Joshua Yaffa

Russia, Ukraine, and much more for @NewYorker. DMs open; write for Signal. Between Two Fires now in paperback:

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Next week, on May 4th, the paperback of BETWEEN TWO FIRES will be published (with a new cover!), a book the NYT called "deep and revealing" and The Economist said is "wonderfully insightful." Hope to get a chance to talk more about it and all things Russia https://t.co/jXPTrG1ogJ

[Kononov @nickolaykononov]

The Populist is out, the result of my 14-year investigation of Pavel Durov's strategy & mind, and the epic of Telegram. The book is based on talks with D and his rivals. Clashes with Putin, US, France; tech bros and manosphere ties; sperm race; and more 👉 https://t.co/M7rp3acJs0

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

A new semester means fresh slate of events @Bard_Berlin. First up on Sep 27: a discussion of the politics of memory (or absence and denial of historical memory) in Germany and Russia, and what that means for politics and society today. Berliners, join us! https://t.co/Nf2JSd1gzg

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

My story in this week's @NewYorker: on the radical experiment of Marlene Engelhorn, an Austrian heiress who assembled a council of fifty strangers to give away her inheritance. https://t.co/Wuvjt1TiJe

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

A story we waited 491 days for. Evan is coming home. Surreal and beautiful words to write. https://t.co/LrnrSdrAkX

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Attention Frankfurt! The newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner @NathanThrall is on his way right now to speak at @nothilfe tonight. Join us if you’re in town or watch the livestream. https://t.co/f0hSQN70Mm

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

In a sadly not unimaginable but deeply regrettable turn of events, the Union Club in Frankfurt *cancelled* my talk with @NathanThrall next Tuesday. The good news: we’ll be hosted by the wonderful team at Medico International instead. Join us! https://t.co/eda3ouQzGW

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Berliner Freunde! A last reminder that I’ll be speaking with two remarkably talented and always interesting Russia watchers—@VALERIEinNYT and Svetlana Erpyleva—on Monday at @Bard_Berlin. https://t.co/XqyWZmqp1m

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Second is on May 6 w/@NathanThrall, a unique voice and humane, perceptive, challenging writer on Israel/Palestine. Rare chance to see him in Berlin. https://t.co/MEYw3gogz2

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Attention Berlin friends! I'm holding two events on important subjects with super interesting people @Bard_Berlin in coming weeks. First is on April 29 w/@VALERIEinNYT and Svetlana Erpyleva of Public Sociology Laboratory. https://t.co/XqyWZmqp1m

[Pjotr Sauer @PjotrSauer]

Free Evan!

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

When your professor from back in the day becomes a mentor, colleague, friend, and now fellow podcast guest https://t.co/jBJQ4jZm5a

[Angela Stent @AngelaStent]

What's Next for Putin's Russia? More of the same?@yaffaesque and I discuss with @AKendallTaylor and Jim Townsend on Brussel Sprouts @CNASdc
https://t.co/yMpOXdvkTB

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

“He needs a certification…Proof he can hold up and say, yet again, ‘The country is behind me.’” My @NewYorker essay on Putin’s reelection this weekend and how two years of war has (and has not) recast Russian politics, society, economy. https://t.co/GiMBgowLXv

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

@GoneSailingNow @StankoNastya https://t.co/9JFQQKCM0M

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Link for Berlin talk and registration above. Here's the same for Munich the next day: https://t.co/zRpCR6iVh1

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

Attention Berliners! On November 28 I’ll be speaking with @Bard_Berlin with the one and only @StankoNastya, who will talk about her singular reporting from Ukraine. More info and register here: https://t.co/9JFQQKCebe

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

For those of you following the war over the last two years, and Ukraine long before that, you know what a gifted, special, and informed voice Nastya is. A rare chance to see her in Berlin on November 28. (And Munich on November 29!)

[Nastya Stanko @StankoNastya]

Дорогі друзі, хто в Берліні, або Мюнхені - буду наступного тижня в цих двох прекрасних містах, які дуже люблю - приходьте, поговоримо, посумуємо). Обіцяю бути дуже відвертою

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

@k_sonin @shustry Anyway, say you don’t like the article and question how it was reported (all legit points) and apologise to Simon for the baseless ad hominem and let’s move on.

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

War, especially a prolonged one with relentless suffering, makes everyone lose their heads. But this is silly and worthy of an apology. @shustry is a professional, judicious, courageous reporter who has been reporting on Ukraine for a decade-plus. https://t.co/cVBIE9tOdn

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

I am fine with dramatization of political life and appreciate narratives that I don't necessarily share, yet it seems that @TIME did let a Russian asset (even if an unwitting one) to profile the Ukrainian president.

[Joshua Yaffa @yaffaesque]

@k_sonin @shustry Seriously, that’s your “evidence” for calling someone a Russian asset? Nearly whole of Russian elite was convinced in winter 2021/22 Putin was trying to bluff/blackmail West. You’re playing a “кому выгодно” Soviet-style game to twist reporting that into some kind of conspiracy.