Adam Schwarz is a UK-based writer, broadcaster and political commentator.
His work focuses on threats to Western democracy from populism, extremism and social media.
His work navigates complexity and delivers nuance on topics dominated by polarised and simplistic narratives.
He regularly appears on global broadcast networks discussing elections, geopolitics and international developments.
His articles have been published in several newspapers, including feature-length investigatory pieces on the far-right and online extremism.
He previously worked in UK government regulation where he worked to build a new regulator and chaired cross-sector committees on Brexit preparedness and protecting vulnerable consumers.
He spent 2019 in South Africa where he researched opposition to apartheid - a subject he has followed since he was a teenager - which he has published pieces and delivered lectures on.
His social media reporting regularly goes viral, receiving millions of views, driving global discussion and mass media coverage.
150+ Live Broadcast appearances
LBC radio discussing the far-right
FirstPost discussing Trump’s NATO Threats
Sky News
Euro News
Times Now
i24 News
LBC
WION News
TalkTV
First Post
ILTV News
DD India News
Newstalk Radio
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Print Articles
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![A protest or demonstration with a crowd of people holding signs and Palestinian flags, with police officers present in the foreground. Trees and a sign that reads 'Canning' are visible in the background.]()
The noisemakers and the peacemakers
“Amidst endless violence and war, the real act of defiance is not to reject dialogue, but to embrace it.”
Jewish News, 5 November 2024.
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The far-right’s exploitation of antisemitism
“it is the far-right’s overall ideological mission that ultimately compromises long-term Jewish welfare.”
Jewish News, 25 January 2024
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Retracing SA’s struggle for peaceful change with Mangosuthu Buthelezi
“Throughout the trip I was mindful that I was retracing the journey my grandfather had made 48 years earlier.”
Business Day, 11 September 2023
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![A firefighter on an extended ladder spraying water onto thick smoke in the sky above a statue of a person on horseback, with South African flags nearby.]()
Celebrating parliament’s destruction betrays SA’s history and values
“Celebrating the building’s destruction does not erase its heinous history, but it does dishonour those who liberated it.”
Business Day, 12 January 2022
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Trusting FW de Klerk
“After participating in the horrors of apartheid, De Klerk could only ever, at best, achieve partial redemption.”
Business Day, 19 November 2021
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![A person in camouflage clothing kneels on the ground, hugging a sheriff's deputy in uniform, amidst a crowd of onlookers. The crowd appears emotional, with some people wearing masks.]()
Trump, a far remove from Kennedy, fans the flames of US unrest
“The combination of socioeconomic structures with the current environmental factors have created a perfect storm for civil unrest.”
Business Day, 6 June 2020
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The Mahlabatini Declaration forty years on
“Forty years ago in January my late grandfather, Harry Schwarz, and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi met to lay down the set of core principles.”
Mail & Guardian, 30 January 2014
Lecturing, training and workshops
Adam has delivered lectures to conferences and interest groups on politics and history.
He has designed and led training courses for over 100 students across the world on the UK political system, policy-making and journalism with professional skills organisations.
He also hosts panel events on a range of political topics.
Education
Graduate Diploma in Law — Nottingham Law School (2014)
European Politics BA (Hons) — University of Nottingham (2013)
Government Experience
UK Regulators Network.
Single Source Regulations Office.
Office of the Leader of the Opposition, South Africa.