Julian Hale is a freelance journalist and communications expert with a wide range of experience of EU and NATO policy areas. His initial journalistic experience was with the newswire service Agence France Presse. He has written/edited/produced videos on various EU subjects in the last 20 years. That has included writing (and editing) articles for various publications, including Equal Times, Defense News, Security Europe, EurActiv.com and Europolitics.