Misha Glenny
Encyclopedia
Misha Glenny is a British journalist who specializes in southeastern Europe and global organized crime
.
academic Michael Glenny
. He was educated at an independent school, Magdalen College School, in Oxford, and studied at Bristol University and Prague
's Charles University before becoming Central Europe
correspondent for The Guardian
and later the BBC
. He specialised in reporting on the Balkans independence wars in the late 1980s and early 1990s that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. While at the BBC, Glenny won 1993's Sony Gold Award
for his 'outstanding contribution to broadcasting'. He has also written three books about Central and Eastern Europe
. In McMafia (2008), he wrote that international organised crime could account for 20 per cent of the world's GDP
.
Glenny advised the US and some European governments on policy issues and for three years ran an NGO helping with the reconstruction of Serbia
, Macedonia
and Kosovo
.
Glenny appeared in the 2011 documentary film, Raw Opium
: Pain, Pleasure, Profits.
Starting in January, 2012, Misha will be visiting professor at Columbia University
’s Harriman Institute
, teaching a course on "crime in transition". In an interview in October, 2011 he also spoke about his new book, DarkMarket; assessing cybercriminals with Simon Baron-Cohen
at Cambridge; the Stuxnet
cyberattack which resulted in "gloves off" attention from governments; and other more recent cyberattacks.
Glenny is married to the journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang
and has three children, Miljan and Sasha Glenny (from his first marriage), and Callum Lang.
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
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Biography
Glenny is the son of the late Russian studiesRussian Studies
Russian studies is a field of study first developed during the Cold War. It is an interdisciplinary field crossing history and language studies. It is closely related to Soviet and Communist studies...
academic Michael Glenny
Michael Glenny
Michael Valentine Glenny was a British lecturer in Russian studies and a noted translator of Russian literature into English...
. He was educated at an independent school, Magdalen College School, in Oxford, and studied at Bristol University and Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
's Charles University before becoming Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
correspondent for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and later the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. He specialised in reporting on the Balkans independence wars in the late 1980s and early 1990s that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. While at the BBC, Glenny won 1993's Sony Gold Award
Sony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
for his 'outstanding contribution to broadcasting'. He has also written three books about Central and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. In McMafia (2008), he wrote that international organised crime could account for 20 per cent of the world's GDP
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
.
Glenny advised the US and some European governments on policy issues and for three years ran an NGO helping with the reconstruction of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
and Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
.
Glenny appeared in the 2011 documentary film, Raw Opium
Raw Opium
Raw Opium is a 2011 documentary film and two-part TV series produced by Robert Lang of Kensington Communications, directed by Peter Findlay and written by Peter Findlay and Robert Lang...
: Pain, Pleasure, Profits.
Starting in January, 2012, Misha will be visiting professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
’s Harriman Institute
Harriman Institute
The Harriman Institute, the first academic center in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the Soviet Union, was founded at Columbia University in 1946, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, as the Russian Institute....
, teaching a course on "crime in transition". In an interview in October, 2011 he also spoke about his new book, DarkMarket; assessing cybercriminals with Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen FBA is professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He is the Director of the University's Autism Research Centre, and a Fellow of Trinity College...
at Cambridge; the Stuxnet
Stuxnet
Stuxnet is a computer worm discovered in June 2010. It initially spreads via Microsoft Windows, and targets Siemens industrial software and equipment...
cyberattack which resulted in "gloves off" attention from governments; and other more recent cyberattacks.
Glenny is married to the journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang is a British journalist and broadcaster currently working for the BBC. Lang was raised in various parts of the world; her family were evacuated from Nigeria at the time of the Biafran war in 1967.-Career:...
and has three children, Miljan and Sasha Glenny (from his first marriage), and Callum Lang.
Publications
- The Rebirth Of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy (Penguin Books, 1990)
- The Fall of Yugoslavia (Penguin Books, 1992)
- The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 (Penguin Books, 1999)
- McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (The Bodley HeadThe Bodley HeadThe Bodley Head is an English publishing house, founded in 1887 and existing as an independent entity until the 1970s. The name has been used as an imprint of Random House Children's Books since 1987...
in the UK and Alfred A. KnopfAlfred A. KnopfAlfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house, founded by Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. in 1915. It was acquired by Random House in 1960 and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Random House. The publishing house is known for its borzoi trademark , which was designed by co-founder...
in the US, 2008) - DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You (Knopf, 2011) ISBN: 978-0307592934
External links
- Article archive at New York Review of Books
- Article archive at openDemocracy
- Articles in London Review of Books
- Misha's page, Conville and WalshConville and WalshConville & Walsh Ltd is a literary agency founded by Patrick Walsh and Clare Conville in 2000, and based in Soho, London. The agency numbers six book agents in a staff of eleven.Conville and Walsh is a full member of the Association of Authors' Agents....
literary agency - Misha's page, Hire Intelligence Speakers
- McMafia reviewed - Salon.comSalon.comSalon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
- Guardian articles by Misha Glenny