Lucas, Edward

Edward Lucas covered Eastern Europe for "The Economist "for over twenty years, witnessing the end of the last Cold War, the parting of the Iron Curtain, and, as the Moscow bureau chief, covered Boris Yeltsin's reign and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He is the author of "The New Cold War"; "Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet"; and "Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West". He lives in London, England.