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Joshua Yaffa

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 13, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Joshua Yaffa

    How to Protect Democracy (opens the original)

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    The Brandmauer, or firewall, was meant to protect German democracy. The principle arose in the mid-twenty-tens, in response to the rise of Alternative für Deutschland, or the AfD, a right-wing populist party known for its ethnonationalism, hard-line anti-immigration platform, and pro-Russian foreign policy. Germany’s traditional parties agreed to refrain from any sort of political coöperation: they would neither form coalitions with the AfD nor rely on its votes for governing majorities. Now the

  2. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Joshua Yaffa

    Inside Russia’s New Gulag (opens the original)

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    SIZO-1, the main pretrial detention facility in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov, traces its history to the reign of Catherine the Great. The jail is shaped like an “E,” with a long main corridor and three adjacent wings, each lined with cells. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022, its forces began to capture and arrest Ukrainian soldiers and civilians alike. At SIZO-1, criminals from Russia were moved out of several cellblocks to create space for a new category of inmate: ci

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Joshua Yaffa

    How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia (opens the original)

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    In recent weeks, Donald Trump—whose attitude toward Ukraine and its President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been notoriously fickle, when not outright hostile—has appeared to warm to Ukraine’s chances in the war with Russia. On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, he met with Zelensky and later spoke of him in flattering terms, declaring “We’ve actually developed a good relationship. It’s hard to believe.” Trump has a history of favoring those he perceives as winners, and his change in attitud

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