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Jen Kirby
Former Vox Staff
Jen Kirby was a senior foreign and national security reporter at Vox, where she covered global stability. She joined Vox after working as a homepage and assistant editor at New York magazine. She was part of the team that won the 2015 George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting for the New York cover story: “Cosby: The Women.” Kirby attended journalism school at Northwestern University and received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, where she studied international politics and security. She is based in Brooklyn, New York. You can follow her on Twitter here or reach her by email at jen.kirby@vox.com.
Latest articles by Jen Kirby
![Would the US intervene to defend Taiwan? Ask Japan.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25254621/Vox_JaredBartman_R2.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
If China were to invade Taiwan, the American response could depend on its key ally.
![There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25120423/1704263478.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.581343943413%2C0%2C67.833775419982%2C100&w=2400)
![There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25120423/1704263478.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.86027111574556%2C100%2C98.279457768509&w=2400)
Ukraine is staring down a massive humanitarian challenge — now and into the future.
![How Qatar became a key broker in the Israel-Hamas deal](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25106522/1722754504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=27.333333333333%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How Qatar became a key broker in the Israel-Hamas deal](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25106522/1722754504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The tiny Gulf state has ties with the parties in the conflict. That has made its diplomacy essential — which is exactly what the Qataris want.
![A harrowing film exposes the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25099719/FL_20DaysinMariupol_SignatureImage1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6%2C0%2C66.8%2C100&w=2400)
![A harrowing film exposes the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25099719/FL_20DaysinMariupol_SignatureImage1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.099800399201591%2C100%2C99.800399201597&w=2400)
A conversation with a Ukrainian journalist who documented the siege of Mariupol.
![The Israel-Hamas war is exposing Europe’s divisions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25074814/1750247000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![The Israel-Hamas war is exposing Europe’s divisions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25074814/1750247000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
Brussels is on the sidelines, but it’s not insulated from the conflict’s fallout.
![There’s a sliver of good US-China news — and it involves nukes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25062289/1236590904.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.021126760563%2C0%2C67.957746478873%2C100&w=2400)
![There’s a sliver of good US-China news — and it involves nukes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25062289/1236590904.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.94991364421417%2C100%2C98.100172711572&w=2400)
Rare arms control talks come ahead of an anticipated summit this month between Biden and Xi.
![Poland’s democracy is on the brink. Can these elections save it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000615/1721948310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.652128401954%2C0%2C66.695743196092%2C100&w=2400)
![Poland’s democracy is on the brink. Can these elections save it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000615/1721948310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.021797889964255%2C100%2C99.956404220071&w=2400)
The high stakes of Poland’s elections, explained.
![The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24973445/1711074833.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24973445/1711074833.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
In the US and across Europe, politics are complicating support for Ukraine.
![2023 was the year the US finally destroyed all of its chemical weapons](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24963145/Vox_Chemical_F1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
The world banned chemical weapons in 1997. Here’s why it took so long for the US to eliminate its arsenal.
![Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to go to Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941348/1693909814.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670433996383%2C0%2C66.659132007233%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to go to Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941348/1693909814.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0056509945750491%2C0%2C99.98869801085%2C100&w=2400)
The Ukrainian president seeks support for the same fight, but under different circumstances.