Compass

Compass is a journal of the Institute of Current World Affairs that commissions reportage and interviews about the global issues, cultural and societal trends that our fellows have researched and reported on for the past 100 years.

co-editor of Compass, the Substack journal of the Institute of Current World Affairs

Writer & philhellene @FulbrightGreece @DisquietILP. @aaww @actgreece @generationaggr. @PDSoros Fellow. @UmassMFA '16 & @Stanford '07.

#Poet, #translator, & author of PULSE (Omnidawn 2026). Preorder PULSE: https://bit.ly/3IRpxei. Get my poetry translations: https://bit.ly/theSlowHorizon.

Susan Brind Morrow’s recent collections of poetry and translation will be published with Sowell Collection Books and Christine Burgin/New Directions in 2026 susanbrindmorrow.com

Marco Zatterin spent 30 years at La Stampa, as head of the economic desk, European editor in Brussels, deputy editor in chief. Now he’s a columnist for the six Nem Group’s newpapers. Among his books Trafalgar (2005) and Il Gigante del Nilo (2019)

Paul A. Rahe holds The Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College. He has written widely on the history of self-government and on grand strategy.

Robert Coalson is a retired journalist who spent more than 20 years reporting on Russia, the former Soviet Union, and the former Soviet bloc for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Former Foreign Service Officer and Chief of VOA’s Uzbek Service. Former Iran hostage from 1979-81. Co-founder of Hostage Aid Workdwide.

Born in the U.S.A, based in Paris, France, Douglas Lyon is a television producer / director. In the world of Japanese television, he is known as an “Africa specialist”. https://www.excelman.jpn.com/en.index.html

Bryn Barnard writes and illustrates science-history books for young readers. His book, "This Changes Everything: The Promise and Problem of Inventions," is forthcoming from Knopf in 2027.

Writer and Correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. Holds a master’s degree in Islamic-Christian Relations Studies from St. Joseph’s University in Beirut.

Wall Street Journal correspondent ok Latin America later focused on immigration and globalism from US posting. Retired from WSJ in 2014 to join the UN’s international organization for migration (IOM) in Switzerland

I am a writer living in London and in rural France. My latest novel Waiting for A Party (Salt 2025) is told by a ninety-two-year-old woman, recalling her discovery of her sexual desires, while still longing for affection and physical intimacy.