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Amy Mackinnon

Staff Writer [email protected]

Amy Mackinnon is an award-winning national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. She has reported from across Eastern Europe and was previously based in Moscow and in Tbilisi, Georgia, as senior editor for the crisis reporting site Coda Story. Mackinnon is a recipient of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia award for her reporting on homophobic vigilantes in Russia. She speaks Russian and has a master’s degree in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and a dual master’s in Russian, Central, and East European studies from the University of Glasgow and Corvinus University of Budapest.

Articles by Amy Mackinnon
U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, D.C.
U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies on a helicopter to visit a military outpost in Nalchik, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies on a helicopter to visit a military outpost in Nalchik, Russia.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on COVID-19.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on COVID-19.
Russia's United Nations ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, attends a U.N. Security Council meeting where the United Kingdom officially announces the latest findings behind the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March in New York City.
Russia's United Nations ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, attends a U.N. Security Council meeting where the United Kingdom officially announces the latest findings behind the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March in New York City.
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo speaks after casting his ballot at the polling station of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malabo during Equatorial Guinea's presidential, legislative and municipal elections on November 20, 2022.
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo speaks after casting his ballot at the polling station of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malabo during Equatorial Guinea's presidential, legislative and municipal elections on November 20, 2022.
A Ukrainian tank rolls along a road near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
A Ukrainian tank rolls along a road near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
Anti-Russia and pro Ukraine banners hang on the fence in front of the Russian Federation embassy in Tallinn, Estonia.
Anti-Russia and pro Ukraine banners hang on the fence in front of the Russian Federation embassy in Tallinn, Estonia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds as he hosts Russia's medal-winning athletes of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and members of the country's Paralympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds as he hosts Russia's medal-winning athletes of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and members of the country's Paralympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow.
A Ukrainian soldier fires at Russian positions.
A Ukrainian soldier fires at Russian positions.
An unexploded missile and a man running away from another Russian missile explosion
An unexploded missile and a man running away from another Russian missile explosion
A Norwegian Home Guard soldier stands guard, assisting the police with increased security at the Karsto gas processing plant.
A Norwegian Home Guard soldier stands guard, assisting the police with increased security at the Karsto gas processing plant.
Rishi Sunak speaks in London.
Rishi Sunak speaks in London.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI director Christopher Wray hold a press conference.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI director Christopher Wray hold a press conference.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies on a helicopter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies on a helicopter.