Summary of Madison Activities
Rachel Oswald, a journalist and former grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, joined UW-Madison as a Distinguished Pulitzer Grantee Visitor in the Spring of 2022. While at UW-Madison, Rachel discussed the Russia-Ukraine war, and its impact on international relations in an IRIS NRC International Film Club event, “Russia-Ukraine: Perspectives from the East, West, and Global South.” In this talk, Rachel explored how the conflict is seen from the Global South, the credibility of international organizations like the United Nations, European Union and NATO, and the pressure on all countries to choose a side.
Rachel’s Biography
Rachel Oswald is reporter for CQ Roll Call where she covers foreign policy through a legislative lens. She covers congressional oversight of the State Department, national security law, the foreign aid budget, nuclear treaties and proliferation, human rights concerns, and humanitarian crises. Rachel has reported from South Korea, Japan, Austria, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Dominican Republic. She previously covered nuclear weapons issues for National Journal and is a past fellow of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the International Reporting Project, the Japan Foreign Press Center and the National Endowment for Democracy. Rachel is the chairwoman of the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and is a graduate of George Washington University where she majored in Middle Eastern Studies.