Edward Lucas (journalist)

Edward Lucas (born 3 May 1962) is a British writer, journalist, security specialist and politician.

Lucas is non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Before moving to The Economist, he edited Business Russia and Business Eastern Europe for the EIU in Vienna, was a Foreign Correspondent for The Independent newspaper, and produced Newshour for the BBC World Service.

[5] In September 2021, he was selected as the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Cities of London and Westminster in the 2024 general election.

His father was the Oxford philosopher John Lucas.