Robin Wright is an American journalist currently covering US
foreign policy for the Washington Post. She has reported for the
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, the Sunday Times (London), CBS
News and the Christian Science Monitor, and has served as a foreign
correspondent in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. She has also
written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign
Policy, the New York Times, and the International Herald
Tribune.
Wright received the UN Correspondents Association Gold Medal for
coverage of international affairs, the National Magazine Award for
reportage from Iran in The New Yorker, and the Overseas Press Club
Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional
courage and initiative" for coverage of African wars. For coverage
of US foreign policy, she was named journalist of the year by the
American Academy of Diplomacy for "distinguished reporting and
analysis of international affairs" and won the National Press Club
Award and the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. Wright has
also been the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation grant.
Wright has been a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, the Brookings Institution, Yale University,
Duke University, Stanford University, the University of California,
Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California. She also
lectures extensively around the United States and has been a
television commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC programs,
including Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week, Nightline,
PBS NewsHour, Frontline, and Larry King Live.
“Wright’s reporting is comprehensive and meticulous… The Last Great
Revolution is an exceptional contribution to the understanding of a
mysterious and much maligned nation.” –The Washington Post
"Wright succeeds both in presenting a reasoned critique of a
climactic 20th century event and in making us sympathize with a
people struggling to grasp the slippery veins of history.” –The New
York Times Book Review
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