ABOUT

This is a site about the books and other writing by James Rodgers, author of Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia From Lenin to Putin (new edition 2023; first published July 2020); Headlines from the Holy Land (2015 and 2017); No Road Home: Fighting for Land and Faith in Gaza (2013); Reporting Conflict (2012). My work looks at how stories of international affairs, especially armed conflict, are told to the world.

BIOGRAPHY

I am an author and journalist. During two decades of covering international news, I reported on the end of the Soviet Union; the wars in Chechnya; the coming to power of Vladimir Putin; 9/11; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the 2003 war in Iraq; Russia’s war with Georgia in 2008. I completed correspondent postings for the BBC in Moscow, Brussels, and Gaza. I now teach in the Journalism Department at City St George’s, University of London.

The author in Berlin, February 2023. Photo © Kevin Cummins

Tag: Return of Russia

‘The Return of Russia’: live events on my new book, Spring 2026

April 3, 2026
This latest post is on upcoming events about my new book The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin. In the coming weeks, I will be Birmingham, in Chiswick, west London, in Derby, and in Bristol. The book is a concise political history...

The Return of Russia: new details of upcoming live events.

March 2, 2026
This post is an update on the latest live events planned about my new book The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin. Between now and the end of May, I am due to be speaking in London, Birmingham, and Derby. Details below....

New Book ‘The Return of Russia’: Podcasts and Live Events

January 26, 2026
MY NEW BOOK, The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin is published in the US and the UK on January 27 as a hardback and eBook. I will be doing live events in the UK in the coming weeks, including at the...