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2026 Issue

Harriman Magazine

Editor-in-Chief: Ann Cooper

Editor: Masha Udensiva-Brenner

Editorial Board: Mark Andryczyk, Keith Gessen, Valentina Izmirlieva, Ryan Kreider, Alla Rachkov, Jack Snyder

Print design by TwoBySixteen

Web design and production by Eileen Huhn

2026 Harriman Magazine Issue Cover

Cover Image: Demonstrators remove a police barrier outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. Thousands rallied in Georgia for weeks against a bill that critics compared to Russia's "foreign agent" law. AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze. April 28, 2024

Letter from the Editor

Dear Reader

Ann Cooper's headshotDemocracy in the region was in crisis before Donald Trump returned to the White House, but there’s little doubt that the disappearance of U.S. foreign aid could deepen the crisis. What will people fighting for more freedom do? Read more >>

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Where Are They Now?

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Alumni Notes
John Lis

John Lis

M.I.A. 1996, ECE Certificate 1996

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