Over two decades of geopolitical & history journalism & research

Brian F.

I am a groundbreaking researcher, journalist, and technical writer with an academic background in history, politics, and international affairs who can explain even the most complicated subjects to anyone and often echoes and matches far beforehand—and often far more accurately than—top-tier, mainstream analysis on some of the biggest ongoing stories, with a consistently-demonstrated ability to generate traffic and drive discussion even when being published by lesser-known outlets or self-publishing and with a number of academic citations and hundreds of articles published by a variety of outlets.

I am also consultant and historian with deep knowledge of a wide variety of subjects and regions; an international development, humanitarian aid, (inter)national security, public policy, and political professional who thinks outside (but understands) the box; Ukraine content praised by Mykhailo Podolyak, a top advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky; the Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces; Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army (Ret.), former commanding general, U.S. Army Europe; Scott Shane, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times and Baltimore Sun journalist (featured in HBO's The Wire, playing himself); Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); and Orwell Prize-winning journalist Jenni Russell, among others; 194.73/200 U.S. DoS FSOT score.

I have engaged in classroom teaching in the U.S. for SAT prep classes with The Princeton Review and abroad in Jordan for students learning English language, grammar, and writing and have also been a private tutor and editor for various individual clients on subjects ranging from business writing to history to politics. Age ranges range from middle school to college and graduate school. I have also been a peer reviewer for Conflict Resolution Quarterly.