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Sasha Polakow-Suransky

Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Born (1979-04-03) April 3, 1979 (age 46)
United States
EducationBrown University
Oxford University
OccupationInvestigative journalist

Sasha Polakow-Suransky (born April 3, 1979) is an American journalist and author. He is currently executive opinion editor at the Financial Times.[1][2] From 2017-early 2025, he was a deputy editor of Foreign Policy, and before that editor of international opinion at The New York Times op-ed page and a former senior editor of Foreign Affairs.[3]

In 2015 he was an Open Society Fellow, while writing a book about the political impact of immigration.[4] His first book, The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa, was published in 2010.[5] His second book, Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy, was published in 2017.[6]

Life

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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.[7][8]

He is the younger brother of Shael Polakow-Suransky; both are the children of Valerie Polakow and Leonard Suransky, South African Jews[9] who were anti-apartheid activists in South Africa before emigrating to the United States in 1973 to avoid possible arrest.[10][11]

Works

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  • 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

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  1. ^ https://www.ft.com/stream/caf2716e-5e84-44d4-ad80-2c8d489283a7
  2. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-polakow-suransky-326a1a4/?originalSubdomain=uk
  3. ^ Sasha Polakow-Suransky, International Reporting Project, archived from the original on March 28, 2014, retrieved March 25, 2016
  4. ^ "Open Society Fellowship: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, 2015". Open Society Foundations. opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Go Back to Where You Came From by Sasha Polakow-Suransky". Hatchette Book Group. hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  7. ^ Sasha Polakow-Suransky, The American Prospect
  8. ^ "Sasha Polakow-Suransky | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  9. ^ Weiss, Philip (December 4, 2010), "The American Jewish belief in the endurance of anti-Semitism is at the core of the problem", Mondoweiss
  10. ^ Goodman, Lawrence, "Upgrading Education", Brown Alumni Magazine
  11. ^ Beckerman, Gal (June 9, 2010), "Writer Takes Controversial Look at Israel-South Africa Ties", The Forward


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