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Nicholas Schmidle is a writer covering issues related to transnational crime, militancy, and the intersection of culture, religion and politics abroad. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, and his articles have also appeared in The Atlantic, T: Travel, Slate, The New Republic, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post and many others.
The author of To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan, Mr. Schmidle lived in Pakistan throughout 2006 and 2007 as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs. He received the 2008 Kurt Schork Award for freelance journalism based on his reporting in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He speaks Urdu and Persian and has worked throughout South and Central Asia, as well as Africa and Europe. Mr. Schmidle has appeared on NPR, CNN, BBC, and ABC to discuss terrorism, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. He is a resident of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of James Madison University and American University.
