Jonathan Campbell-James
Biography
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Born in Geelong, Jonathan Campbell-James has a degree in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Durham University and served for 32 years in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, in a career focused on the Middle East and culminating as Deputy C2 Intelligence in HQ Multinational Forces-Iraq in Baghdad. He was then the Regional Head of Security and Political Risk covering the MENA Region for a global bank, based in Dubai and Riyadh. He writes for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and The Spectator.
Why Oman? Explaining the choice of venue for US-Iran talks
Oman’s skill as a facilitator has been fine-tuned over decades – not that many know.
Iran’s shadow hand in Houthi Red Sea attacks
How the Houthis and Iranians work together isn’t absolutely clear – but stopping the threat to shipping requires more than shooting down incoming missiles and extends to…
IRGC Navy flexes its long-range threat capability
Converted container ships might not last long in a hot war, but could vastly expand the range of trouble that Iran seeks to stir.
