Paul Sonne
Washington, D.C.
National security reporter focusing on the U.S. military
Education: Columbia University, BA in Russian language and literature; University of Oxford, New College, MPhil in Russian and East European studies
Paul Sonne is a national security reporter for The Washington Post, where he focuses on Russia and Europe. He previously covered the U.S. military and wrote about defense policy at the Pentagon. He joined The Post’s national desk in 2018 after nearly nine years as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Moscow, London and Washington, most recently covering national security from the D.C. bureau.
As Moscow correspondent for the Journal, he covered Vladimir Putin, the 2014 Winter Olympics and the conflict in Ukraine. Before that, Sonne wrote political, general news and corporate stories
