William Pfaff

William Pfaff’s reflections on politics and contemporary history have appeared in The New Yorker since 1971. He writes a column for the International Herald Tribune, in Paris, syndicated by the Los Angeles Times. His books include The Wrath of Nations, Condemned to Freedom, andBarbarian Sentiments which was a National Book Award finalist and in French translation won the City of Geneva’s Prix Jean-Jacques Rousseau as the best political work in 1989-1990.He is the former deputy director of the Hudson Institute’s European affiliate, and before that was an officer of the Free Europe organization. He is a former editor of Commonweal magazine.