Quentin Peel

Few people understand the dramas unfolding on the international stage better than Quentin Peel. He excels at relating politics and economics, with a bit of history and geography, to explain the tensions at work. He's an expert on issues related to the EU's evolution.

    Quentin has been very well received as an analyst of the current economic crisis.

    He also has focused on failed and failing states and countries in transition (from dictatorship to democracy, from poverty to prosperity).

Having covered major world-changing events over the past 30 years as an eye-witness reporter, he sees the social, political and economic forces shaping world affairs with historical perspective, personal knowledge and deep insight.

In addition to being Chief Correspondent Germany and Associate Editor, Quentin Peel is an associate editor responsible for leader and feature writing, and writes a regular foreign affairs column, Between the Lines.

    He writes for several major media besides the FT: The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Pravda (Russia), Der Standard (Austria), the Daily Times (Nigeria), and the Irish Times. He appears regularly broadcast media around the world, as well.

    Quentin has won several awards from several countries. He is fluent in French and German and speaks halting Russian.