All our tours are expert led by journalists, leading diplomats and analysts, adding to your experience of a country. Our experts have broad and deep knowledge of the region they cover. They provide copious insight on the political and socio-economic conditions behind the news headlines and guide travelers through our tours.
Angus Roxburgh
Russia Tour Expert
Angus Roxburgh is Political Tours’ Russia Tour Leader and has extensive…
Rudiger Frank
North Korea Tour Expert
Rüdiger Frank is Professor of East Asian Economy and Society and Head of the…
Brian Taylor
Scotland Tour Expert
Brian Taylor is a former political editor for BBC Scotland and columnist…
Leonid Ragozin
Ukraine Tour Expert
Leonid is a Russian journalist who worked for 12 years with the BBC in Moscow…
Nicholas Blanford
Lebanon Tour Expert
Nicholas Blanford has been a correspondent writing on Lebanon and other areas of…
Gershon Baskin
Israel & Palestine Expert
Gershon Baskin Ph.D. is the founding Co-Chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center…
Tom Feiling
Colombia Tour Expert
Tom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia…
Joe Parkin Daniels
Colombia Tour Expert
Joe Parkin Daniels is a freelance journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. He covers conflict…
Laura Dixon
Colombia Tour Expert
Laura Dixon is a British freelance journalist based in Bogota. She writes regularly for The Times…
Peter Sullivan
South Africa Tour Expert
Peter edited The Star, South Africa’s premier daily newspaper from 1993 to 2000…
Avi Shlaim
Jordan Tour Expert
Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945 and grew up in Israel. Ever since then…
Tobias Jones
Italy Tour Expert
Tobias Jones is the author of 4 works of non-fiction, incl the bestselling The Dark Heart…
Robert Parsons
Georgia Tour Expert
Robert Parsons has a PhD from Glasgow University on the origins of Georgian nationalism…
William Graham
Northern Ireland Expert
William Graham is a political journalist based in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland…
Gerald Knaus
Germany Tour Expert
Gerald Knaus is the founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI)…
Dima Bit-Suleiman
Georgia Tour Expert
Dima Bit-Suleiman has almost two decades of experience as a journalist and producer…
Nick Thorpe
Hungary Expert
Nick Thorpe is a writer and award-winning BBC journalist, specialising in eastern Europe…