David Pratt

Foreign Affairs Editor

I have been a foreign correspondent for over 20 years, specialising in conflict, humanitarian and security issues. An author and broadcaster, with a particular interest in the Arab and Islamic world, I have also previously worked for Reuters and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

I have been a foreign correspondent for over 20 years, specialising in conflict, humanitarian and security issues. An author and broadcaster, with a particular interest in the Arab and Islamic world, I have also previously worked for Reuters and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

Latest articles from David Pratt

DAVID PRATT The real Biden-Trump US election battle? Who can bring the most money in...

US election rivals battle for the big money While Trump’s legal battles have been both a boost and a drain on his campaign finances, Biden’s fundraising has been buoyed by a recent haul. Foreign Editor David Pratt takes a close look at their respective war chests Begins… It was the great American writer Mark Twain who once made the immortal quip about having “the best government money can buy.” Certainly American governments don’t come cheap and never have. That much was never more apparent than back in 2020 when Joe Biden and Donald Trump went head to head in a presidential contest where the final tally in the battle for the White House and control of the Senate and the House came in at an eye watering $14.4 billion.