Nick Childs

Nick Childs is a World Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. He has previously been Defence & Security Correspondent and Political Correspondent for BBC World Service radio and World television and he was the BBC's inaugural Pentagon Correspondent. He has covered international news for the BBC since 1982 (including the conflicts in the Gulf and elsewhere in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and the Balkans). He worked as a reporter for Jane's Defence Weekly and has written numerous...See more

Nick Childs is a World Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. He has previously been Defence & Security Correspondent and Political Correspondent for BBC World Service radio and World television and he was the BBC's inaugural Pentagon Correspondent. He has covered international news for the BBC since 1982 (including the conflicts in the Gulf and elsewhere in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and the Balkans). He worked as a reporter for Jane's Defence Weekly and has written numerous articles on naval and other defence issues. His last book was The Age of Invincible (Pen & Sword, 2009). See less