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 (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).
President of the Washington Institute for Peace and Development www.wipd.org
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.