Ruslan Trad
journalist, Consultant, and Writer
Risk analyst, consultant, and book author interested in Russia, Syria, conflicts, and hybrid warfare. Resident Fellow for Security Research at Atlantic Council's DFRLab.
A former author in Foreign Policy Bulgaria and Goethe Institut; former freelance columnist in Actualno and Vesti. Member of Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria. Co-founder of Bulgarian online journal for conflicts, De Re Militari.
I was a correspondent in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia. In 2014 I was awarded Activist of the Year by the Helsinki Committee for my journalistic and activist work on refugee issues and Syria war coverage.
Personal blog:Intidar
My book: The Murder of a Revolution (BG, 2017)
Co-author of Conflict reporting in the smartphone era (EN, 2016)
Documentary from N. Iraq [BG, 2014]
Co-author of The Russian Invisible Armies (BG, 2020)
My interviews and materials have found a place in BBC, Bellingcat, European Eye on Radicalization, The New Arab, Vocal Europe, Bild, Vocativ, IB Times, Der Standard, Muftah, Internazionale, Al Jazeera, and others.
- From Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia and Turkey's complex regional rivalry (The New Arab)
- Moscow's mercenaries: How Russia is swelling the global market for private military companies (The New Arab)
- Western Withdrawal is Helping ISIS’s Resurgence (EER)
- What Russia Gets About Warfare That the West Does Not (Fletcher Forum)
- Under the Radar: Iran’s ‘Stealth’ Presence on the Balkans (Globe Post)
- An experimental playground: The footprint of Russian private military companies in Syria (Defense Post)
- Expanding global footprint: Russia builds on Syria experiments in Central Africa (Defense Post)
- The Alliances of Criminal and Terrorists Groups in Europe (EER)
- Self-Appointed Defenders Of “Fortress Europe”: Analyzing Bulgarian Border Patrols (Bellingcat)