International security
Humanitarian and crisis issues
Refugees and Migration
Cities
Disinformation - risk management
Intelligence
Terrorism
The Soufan Center
Jane’s Intelligence Review
International Rescue Committee
International Crisis Group
Global Interagency Security Forum
IHS Markit
Western Hemisphere Drug Commission
James provides expert commentary on political and security issues to a range of media outlets, including the BBC World News, Channel 4 News (UK) and CBC News Network (Canada), among others. Contact for interview requests here.
World Affairs Forum based in Stamford, CT, hosts James Blake for a discussion on International Security. Blake discusses how the pandemic and disinformation regarding immigrants and refugees is increasing human rights abuses and weakening international security. July 17, 2020.
Host Warren Olney hears from James Blake — a humanitarian aid worker and journalist — about the dire risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic to those in fragile countries and conflict zones. May 7, 2020.
Canada’s CBC News Network host, Natasha Fatah, speaks with James Blake on rising ethnic violence & jihadis in Mali, and Canada’s rejection to the UN’s request to extend their peacekeeping mission in the country. March 30, 2019.