Rachel Marsden is a conservative political columnist, television commentator and university lecturer, originally from Canada but now based in Paris. She is also the CEO of Rachel Marsden Associates, which describes itself as “an international firm headquartered in Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in Defense, Intelligence, Politics, Media and Public Affairs issues. She teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris. As of March 2016, she hosts a twice-weekly French-language geopolitical talk show on Sputnik News from the network’s Paris studio.