Andreja Bogdanovski

As a freelance journalist, I cover religion and politics, focusing on the Orthodox and Catholic spheres in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Balkans. I have written extensively for The Tablet and Church Times (UK), The National, Balkan Insight, Kyiv Post, Public Orthodoxy and others. I also write a specialised blog on Orthodox church politics called "Divine Diplomacy".

In 2022, I completed my PhD at the University of Buckingham (UK), where I examined church independence movements in Orthodox-majority countries in South/Eastern Europe. My PhD thesis examined the autocephaly cases in Ukraine, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

Before that, for many years, I worked as a Research Fellow at the Skopje-based think-tank “Analytica”, focusing on security issues affecting the security and stability of North Macedonia and the Western Balkans, where I authored publications on Security Sector Reforms and intelligence governance. I completed a Master's degree at King’s College London's War Studies Department in 2013.