Joe Edwards is an MA candidate in Yale’s history department, and a graduate fellow at Yale’s Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies. Originally from London, he completed his undergraduate degree in Russian and German at the University of Cambridge. At Cambridge, his focus was on the early history of the Soviet Union. At Yale, he concentrates on more contemporary topics, particularly post-Cold War US-Russian relations. He also works as a teaching fellow for various diplomatic historians.