Contributing Writer, The New Yorker; Author
Guest Speaker - Class of Spring 2022
Joshua Yaffa is a contributing writer for the New Yorker. He is also the author of Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, which won the Orwell Prize in 2021. For his work in Russia, he has been named a fellow at New America, a recipient of the American Academy’s Berlin Prize, and a finalist for the Livingston Award.
08
Jun
22
Foreign Policy Forum
When the Unthinkable Becomes Real: A Reporter’s View on Russia’s War in Ukraine
Joshua Yaffa reports on his experiences in Ukraine, where he witnessed the war up close.
08
Jun
22
When the Unthinkable Becomes Real: A Reporter’s View on Russia’s War in Ukraine
In February, Russia invaded Ukraine, upending decades of geopolitical and security assumptions in Europe and setting off a deadly and tragic war—with consequences not only in Kyiv and Moscow, but across the West. In the months since, the war has proved brutal and cruel; it has also consolidated Uk ...