Nationality: journalist. Made in the BBC, now freelancer. Reporting what you need to know, not what you want to hear. Co-author of En Eiropeisk Tragedie, a book about the roots of Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Also, many Lonely Planet titles.

Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here. All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig