
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

If China were to invade Taiwan, the American response could depend on its key ally.


Ukraine is staring down a massive humanitarian challenge — now and into the future.


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 conversation with a Ukrainian journalist who documented the siege of Mariupol.


Brussels is on the sidelines, but it’s not insulated from the conflict’s fallout.


Rare arms control talks come ahead of an anticipated summit this month between Biden and Xi.


The high stakes of Poland’s elections, explained.


In the US and across Europe, politics are complicating support for Ukraine.

The world banned chemical weapons in 1997. Here’s why it took so long for the US to eliminate its arsenal.


The Ukrainian president seeks support for the same fight, but under different circumstances.