Ferry Biedermann is a journalist with extensive experience in covering European politics and Middle East. He is also a visiting fellow at Birmingham City University's Centre for Brexit Studies. He writes from Amsterdam on European and global affairs for, among others, The New European and The Lancet. He’s a former Middle East correspondent, based in Amman, Beirut, and Jerusalem, for The Financial Times and de Volkskrant, and for many years contributed country risk reports to Jane’s Intelligence Weekly. Ferry Biedermann reported from Iraq before, during, and after the 2003 invasion and covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many years. He has also contributed to, among others, The Thompson Reuters Foundation, The Washington Post, The National, CNBC, and Foreign Policy.
The Gaza ceasefire throws doubts on Israeli claims of the effectiveness of its massive attacks on the strip’s population in targeting Hamas. This both raises...
With the triple success of a ceasefire, the election of a new Lebanese president, and the appointment of a prime minister that doesn’t belong to...
The Brexit chickens have well and truly come home to roost over the past few days. If more proof were needed of the divide-and-rule-intentions behind...
Pro-European Poland has taken over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from enfant terrible Hungary in what must surely be a relief...
In 2025 the world will enter a period of mortal danger, with an increased risk of major conflagration and specific threats to Western-type liberal democracy,...
