Landon is a foreign policy and communications professional from Virginia specializing in strategic intelligence and media analysis. He has spent almost 15 years between the Middle East and Africa, working in the defense and security sector. He holds a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution from the American University and was a former journalist and producer for VICE Media. His writing on foreign affairs has been published in the World Policy Journal, Chatham House, Small Wars Journal, War on the Rocks and Fair Observer.