About John Kampfner
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. Kampfner's latest book, his eighth, Braver New World, will be published in April 2026. Since 2019, he has been a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a defence and security think tank. In 2022-2023 Kampfner was Executive Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House. Since 2022, he has been Chair of the Young Königswinter conference, which brings young people together from Germany and the UK. Kampfner is also Deputy Chair of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft (German-British Association). From 2024-2025 he was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg) in Berlin. Kampfner is currently a regular contributor to politico, Foreign Policy and The Guardian. He also writes columns for the FT, The New World, The Independent, Der Spiegel, and Die Zeit. He is also a regular broadcaster and programme maker for the BBC. His most recent documentary was for BBC Radio 4 marking the centenary of Mein Kampf.
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