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Joe Parkinson

@JoeWSJ

World Investigations Chief, The Wall Street Journal. Author of SWAP, A Secret History of the New Cold War & BRING BACK OUR GIRLS.

London Katılım Ocak 2009
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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
In 2017, @drewhinshaw & I entered a Nigerian cabinet minister’s office to ask why Boko Haram was ascendent. “Because we gave them millions of euros for the Chibok girls!” he said with a nervous chuckle It was a slip of a tongue that set us on a journey amazon.co.uk/Bring-Back-Our…
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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw·
A very nice honor to see that the Overseas Press Club has named "SWAP" – my account of how the U.S. and Putin started trading prisoners, with @JoeWSJ – a citation winner for best non-fiction book on international affairs. Thank you to the @opcofamerica.
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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
I was lucky enough to meet John at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli while NATO was bombing Gaddafi’s nearby compound. He was very kind and encouraging—and also the only foreign correspondent I’ve met who insisted on bringing a printer to a war zone…
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt

Had the great good fortune to meet him in Afghanistan and Iraq back in the day. He was a raconteur of the first order. During one especially liquid dinner in Baghdad in 2002 when Saddam was still in charge, he told the story of being suspended for a month during Bosnia war. (1)

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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
Shaking my head in disbelief and sorrow at the number of stellar foreign correspondents laid off by the Post today. Surely the biggest single cull of foreign reporting in the history of English-language news media? And at this moment… Thinking of them.
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Jason Kint
Jason Kint@jason_kint·
So many mind blowing sentences in this just incredible Wall Street Journal report. Starting here, “Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin. He insisted he isn’t playing favorites.” /1
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Catherine Belton@CatherineBelton·
So good to finally get my autumn reading in order. The first [belatedly] @drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ's gripping dive into the deep cynicism of Kremlin hostage-taking; the second what promises to be a stunning debut by @juliaioffe already up for a national book award, out in UK Oct 23.
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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw·
Delighted that one month after our release, SWAP by @JoeWSJ & I is still Amazon's bestselling book on Russia. It's the story of how the US fell into a game of trading prisoners with Vladimir Putin, a cycle that continues until today. A link for nonamazon shoppers➡️ bookshop.org/p/books/swap-a….
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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw·
Very honored to share this essay in The Atlantic by @JoeWSJ & I, on how Trump jumped into the game of trading prisoners. Adapted from the epilogue of "Swap," an inside-the-room history of our new Cold War.
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The Atlantic@TheAtlantic

"In a major shift in U.S. foreign policy, both political parties now accept that prisoner-trading with the likes of Putin is a game that America must play," @JoeWSJ and @drewhinshaw write: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw·
A real big pleasure speaking w/the great @SpyTalker & @misikoff about our new book SWAP ...which they so graciously called "an extraordinarily fascinating book about secret hostage diplomacy between the U.S. and Russia... one fascinating spy story after another." [from 13:52...]
MSW Media@mswmediapods

New #SpyTalk podcast with hosts @spytalker & @misikoff #SpyTalk #MSWMedia 🕵🏼‍♀️ Guests: @drewhinshaw & @JoeWSJ Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/insid…

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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
Very cool to see our new book, SWAP, featured in @VanityFair. Read all about it.
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John W. Miller
John W. Miller@jwmjournalist·
Finished SWAP by @drewhinshaw and @JoeWSJ last night. From the weird, dark corners of Putin’s Russia to the raw machinery of U.S. power, it’s a geopolitical masterpiece, one of those rare books that tells you how the world *really* works. A must-read.
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Nikki Marks@NikkiJMarks·
I’d thank ⁦@drewhinshaw⁩ & ⁦@JoeWSJ⁩ for the un-putdownable, fascinating “Swap” - if only it hadn’t made the 1.35am alarm these past few days so much harder. Don’t read this book at bedtime if you need your Zzzs before work! But read it, definitely read it.
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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
SWAP is so unputdownable it will make you miss your morning alarm! Don’t take it from us folks, take it from the director of BBC News.
Nikki Marks@NikkiJMarks

I’d thank ⁦@drewhinshaw⁩ & ⁦@JoeWSJ⁩ for the un-putdownable, fascinating “Swap” - if only it hadn’t made the 1.35am alarm these past few days so much harder. Don’t read this book at bedtime if you need your Zzzs before work! But read it, definitely read it.

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Joe Parkinson@JoeWSJ·
Thanks so much, John -- sums up perfectly what we were trying to do. SWAP tells you how the world really works... and it's crazier than you could imagine.
John W. Miller@jwmjournalist

Finished SWAP by @drewhinshaw and @JoeWSJ last night. From the weird, dark corners of Putin’s Russia to the raw machinery of U.S. power, it’s a geopolitical masterpiece, one of those rare books that tells you how the world *really* works. A must-read.

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GeorgiaPeach Forever46 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲@ChrisFromGA68·
GUYS! SWAP is a must read/audible. A real life spy thriller on how the Biden Admin pulled off the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw·
Thank you, @sspiegelberger! "In 230 pages of deep reporting, the authors expose the murky world of hostage diplomacy, a new reality in which authoritarian states like Russia arrest innocent people to gain leverage over their adversaries." 🙏
Sophie Spiegelberger@sspiegelberger

I wrote an essay about hostage diplomacy, based on a fantastic new book that came out this week: Swap. It shows how the West’s ideals put us at a disadvantage when dealing with bad actors like Putin: thebarentsobserver.com/opinion/how-th…

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