Europe is through their own lives.”In a few cases Judah gets so close to his protagonists that he writes as if from inside their heads, in the manner of WG Sebald. There’s the Polish registrar in Catford, for example, who describes her own love life as well as her job marrying couples and deciding which ones are genuine and which doing it for a passport. When she recalls being invited to a Nigerian-Polish wedding party, on “one of those lingering and beautiful fallings of light there is only in England in the summer”, she loses herself in rapture and he lets her run on as if he’s not there. From 2010 to 2012, he was a policy fellow in London at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank. [14] He has also been a visiting fellow at the European Stability Initiative in Istanbul. [15] [ failed verification] From 2017 to 2020, he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C. [16] In 2020, he joined the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. as a Nonresident Senior Fellow. [17] Judah has written for various progressive and conservative think-tanks including The Center For American Progress (CAP) and Policy Exchange. [18] [19] His work has also featured at The German Council on Foreign Relations. [20]