Piotr Zalewski is a journalist. Currently, he is the Turkey reporter for The Economist. His work has also appeared in Time, Foreign Policy, and Polityka. Previously, Zalewski has worked as an EU adviser to the Bureau of the Legislative Council of Poland, program coordinator at the Centre for International Relations, and press officer at the European Parliament. Zalewski received his B.A. in History from Columbia University, and degrees in Ethnology from the Jagiellonian University, European Studies from the University of Exeter, and European Politics from the College of Europe.