CLIFFORD A KIRACOFE, Jr. Ph.D.
Based in Washington DC, author, journalist, photographer, educator, consultant, and former Senior Professional Staff Member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
AUTHOR: I am the author of a hard-hitting analysis of US Middle East policy:
Dark Crusade The Israel Lobby and Christian Zionism (Charlottesville VA: Commonwealth House, 2024).
JOURNALIST: have written for China Daily (DC Bureau), Beijing Review (Beijing), China Investment (Beijing), Global Times (Beijing), US-China Focus (New York, NY), China Focus (Beijing). Interviewed on China Radio International (Beijing) "People in the Know", “World Today”, and "Beijing Hour", and on RT (Russia Today). Appeared as a guest on the CCTV (Beijing) "Dialogue" show.
Columns for China Focus: Clifford A. Kiracofe – China Focus
Columns for China-US Focus: Clifford Kiracofe - CHINA US Focus
While working for Media General as a community editor, I won awards from the Virginia Press Association for investigative journalism, photography, and newspaper design. I received a Knight Foundation Fellowship in international journalism. The fellowship enabled travel with colleagues to: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Panama, and Mexico.
Past member of the National Conference of Editorial Writers (today Association of Opinion Journalists) and a member of its International Committee.
EDUCATOR: Taught history and international relations at Virginia Military Institute, Washington and Lee University, and China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing).
PUBLIC SERVICE: United States Senate Staff 1981-1992. Foreign Relations Committee Staff, 1987-1992.
WORLD TRAVEL: I have traveled the world — Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, Africa, China and Far East — for over four decades and focus on international affairs.
CONSULTANT: Government Affairs, Public Relations
BA, MA, PhD in Foreign Affairs University of Virginia
Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese
Member: Cosmos Club, Washington, DC and DACOR, Washington, DC.
Equipment Audio: Sound Designs 702 digital recorder
Mics: EV RE50B, EV RE20, AT 8022 Stereo, Sony ECM 50ps(2), Sennheiser MD21
Software: Hindenburg Journalist
Equipment Photo: Sony a6500, Leica DeLux4. Analogue - Hasselblad, Plaubel 6x9, 4x5, 5x7.
Software: Lightroom, Capture One 23, DaVinci Resolve.