Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Born (1979-04-03) April 3, 1979
United States
EducationBrown University
Oxford University
OccupationInvestigative journalist

Sasha Polakow-Suransky (born April 3, 1979) is an American journalist and author. He is the deputy editor of Foreign Policy, and a former editor of The New York Times op-ed page and former senior editor of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In 2015 he was an Open Society Fellow, while writing a book about the political impact of immigration.[2] His first book, The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa, was published in 2010.[3] His second book, Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy, was published in 2017.[4]

Life

After graduating from Brown University, where he wrote for The College Hill Independent, Polakow-Suransky was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University, where he earned a doctorate in modern history.[5][6]

He is the younger brother of Shael Polakow-Suransky; both are the children of Valerie Polakow and Leonard Suransky, South African Jews[7] who were anti-apartheid activists in South Africa before emigrating to the United States in 1973 to avoid possible arrest.[8][9]

Works

  • The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa, Pantheon, 2010. ISBN 9780307388506, OCLC 800904318
  • Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy, Nation Books, 2017. ISBN 9781568585925, OCLC 972386398

References

  1. ↑ Sasha Polakow-Suransky, International Reporting Project
  2. ↑ "Open Society Fellowship: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, 2015". Open Society Foundations. opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  3. ↑ Polakow-Suransky, Sasha (May 25, 2010). The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa (1 ed.). New York, NY: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375425462.
  4. ↑ "Go Back to Where You Came From by Sasha Polakow-Suransky". Hatchette Book Group. hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  5. ↑ Sasha Polakow-Suransky, The American Prospect
  6. ↑ "Sasha Polakow-Suransky | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ Weiss, Philip (December 4, 2010), "The American Jewish belief in the endurance of anti-Semitism is at the core of the problem", Mondoweiss
  8. ↑ Goodman, Lawrence, "Upgrading Education", Brown Alumni Magazine
  9. ↑ Beckerman, Gal (June 9, 2010), "Writer Takes Controversial Look at Israel-South Africa Ties", The Forward


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