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Keith Johnson

Staff Writer

Keith Johnson is a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy. He has been at FP since 2013, after spending 15 years covering terrorism, energy, airlines, politics, foreign affairs, and the economy for the Wall Street Journal. He has reported from Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Articles by Keith Johnson
Images of Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20.
Images of Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20.
A photo illustration shows five men joining hands and lifting them up as they stand atop a globe with Europe hightlighted.
A photo illustration shows five men joining hands and lifting them up as they stand atop a globe with Europe hightlighted.
An abandoned playground next to a heavily damaged building in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 24.
An abandoned playground next to a heavily damaged building in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 24.
Waste gasses are burnt off at an oil refinery in the South Pars gas field near Assaluyeh Port in Iran in 2021.
Waste gasses are burnt off at an oil refinery in the South Pars gas field near Assaluyeh Port in Iran in 2021.
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are seen from the front as they walk side by side through a doorway in front of security guards and other officials. Small North Korean and Russian flags cross over each other in the foreground.
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are seen from the front as they walk side by side through a doorway in front of security guards and other officials. Small North Korean and Russian flags cross over each other in the foreground.
Columns of pale gray smoke rise from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, leveled to the ground now. Intact midrise buildings loom beyond the plumes of smoke, and a closer, lower building is silhouetted as a black shadow against the smoke.
Columns of pale gray smoke rise from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, leveled to the ground now. Intact midrise buildings loom beyond the plumes of smoke, and a closer, lower building is silhouetted as a black shadow against the smoke.
The oil tanker “Ane” is seen in the North Sea accompanied by two tugboats on Jan. 18, 2023.
The oil tanker “Ane” is seen in the North Sea accompanied by two tugboats on Jan. 18, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves a concert in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves a concert in Moscow.
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star work to remove ice from the ship’s deck while underway in the Chukchi Sea.
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star work to remove ice from the ship’s deck while underway in the Chukchi Sea.
Two Russian Orthodox priests are seen from behind, wearing ankle-length black robes, as they watch black smoke filling the sky above a dry field. A few fire trucks and other vehicles are lined up next to the priests.
Two Russian Orthodox priests are seen from behind, wearing ankle-length black robes, as they watch black smoke filling the sky above a dry field. A few fire trucks and other vehicles are lined up next to the priests.
A liquefied natural gas processing plant is seen in Cameron, Louisiana, amid floodwater.
A liquefied natural gas processing plant is seen in Cameron, Louisiana, amid floodwater.
Stock market statistics are displayed in the window of the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York City.
Stock market statistics are displayed in the window of the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York City.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen straight on as he attends an Orthodox Easter service. Putin wears a black suit and dark tie and a serious expression. Colorful drapes or curtains hang slightly out of focus behind him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen straight on as he attends an Orthodox Easter service. Putin wears a black suit and dark tie and a serious expression. Colorful drapes or curtains hang slightly out of focus behind him.
Orban and Putin walk near a podium.
Orban and Putin walk near a podium.