Media Moves

Peer named deputy director of Future of Conflict program

Basharat Peer

Basharat Peer has been named deputy director of Crisis Group’s Future of Conflict program, which is focused on climate change, digital technologies and the global economy.

Since June 2021, Peer has been a contributing opinion editor at The New York Times. As an international opinion editor, he commissioned and edited essays about South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

From May to December 2013, he edited India Ink, New York Times’ India blog.

He has also freelanced for The New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New Statesman, The National and The Financial Times Weekend magazine.

He has also published two books.

Peer has a M.A. in journalism from Columbia University, New York.

You can congratulate Peer on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Bloomberg Law hires Alafriz to cover insurance ligitation

Bloomberg Law has hired Olivia Alafriz to cover insurance litigation and regulation. She is on the corporate…

1 hour ago

Bloomberg Law hires Clason to cover health benefits

Bloomberg Law has hired Lauren Clason to cover health benefits. She has been a health care reporter…

1 hour ago

Hadi becomes chief deputy at NY Times biz department

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: I’m excited to announce: Mohammed Hadi…

5 hours ago

NY Times’ Dreier, Reuters coverage of Musk win Pulitzers

Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting…

6 hours ago

Washington Biz Journal hires Peters to cover real estate

The Washington Business Journal has hired Ben Peters to cover commercial real estate. He has been the…

7 hours ago

Bloomberg Radio seeks a video and audio producer

Bloomberg Radio has a rare opportunity for a motivated, hardworking Producer to contribute to it's…

9 hours ago