Starting at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, covering both Middle East defence and European defence topics, he branched out as a freelance writer on a wide range of defence and security matters. He has written for the Guardian, Times, Financial Times, Middle East Economic Digest, as well as for specialist defence publications including Defense News . He has also been broadcasting on defence matters since 1987, with ITN, various radio/TV outlets of the BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and more recently as a regular contributor on Sky News. Most recently, to back up the unique nature of Defence Analysis , he established the first specialist publication on defence logistics/support affairs, Military Logistics International .