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Category: Interviews

Comments/Essays/Interviews

Noam Chomsky on protests in Iran, crisis in Haiti, U.S. actions in Taiwan, and more

Posted on January 2023 by Liam Will, Noor Kareem, Andrew Lake, and Ethan Chiu.

Considered the father of modern linguistics and one of the most influential public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive s...

Americas/Asia/Comments/Interviews

CFR President Richard Haass on World Order and the Challenges of the Future

Posted on August 2021 by Alex Abarca, Faisal Bandar & Liam Will

Richard Haass has served as the president of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2003. He is an experienced diplomat and policymaker and has written or edite...

Comments/Europe/Interviews

A Life of Public Service: Ambassador John Koenig on his Experience as an American Diplomat in Europe and Beyond

Posted on June 2021 by Blake Bridge and Vishwa Padigepati

John Koenig served as the U.S. ambassador to Cyprus from 2012 to 2015. As a career foreign service officer, he has held assignments in Belgium, Greece, Indonesi...

Comments/Europe/Interviews

Toward a “Grander Strategy of Containing Putin’s Russia”: Ambassador Michael McFaul on Engagement and Containment in a New Era of Great Power Competition

Posted on June 2021 by Natalie Simpson

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul leaves the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia on May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File) Michael McFaul served a...

Asia/Comments/Interviews

Translating Awareness into Action: Human Rights Advocate Daniel Sullivan on the Fight to End Genocide in Myanmar

Posted on June 2021 by Maya Albold, Roaa Shaheen & Natalie Simpson

Rohingya refugees walk to board a naval vessel to be relocated to to the island of Bhasan Char, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Az...

Africa/Comments/Interviews

New York Times Journalist Dionne Searcey Discusses Gender, Change, and Trauma in West Africa

Posted on May 2021 by Natalie Simpson & McKenzie Denham

Women sit in the shade of a fishing boat as they prepare fish for sale at Takwabay beach in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photos/Sunday Alamba) Dionne Searcey is a Pulitz...

Interviews

Interview with YPG volunteer soldier Brace Belden

Posted on May 2018 by admin

In May, YRIS Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Siegel (MY ‘20) had the chance to talk over the phone with Brace Belden, a former soldier for the YPG (In Kurdish, Yekîne...

Interviews

Interview: Israel’s treatment of refugees, with visiting professor Tally Kritzman-Amir

Posted on April 2018 by admin

The Israeli government currently faces severe pushback on its plans to deport thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to third countries, namely Ugan...

Interviews

“The Basic Scientific Problems that Call Upon People”: An Interview with Norman Borlaug (20 April 2009)

Posted on October 2014 by admin / 11 Comments

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Dr. Norman Borlaug (March 25, 1914—September 12, 2009) was an American biologist, humanitarian, and Nobel La...

Interviews

“A Completely Muddleheaded, Confused, Angry Young Guy”: An Interview with James Reston Jr.

Posted on January 2014 by admin / 4 Comments

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. James Reston is the author of 15 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. He was awa...

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