His work has been published by National Geographic, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the BBC, Global Post, Roads & Kingdoms, Slate and other outlets in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. He has also worked as an independent analyst for Eurasia Group, the political risk research and consulting firm, and is a two-time finalist, and one time-winner, at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards in London. A native of Amherst, MA, he has a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Follow him on Twitter @jw_rosen