Nicholas Clayton

GlobalPost

Nicholas Alan Clayton is an independent journalist covering the South Caucasus for various international news organizations including National Public Radio, Asia Times and GlobalPost. Clayton currently also works as the senior editor of Kanal PIK TV English in Tbilisi, Georgia.

After studying abroad in France in high school, Clayton gained an interdisciplinary degree in French and Visual Media and a second major in Russian Studies from American University in Washington, DC. After spending a year studying the Russian language and NATO-Russian relations at Hertzen University in St. Petersburg, Russia, Clayton moved to the South Caucasus. There he has covered the dynamic and changing region that is crisscrossed by strategic pipelines, tangled alliances and ancient cultures since June 2009.

South Caucasus nations fear Iran-Israel war

May 13, 2017Conflict

The Middle East and the West aren’t the only regions that would be hit by an Iran-Israel war.

Did Russia and Israel swap data on their enemies?

May 13, 2017Agence France-Presse

Tbilisi demonstrators felt left behind by the “new Georgia”

August 2, 2016Conflict

Georgians question government claims about Russian militants

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Georgia prepares for key elections

July 31, 2016Politics

How Russia and Georgia’s ‘little war’ started a drone arms race

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

The legacy of the world’s first drone war is shaped in part by US precedent.

Drone violence along Armenian-Azerbaijani border could lead to war

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Armenia and Azerbaijan could soon be at war if drone proliferation on both sides of the border continues.

Rising church asserts itself in Georgia after Orthodox Christian protesters attack gay-rights activists

July 30, 2016Politics

Anti-gay mobs and opposition arrests are raising concerns about the country’s direction since a new government took power last year.

Afghanistan attacks rattle a staunch coalition member

July 30, 2016Conflict

The largest non-NATO contributor of troops to Afghanistan, tiny Georgia hopes its efforts will improve its chances for membership. Now more Georgians are questioning the logic.

Christians from Syria and Egypt seek refuge in the Caucasus

July 30, 2016Conflict

Georgia and Armenia are rolling out the carpet for Copts fleeing violence and discrimination at home, but they face serious obstacles to settling down.