CFR President Richard Haass on World Order and the Challenges of the Future
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...
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A Life of Public Service: Ambassador John Koenig on his Experience as an American Diplomat in Europe and Beyond
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...
Toward a “Grander Strategy of Containing Putin’s Russia”: Ambassador Michael McFaul on Engagement and Containment in a New Era of Great Power Competition
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...
Translating Awareness into Action: Human Rights Advocate Daniel Sullivan on the Fight to End Genocide in Myanmar
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...
New York Times Journalist Dionne Searcey Discusses Gender, Change, and Trauma in West Africa
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...
Interview with YPG volunteer soldier Brace Belden
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...
Interview: Israel’s treatment of refugees, with visiting professor Tally Kritzman-Amir
The Israeli government currently faces severe pushback on its plans to deport thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to third countries, namely Ugan...