James Crabtree

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James Crabtree
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)Author, policy analyst, journalist
Websitejamescrabtree.com

James Crabtree is a British author and geopolitical analyst. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age
, was released in July 2018.

Biography

Crabtree was born in Scotland. He studied government at the

John F. Kennedy School of Government
between 2004 and 2006.

Crabtree began his career working in think tanks in the UK, including The Work Foundation[7] and the Institute for Public Policy Research.[8]

In 2007, Crabtree joined the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, working initially as part of the team that produced the Power of Information Review, led by Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg, in June that year.[9]

In 2009 to 2010, Crabtree worked as a senior editor at Prospect, a British magazine.[10] From 2010, Crabtree worked for the Financial Times, first on the newspaper’s opinion page in London and then as Mumbai bureau chief between 2011 and 2016.[11] Crabtree has written for a range of other publications, including The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Straits Times and Wired.

In July 2018, Crabtree's book

Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.[14] In November 2018, The Billionaire Raj was named Business Book of the Year at the Tata LitLive! Awards in Mumbai.[15]

References

  1. ^ "James Crabtree is a distinguished visiting fellow at ECFR". ECFR. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. ^ "James Crabtree". Nikkei Asian Review.
  3. ^ "James Crabtree". Foreign Policy.
  4. ^ "James Crabtree". International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  5. ^ "Crabtree, James". Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
  6. ^ "James Crabtree". Chatham House. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  7. ^ "Cost turns UK punters off 3G – survey •". The Register.
  8. ^ "James Crabtree". New Humanist.
  9. ^ "Career moves in the public services and volutary sector". The Guardian. 12 March 2008.
  10. ^ "Articles by James Crabtree". Prospect Magazine.
  11. ^ Idiculla, Mathew (17 August 2018). "Inside the glittering façade". Business Line.
  12. ^ "A portrait of India's fragile democracy in an era of financial excess". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ Knee, Jonathan A. (9 July 2018). "Review: 'The Billionaire Raj' Offers Reasons for Optimism in India's Gilded Age". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "Financial Times and McKinsey announce shortlist for 2018 Business Book of the Year Award". Financial Times. September 14, 2018.
  15. ^ "Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest 2018". Tatalitlive.