All our tours are expert led by journalists, leading diplomats and analysts, adding to your experience of a country.
All of Political Tours’ travel experts have broad and deep knowledge of the region they cover. Often journalists, broadcasters, ex-diplomats or academics, our tour guides provide copious insight on the political and socio-economic conditions behind the news headlines.
Russia Tour Expert
Angus Roxburgh is Political Tours’ Russia Tour Leader and has extensive…
North Korea Tour Expert
Rüdiger Frank is Professor of East Asian Economy and Society and Head of the…
Scotland Tour Expert
David Torrance is a renowned journalist, broadcaster and historian…
Ukraine Tour Expert
Leonid is a Russian journalist who worked for 12 years with the BBC in Moscow…
Lebanon Tour Expert
Nicholas Blanford has been a correspondent writing on Lebanon and other areas of…
Israel & Palestine Expert
Gershon Baskin Ph.D. is the founding Co-Chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center…
Israel & Palestine Expert
Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert and an international political and…
Cuba Tour Expert
Michael J. Bustamante, Ph.D. (Yale University, 2016), is Assistant Prof of Latin American…
Cuba Tour Expert
Claire Boobbyer is a travel writer and Cuba travel expert. She has been exploring…
Colombia Tour Expert
Tom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia…
Colombia Tour Expert
Joe Parkin Daniels is a freelance journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. He covers conflict…
Colombia Tour Expert
Laura Dixon is a British freelance journalist based in Bogota. She writes regularly for The Times…
South Africa Tour Expert
Peter edited The Star, South Africa’s premier daily newspaper from 1993 to 2000…
Jordan Tour Expert
Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945 and grew up in Israel. Ever since then…
Italy Tour Expert
Tobias Jones is the author of 4 works of non-fiction, incl the bestselling The Dark Heart…
Georgia Tour Expert
Robert Parsons has a PhD from Glasgow University on the origins of Georgian nationalism…
Northern Ireland Expert
William Graham is a political journalist based in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland…
Germany Tour Expert
Gerald Knaus is the founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI)…
Georgia Tour Expert
Dima Bit-Suleiman has almost two decades of experience as a journalist and producer…
Northern Ireland Expert
William Graham is a political journalist based in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland…
