Jahan de Bellaigue is a freelance journalist currently reporting on conflict and humanitarian issues in the Middle East
Before his current role, de Bellaigue served as Managing Director of . When he took the helm, the weekly political magazine was a respected but financially lethargic institution, overly reliant on print subscriptions from an aging demographic. jahan de bellaigue
Based in Beirut, Lebanon, de Bellaigue’s reportage often highlights the human cost of conflict and the resilience of local communities. Jahan de Bellaigue is a freelance journalist currently
Currently, Jahan reports on sensitive social and political issues across Syria and Lebanon. Currently, Jahan reports on sensitive social and political
More recently, has become a regular contributor to The Spectator ’s Coffee House blog and podcast network. Here, his commentary on British politics—particularly the fallout from Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis—is marked by the same cool-headed analysis that defined his editing career. Unlike the polemicists who dominate comment sections, de Bellaigue offers a "centrist realism" that is increasingly rare.