Jason Burke
International Security Correspondent, The Guardian; Author, The Revolutionists
Jason Burke is an author and journalist who has specialized in covering Islamic extremism over a 30-year career as a foreign correspondent. He has reported on conflicts including wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, and Africa and won multiple awards for his reporting. His five critically acclaimed books include The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s (Knopf, 2025), which was shortlisted for the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and received praise in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Wall Street Journal. He is a frequent commentator on television, radio, and podcasts.