What We’re Reading: Good Sci-Fi, Bad Documentaries

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The Collapsing Empire By John Scalzi I’ll start with a confession: I’m not much of a sci-fi enthusiast. In recent years I’ve read the “Foundation” trilogy, which I generally enjoyed; a few books from “The Expanse” series, which I also enjoyed, though I prefer the television adaptation; and “Three-Body Problem,” which I loved, but not […]

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Ryan Bridges
Ryan Bridges
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/rbridges/
Ryan Bridges is an editor with Geopolitical Futures, having spent years both editing and writing geopolitical articles. He joined Geopolitical Futures in 2017 and spent over a year as a geopolitical analyst writing on Europe and focusing on issues relating to the European Union. His expertise as an editor was in high demand so he recently made the change back to editing rather than analyzing. Prior to Geopolitical Futures Mr. Bridges worked for seven years as an editor at Stratfor. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas, where he studied political science with a minor in philosophy. Mr. Bridges lives and works from Germany and also travels extensively in the region. He speaks some German.
Valentina Jovanovski
Valentina Jovanovski
Valentina Jovanovski is an editor at Geopolitical Futures. She works with analysts to hone their writing and handles daily digital publishing and communication of analytical content to subscribers. Ms. Jovanovski was previously an analyst at a research firm focusing on corporate social responsibility before moving to London, England, to earn a diploma in journalism. She worked in Budapest for two years as a freelance journalist, writing for several international publications. She was also an associate editor for an English-language Hungarian news portal. She has an honors bachelor’s degree in political science and geography from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in political science from Carleton University in Ottawa.