Now based in New York, he has previously reported from China, Pakistan, North Korea, Mongolia, Italy and the Balkans, among others. He has covered a wide range of topics, from China’s repression of Tibet and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism to Barack Obama’s landmark first election and the death of Pope John Paul II. Educated in Ljubljana, Beijing, and Paris, he speaks six languages and is interested, among other topics, in the rise and fall of competing for global powers.