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| − | {{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}} '''Sholto Byrnes''' is a | + | {{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}} '''Sholto Byrnes''' is a British journalist, now working as a senior fellow at the Malaysian government-funded [[Institute of Strategic and International Studies]] (ISIS) think tank, and as a weekly columnist for [[The National]] in Abu Dhabi. |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Byrnes worked as a journalist for over 20 years, including on the ''Independent'' | + | Byrnes has worked as a journalist for over 20 years, including on the ''Independent'', as a senior editor at the ''New Statesman'' and as editor of [[Qatar Foundation]]'s quarterly international magazine. |
| − | In 2014 he took up a position as a senior fellow at | + | In 2014 he took up a position as a senior fellow at Malaysia's [[Institute of Strategic and International Studies]] (ISIS). |
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| + | Byrnes has a BA and MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Balliol College, [[Oxford University]], and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2009. <ref> [http://www.isis.org.my/index.php/aboutus/peopleisis/research-staff/1860 Mr Sholto Byrnes], Institute of Strategic and International Studies, accessed 13 May 2016 </ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
| − | According to | + | According to the [[Sarawak Report]], Byrne has worked with UK lobbyist [[Paul Stadlen]] who runs the communications team of the Malaysian prime minister [[Najib Razak]]. <ref> [http://www.sarawakreport.org/2015/05/more-smear-tactics-and-black-ops-by-najibs-pr-hit-team-anwar-and-dr-m-both-targets-exclusive/ More Smear Tactics And Black Ops By Najib's PR Hit Team - Anwar And Dr M Both Targets EXCLUSIVE!], 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> Byrne, however, denies having ever worked for either Stadlen or the Malaysian government. <ref> Email from Sholto Byrnes to Spinwatch managing editor Melissa Jones, May 2016 </ref> |
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Sholto Byrnes is a British journalist, now working as a senior fellow at the Malaysian government-funded Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) think tank, and as a weekly columnist for The National in Abu Dhabi.
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Background
Byrnes has worked as a journalist for over 20 years, including on the Independent, as a senior editor at the New Statesman and as editor of Qatar Foundation's quarterly international magazine.
In 2014 he took up a position as a senior fellow at Malaysia's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).
Byrnes has a BA and MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2009. [1]
Affiliations
According to the Sarawak Report, Byrne has worked with UK lobbyist Paul Stadlen who runs the communications team of the Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. [2] Byrne, however, denies having ever worked for either Stadlen or the Malaysian government. [3]
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Mr Sholto Byrnes, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, accessed 13 May 2016
- ↑ More Smear Tactics And Black Ops By Najib's PR Hit Team - Anwar And Dr M Both Targets EXCLUSIVE!, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ Email from Sholto Byrnes to Spinwatch managing editor Melissa Jones, May 2016
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