JJ (James) Rose is a journalist, author, communications and media specialist, academic, and former political advisor who has worked in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia. He has written for The Columbia Journalism Review, Nikkei Asia, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, Al-Jazeera, The Lowy Institute, The New Statesman, The Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post, amongst others.He has worked as a global media advisor for Morgan Tsvangirai, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Burmese pro-democracy movement, and was Advisor to the former Special Humanitarian Envoy for the World Food Program, Hon. Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Arrukban.He has taught Journalism at Brisbane's Griffith University.As a teenager, James trialed with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, and Brentford, and was offered a youth contract with Eddie Thomson's Sydney City Slickers. He's not a fan of the billionaire's club, otherwise known as the EPL, but if pushed he would turn up at a West Ham game, and he occasionally Roars for Brisbane. He still dreams of the '06 Socceroos Golden Generation, Guus, and the lost opportunities.