George Soros: A Life in Full consists of essays reflecting the experience and insights of distinguished writers about Soros as a survivor, billionaire, speculator, philanthropist, philosopher, political activist, nemesis of the far right, and global citizen. As it happens, the book also provides context to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has demolished the accepted norms of post–Cold War Europe.
Soros’s goals of supporting an open society in Russia with billions of dollars and strategic efforts have failed in the Kremlin. And yet, elsewhere in the former Soviet empire—Poland, the Baltics, Romania, even autocratic Hungary—the place of civil society and commitment to Ukraine’s independence have been impressive. The consequences for the Russian people are beyond sad, even if their homeland is not being destroyed, as Ukraine’s now is.
