Alexa van Sickle is a journalist and editor with experience across digital and print journalism, publishing, and international think tanks and nonprofits. Before joining GIJN, she was senior editor and podcast producer for the award-winning foreign correspondence and travel magazine, Roads & Kingdoms, and a contributor for its sister site, Explore Parts Unknown — the companion website for Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” TV show. Other previous roles include assistant editor at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and fact-checker at The New York Times Syndicate. She is currently based in Vienna, Austria.