Marcus Tanner is the Editor of the Balkan Insight.

He studied theology at Cambridge before becoming the Balkans correspondent for The Independent from 1988 to 1994.

He returned to London to become the Assistant Foreign Editor of The Independent from 1996 to 2000 before leaving to write books on Ireland and on the Celts and to work briefly in Kyrgyzstan.

He has worked full time for Balkan Insight since 2006, while continuing to write leader-page articles twice a month for The Independent.