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.
Austerity by any other name is making a comeback across Europe, from Keir Starmer’s “difficult choices” in the UK to widespread spending cuts expected across...
State elections in the east of Germany this month are widely seen as putting pressure on the centre of German politics, especially in terms of...
Europe’s determination to build up its defences to meet multiple security challenges, foremost Russia on its Eastern border, is flagging in the face of budget...
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.” Elon Musk on X? No, another but similar robber baron...
One of the European Union’s signal, and for its citizens most noticeable, achievements, the 26 country Schengen free-travel zone, is increasingly being challenged and undermined. The...
