Welcome to the official personal website of Christopher (Chris) Deliso.

I’m an American travel writer, journalist, consultant and author who has traveled and lived in the Balkans and Mediterranean Europe for over a decade. I first encountered this region through in-depth studies at Oxford University, where I achieved an MPhil with Distinction in Byzantine Studies in 1999. Since 2002, I have been based in Skopje, Macedonia.

I am the director of the Balkan-interest website, Balkanalysis.com, and write on numerous topics for some of the world’s largest media groups. Also, my opinions and advice on certain matters having consequences for the region are frequently sought out, both publicly and privately, by an intriguing variety of interested parties.

This website exists in order to provide a single source of accurate and regularly updated factual information regarding my present and upcoming publications, activities, author events and other public appearances. Contact information is also provided.

Note: the cartographical header banner on this website is a detail from Johann Baptist Homann’s Danube in Southeast Europe map (c. 1720). The choice of this map content does not have any sort of political or historic implications; it’s just a pretty picture that puts emphasis on my usual area of coverage and interests.

Best wishes,

Chris