Misha glenny biography channel

Misha Glenny

British journalist and broadcaster

Michael V. E. "Misha" Glenny[1] (born 25 April ) is a British journalist and broadcaster, specialising in southeast Europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity.

Misha glenny biography channel 6 The lesson from all this is crystal clear. He also draws on his background in geopolitics to show how great power relations are driving insecurity in cyberspace and why companies cannot rely on government to shore-up their vulnerabilities. Blog: Ukraine in Focus. He compares the number of people involved in this business and the number of fatalities to that of World War II.

He has been Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna, Austria since [2]

Early life and education

Glenny was born in Kensington, London, the son of Juliet Mary Crum and Michael Glenny, a Russian studies academic and translator.[3] His parents separated when he was Glenny described his ancestry as "three-quarters Anglo-Celtic and a quarter Jewish".[4] He is multilingual, speaking English, German, Serbo-Croat, Czech and Portuguese.[5][6]

Career

He became Central Europe correspondent for The Guardian and later the BBC.

He specialised in reporting on the Yugoslav Wars in the early s that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. While at the BBC, Glenny won Sony special award in 's Radio Academy Awards for his "outstanding contribution to broadcasting".[7] In McMafia (), he wrote that international organised crime could account for 15% of the world's GDP.[8] 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 documentary film, Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits ().[9]

Glenny's later books continue an interest in international crime.[10]DarkMarket () concerns cybercrime and the activities of hackers involved in phishing and other activities.[11]Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio () about the leading Brazilian drug trafficker Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes (known as "Nem") in Rocinha ("Little farm"), a favela (slum).[12][13]

From January , Glenny was visiting professor at Columbia University's Harriman Institute,[14] teaching a course on "crime in transition".

In an interview in October , he also spoke about his 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.[15]

Glenny was an executive producer of the BBC One eight-part drama series, McMafia, inspired by his non-fiction book of the same name ().[16]

Glenny is a producer and the writer of the BBC Radio 4 series, How to Invent a Country, [17] also made available as a podcast.

Biography channel caddyshack Many celebrities found themselves unwanted in their own country, leading them to seek alternative ways of making a living. It has its production and consumption zones, its own laws, and its associated side effects. Engaging, passionate and knowledgeable. Misha Glenny is a sought - after keynote speaker on cyber security and organised crime.

An audio book of the same name was published by Penguin Random House in January , consisting of the series' first 28 episodes broadcast October –March [18]

In , Glenny presented a podcast on the life of Vladimir Putin titled Putin: Prisoner of Power.[19]

In , Glenny presented a five-part series, The Scramble forRare Earths, on BBC Radio 4.

In the programmes he says, “In this series I’m finding out why the battle for a small group of metals and critical raw materials is central to rising geopolitical tensions around the world.” [20]

Personal life

Glenny is married to British journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang and has three children, two by his first wife (their daughter took her own life in )[10] and one by Lang.[3]

Publications

See also

References

  1. ^England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index,
  2. ^"Misha Glenny Appointed IWM Rector".

    6 August

  3. ^ abMisha Glenny "My family values"Archived 2 December at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 28 February ; retrieved 14 April
  4. ^"McMafia- BBC's latest thriller". Archived from the original on 5 February Retrieved 5 February His parents moved to Oxford form London and he was educated at Magdalen College School and then studied Drama and German at the University of Bristol and Prague's Charles University.

  5. ^"Misha Glenny - Journalist, Moderator, Fascinating Speaker". 17 December
  6. ^"Learning a new language in your 50s &#; Misha Glenny".

  7. Biography channel kurt cobain
  8. Misha glenny biography channel youtube
  9. Biography channel on brighthouse

    10. YouTube. 19 July

  10. ^Greenslade, Roy (17 June ). "Journalism isn't blogging, and blogging isn't journalism". Wired. ISSN&#; Retrieved 11 February
  11. ^McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers, The Bodley Head, London, Archived 20 December at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 14 April
  12. ^Raw Opium webpageArchived 6 October at the Wayback Machine, Kensington Communications website; retrieved 14 April
  13. ^ abAitkenhead, Decca (30 December ).

    "McMafia author Misha Glenny: 'I don't want to be moral. I want to show people the way the world works'".

    Misha glenny biography channel This is just the start. In the past three months our dependency on networked computer systems has soared to unprecedented levels. Email: [email protected]. The bad news is the surge of online activity during lockdown has multiplied the opportunities for the ever growing cyber criminal fraternity.

    The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March

  14. ^Jones, Thomas (1 November ). "DarkMarket by Misha Glenny - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March
  15. ^Wood, Tony (18 November ). "Nemesis by Misha Glenny review – king of the favelas". Retrieved 15 March
  16. ^Glenny, Misha (13 September ).

  17. Misha Glenny Appointed IWM Rector
  18. Item 3 of 3
  19. McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime: Glenny, Misha ...
  20. Misha Williams: books, biography, latest update - amazon.com
  21. Clear

    22. "The day I met Rio's favela master: the drug lord who championed the poor". The Observer. Retrieved 22 March

  22. ^Speaker bio: Misha GlennyArchived 5 November at the Wayback Machine, ; retrieved 14 April
  23. ^"Misha Glenny on his book 'DarkMarket"Archived 28 October at the Wayback Machine (20&#;m.), Charlie Rose interview, 26 October Video available; no transcript; details from viewing; retrieved 14 April
  24. ^Szalai, Georg (5 April ).

    "MIPTV: 'Drive' Writer and 'McMafia' Author on Teaming Up for BBC/AMC Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 11 April Retrieved 22 May

  25. ^How to Invent a Country, BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 28 March
  26. ^How To Invent A Country, Penguin Random House UK Audio, London, 7 January Retrieved 28 March
  27. ^Sturges, Fiona (1 September ).

    "A new podcast documents twenty years of Putin's forceful presidency".

    Misha glenny biography channel 7 Among these individuals were famous athletes, spies, agents, informants, former executives, and party leaders. He is also a regular contributor to major publications in Europe, North America and Japan. But brace yourself. He compares the number of people involved in this business and the number of fatalities to that of World War II.

    Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December Retrieved 24 March

  28. ^"The Scramble for Rare Earths". BBC Radio 4. 26 September Retrieved 6 January This link leads to the first episode in the series, and links to the subsequent episodes can be followed from there. Depending on one's computer settings, one episode may automatically run on to the next.

    Note that the BBC sometimes allows a programme to be listened to only once by a given IP address, and that subsequent attempts to listen to it again may be "autoblocked".

External links