Along time New York and Washington bureau chief,  Athanasios Ellis writes about politics and economics.

During his career he has interviewed numerous foreign leaders and influential politicians, among them Turkish Presidents Gul and Erdogan, and Prime Minister Davutoglu, European Commission Presidents Juncker and Baroso, IMF Managing Directors Lagarde and Strauss Khan, US Vice President Biden, French President Sarkozy, many Foreign and Finance Ministers, Nobel laureates, and others.

He has reported from various foreign capitals, including Washington, Bejing, Tokyo, Brussels, Berlin, London, Paris, Jerusalem, Cairo, Ankara and Nicosia. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Boston University in Economics and Political Science, and a Master's, from BU, in International Relations.