The Watcher: My First Month of Ukraine’s War for Self-Preservation

I’m a private person thrust in a spotlight I did not want

A destroyed building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the author.

A year ago, I was a pacifist human rights attorney and law professor teaching writing and argumentation in the Middle East. I knew nothing about the military and knew no one who had ever seen combat. Today I’m the director of Safe Passage 4 Ukraine, an NGO…