Anna Wright

I’m a London-based professional linguist with interests in Germanic and Slavic languages, regional politics, security and cultural themes. I enjoy translating engaging comment and opinion pieces that offer fresh perspectives on current U.S. and international affairs.

Austria: Now Trump Is Suddenly Calling for Allies*

Anna Wright - March 19, 2026. Published in Die Presse

It was only natural that the egomaniac-in-chief in the White House would see no need to get his allies on board with the campaign, not even diplomatically.

Austria: Trump Risks a Regional Conflagration To Save Face*

Anna Wright - March 4, 2026. Published in Salzburger Nachrichten

By choosing airstrikes over diplomacy, the United States risks a wider Middle East war without achieving lasting change in Iran.

Germany: Rubio’s Charm Offensive Changes Nothing*

Anna Wright - February 20, 2026. Published in Der Tagesspiegel

Rubio's speech assuredly did not signal that American foreign policy had shifted one inch away from its Euroskeptic, nearly anti-European, stance.

Germany: Trump Wants To Destroy the Kennedy Center Because It Commemorates Another America

Anna Wright - February 6, 2026. Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung

Trump is devising a building program for Washington with the express intention of immortalizing his reign.

Germany: The Grimm Tale of Trump’s Threats over Greenland

Anna Wright - January 21, 2026. Published in RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland

The man who contrives to end an alliance only stands to make himself weaker.

Germany: Trump’s Audacious Show of Strength*

Anna Wright - January 10, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

By any measure, the brief, yet highly effective U.S. operation in Venezuela was an audacious act.