James Gibney

James Gibney  is an editor at Bloomberg Opinion and a former U.S. Foreign Service officer.

Declassified

How genre-bending tales of espionage emerged from a childhood of pain, anger, and deception

By James Gibney | Thursday December 8, 2022
Gibney: Colonel Oleg Penkovsky

War by Other Means

Subverting governments with lies is nothing new

By James Gibney | Monday March 2, 2020

The Great Summing Up

The volumes that compiled the knowledge and spirit of an age

By James Gibney | Monday June 6, 2016

Big Thinker

The diplomat who argued for “containment”—and lived to regret it

By James Gibney | Wednesday November 30, 2011

Scholar-Activist

Is the search for truth compatible with the fight for justice?

By James Gibney | Friday June 3, 2011

Growing Up in a Troubled Neighborhood

Kai Bird’s Middle East Memories and Meditations

By James Gibney | Tuesday June 1, 2010

Declassified

By James Gibney | Thursday December 8, 2022
Gibney: Colonel Oleg Penkovsky

War by Other Means

By James Gibney | Monday March 2, 2020

The Great Summing Up

By James Gibney | Monday June 6, 2016

Big Thinker

By James Gibney | Wednesday November 30, 2011

Scholar-Activist

By James Gibney | Friday June 3, 2011

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