Andrew Nagorski
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Andrew Nagorski an award-winning journalist, is Vice President and Director of Public Policy at the EastWest Institute
. Prior to that, as a senior editor at Newsweek
magazine, he served in a variety of news reporting positions throughout the world. In addition, Nagorski is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books. He presently serves as senior editor of the international division of the magazine.
, Scotland
of Polish
parents (who shortly after his birth emigrated to the United States), he attended school overseas while his father was in the United States Foreign Service
. He earned a B.A. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College
in 1969 and studied at the University of Cracow. Nagorski taught social studies at Wayland High School in Massachusetts before joining Newsweek.
From 1990 to 1994, he served as Newsweek’s Warsaw bureau chief, and he has served two tours of duty as Newsweek’s Moscow bureau chief, first in the early 1980s and then from 1995 to 1996. In 1982, he gained international notoriety when the Soviet government, angry about his enterprising reporting, expelled him from the country. After spending the next two and a half years as Rome bureau chief, he became Bonn bureau chief.
As Berlin bureau chief from 1996 to 1999, Nagorski provided in-depth reporting about Germany's efforts to overcome the legacy of division, the immigration debate, and German-Jewish relations. From Berlin, Nagorski also covered Central Europe, taking advantage of his long experience in the region and his knowledge of Polish, Russian, German and French.
Nagorski was in New York as a senior editor for Newsweek from January 2000 till 2008, after serving as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw and Berlin. Nagorski developed the editorial cooperation between Newsweek International and its network of foreign language editions and other joint venture partners. The most recent additions have been Newsweek Russia, which was launched in June 2004, and Newsweek Polska. Nagorski is now at the EastWest Institute as Vice President and Director of Public Policy. Nagorski also continues to write reviews and commentaries for Newsweek International. He has been honored three times by the Overseas Press Club for his reporting.
think tank in Washington, D.C. In recent years, he has also served as an adjunct professor at the Bard College
Center for Globalization and International Affairs, teaching a course on international affairs writing. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Overseas Press Club.
EastWest Institute
The EastWest Institute , originally known as the Institute for East West Security Studies, is an international not-for-profit, non-partisan "think and do" tank focusing on international conflict resolution through a variety of means, including track 2 diplomacy and track 1.5 diplomacy , hosting...
. Prior to that, as a senior editor at Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
magazine, he served in a variety of news reporting positions throughout the world. In addition, Nagorski is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books. He presently serves as senior editor of the international division of the magazine.
Early life
Born in EdinburghEdinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
of Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
parents (who shortly after his birth emigrated to the United States), he attended school overseas while his father was in the United States Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service
The United States Foreign Service is a component of the United States federal government under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of approximately 11,500 professionals carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S...
. He earned a B.A. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in 1969 and studied at the University of Cracow. Nagorski taught social studies at Wayland High School in Massachusetts before joining Newsweek.
News reporting
After joining Newsweek International in 1973 as an associate editor, he was its assistant managing editor from 1977 to 1978. From 1978 to 1980, Nagorski was the Hong Kong-based Asian regional editor for Newsweek International and then as Hong Kong Bureau Chief.From 1990 to 1994, he served as Newsweek’s Warsaw bureau chief, and he has served two tours of duty as Newsweek’s Moscow bureau chief, first in the early 1980s and then from 1995 to 1996. In 1982, he gained international notoriety when the Soviet government, angry about his enterprising reporting, expelled him from the country. After spending the next two and a half years as Rome bureau chief, he became Bonn bureau chief.
As Berlin bureau chief from 1996 to 1999, Nagorski provided in-depth reporting about Germany's efforts to overcome the legacy of division, the immigration debate, and German-Jewish relations. From Berlin, Nagorski also covered Central Europe, taking advantage of his long experience in the region and his knowledge of Polish, Russian, German and French.
Nagorski was in New York as a senior editor for Newsweek from January 2000 till 2008, after serving as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw and Berlin. Nagorski developed the editorial cooperation between Newsweek International and its network of foreign language editions and other joint venture partners. The most recent additions have been Newsweek Russia, which was launched in June 2004, and Newsweek Polska. Nagorski is now at the EastWest Institute as Vice President and Director of Public Policy. Nagorski also continues to write reviews and commentaries for Newsweek International. He has been honored three times by the Overseas Press Club for his reporting.
Non-fiction
Nagorski is the author of the non-fiction books Reluctant Farewell: An American Reporter’s Candid Look Inside the Soviet Union (New Republic/Henry Holt, 1985) and The Birth of Freedom: Shaping Lives and Societies in the New Eastern Europe (Simon & Schuster, 1993). His latest book, The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II, was published by Simon & Schuster in early September 2007. It was named a 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist and "one of the best books of 2007" by the Washington Post.Fiction
His first novel, Last Stop Vienna, about a young German who joins the early Nazi movement and then is propelled into a confrontation with Hitler, was published by Simon & Schuster in January 2003. Called a “fast-moving, riveting debut novel” by Publishers Weekly, it has appeared on the Washington Post’s bestseller list.Other roles
In 1988, Nagorski took a one-year leave of absence to serve as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceCarnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a foreign-policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. The organization describes itself as being dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States...
think tank in Washington, D.C. In recent years, he has also served as an adjunct professor at the Bard College
Bard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
Center for Globalization and International Affairs, teaching a course on international affairs writing. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
and the Overseas Press Club.
External links
- WW2DB: Review of Nagorski's The Greatest Battle
- http://www.andrewnagorski.com