Viola Gienger
Washington Senior Editor
Viola Gienger (@ViolaGienger) is Washington Senior Editor for Just Security and a research scholar at NYU School of Law with a focus on foreign affairs, U.S. foreign and defense policy, international security, and development. She previously served as senior editor/writer at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, where she worked on issues related to preventing, managing and resolving violent conflict, including on violent extremism, gender, and religion, and conducted research and program strategy work on the Ukraine/Russia crisis. A career journalist, she was an editor and reporter at Bloomberg News, including covering the State Department and the Pentagon for five years.
Gienger lived and worked for seven years in the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, five years managing training programs and consulting for independent media in transition, and two years as a freelance journalist. She has reported from more than 30 countries, including in the Middle East and Asia, and has appeared as a guest commentator and moderator in television, radio, and podcasts. In October 2023, she gave the National Security Distinguished Lecture at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee.
Her freelance work has included writing and editing for the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, and the Wilson Center, and serving as guest national security editor at The Cipher Brief. Her writing also has been published in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s Fletcher Security Review, the Atlantic Council’s Ukraine Alert, Ozy, the Chicago Tribune, Newhouse’s Religion News Service, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Transitions Online and Al-Monitor.
She is a regular judge in national journalism contests and a member of the National Press Club, Journalism & Women Symposium and the Society of Professional Journalists. Gienger is also on LinkedIn.
Articles by this author:
Policy Alert: Key Questions in Hamas’ Attack on Israel and What Comes Next
by Brianna Rosen and Viola Gienger
Oct 9th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Recapping the NATO Summit
by Ambassador Daniel Fried, Viola Gienger, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer, Clara Apt and Paras Shah
Jul 12th, 2023
Tunisians, Fed Up With `Non-Delivering Democracy,’ Set to Vote on Retrograde Constitution: Civil Society’s Role
Jul 23rd, 2022
Справжній страх Путіна: Конституційний лад України
by Philip Bobbitt and Viola Gienger
Mar 24th, 2022
Putin’s Real Fear: Ukraine’s Constitutional Order
by Philip Bobbitt and Viola Gienger
Mar 24th, 2022
U.S. Under Secretary of State Nuland on Accelerating Aid to Ukraine and Sanctions Against Russia
Mar 9th, 2022
Holding Putin and Russia Accountable: A List of Legal and Policy Options
by Viola Gienger, Tess Graham, Brianna Rosen and Elizabeth Whatcott
Feb 25th, 2022
Blinken Sails Through Queries on Iran, China, Russia, NATO, and More in Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing
Jan 20th, 2021
Timeline: Rep. Devin Nunes and Ukraine Disinformation Efforts
by Ryan Goodman and Viola Gienger
Nov 26th, 2019