--- title: Sasha Lezhnev | TIME description: Sasha Lezhnev is Deputy Director of Policy at the Enough Project. canonical: https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sasha Lezhnev ## Sasha Lezhnev _Sasha Lezhnev is Deputy Director of Policy at the Enough Project._ ## Sasha Lezhnev *  Dec 28, 2018 ### [Our World Runs on Resources Looted From Congo. That's Why Democratic Elections Alone Can't Solve the Country's Problems](https://time.com/5489932/congo-election-day-natural-resources-kabila/) Our cell phones, computers, jewelry and other products are helping fuel violence and corruption half... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 27, 2016 ### [Why You Can't Call Congo a Failed State](https://time.com/4545223/why-you-cant-call-congo-a-failed-state/) It's highly successful for some, according to a new analysis [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/","name":"Sasha Lezhnev"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/"},"name":"Sasha Lezhnev","jobTitle":"","description":"Sasha Lezhnev is Deputy Director of Policy at the Enough Project.","url":"https://time.com/author/sasha-lezhnev/","sameAs":["https://x.com/SashaLezhnev"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```