Arnaud de Borchgrave

Arnaud de Borchgrave
Arnaud de Borchgrave receiving the French Legion of Honour award
Born	October 26, 1926 Belgium
Died	February 15, 2015(2015-02-15) (aged 88)
Nationality	American
Known for	International journalism
Honours	National Order of the Legion of Honour

Arnaud de Borchgrave (26 October 1926 – 15 February 2015) was an American journalist who specialized in international politics. Following a long career with the magazine Newsweek, he held key editorial and executive positions with The Washington Times and United Press International. Borchgrave was also a founding member of Newsmax Media.

Born in Belgium, the son of Belgian Count Baudouin de Borchgrave d'Altena, later head of military intelligence for the Belgian government-in-exile during the Second World War, and his wife Audrey Dorothy Louise, daughter of Major General Sir Charles Townshend, Borchgrave was educated in Belgium, Britain, and the United States. As Belgium fell to the German invasion, he and his family escaped on a freighter, being rescued by a British destroyer after the freighter's captain had attempted to divert to Hamburg. He served in the British Royal Navy (1942–1946), from the age of 15, after running away from home, convincing his grandmother to assist in falsifying his age so he could enlist. He gave up his Belgian title of nobility in 1951.

In 1947, Borchgrave was appointed as the Brussels bureau manager for United Press, and in 1950 he became Newsweek's bureau chief in Paris, and then its chief correspondent. In 1953, he became a senior editor for the magazine. Osborn Elliott, former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, once said:

De Borchgrave has played a role in world affairs known to no other journalist. He has been able to tap the thinking of numerous world leaders... despite his intimacy with major policymakers, he has never aligned himself with either side of a dispute.... Arnaud de Borchgrave has made significant contributions to world peace and understanding.