Sasha Polakow-Suransky

{{short description|American journalist and author (born 1979)}}

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Oxford University

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Sasha Polakow-Suransky (born April 3, 1979) is an American journalist and author. He is a deputy editor of Foreign Policy, and a former editor of international opinion at The New York Times op-ed page and former senior editor of Foreign Affairs.{{Citation |url = http://internationalreportingproject.org/fellows-editors/profile/polakow-suransky-sasha |publisher = International Reporting Project |title = Sasha Polakow-Suransky }}

In 2015 he was an Open Society Fellow, while writing a book about the political impact of immigration."[https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/programs/open-society-fellowship/grantees/sasha-polakow-suransky Open Society Fellowship: Sasha Polakow-Suransky, 2015]". Open Society Foundations. opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2017-10-12. His first book, The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa, was published in 2010.{{Cite book|title=The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa|last=Polakow-Suransky|first=Sasha|date=2010-05-25|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=9780375425462|edition=1|location=New York, NY|language=English}} His second book, Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy, was published in 2017."[http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sasha-polakow-suransky/go-back-to-where-you-came-from/9781568585925/ Go Back to Where You Came From by Sasha Polakow-Suransky]". Hatchette Book Group. hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.

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.{{Citation |url = http://prospect.org/authors/sasha-polakow-suransky |publisher = The American Prospect |title = Sasha Polakow-Suransky }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2009842/sasha-polakow-suransky|title=Sasha Polakow-Suransky {{!}} Penguin Random House|website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-14}}

He is the younger brother of Shael Polakow-Suransky; both are the children of Valerie Polakow and Leonard Suransky, South African Jews{{citation |title=The American Jewish belief in the endurance of anti-Semitism is at the core of the problem |first=Philip |last=Weiss |date=December 4, 2010 |website=Mondoweiss |url=http://mondoweiss.net/2010/12/the-american-jewish-belief-in-the-endurance-of-anti-semitism-is-at-the-core-of-the-problem/}} who were anti-apartheid activists in South Africa before emigrating to the United States in 1973 to avoid possible arrest.{{citation |title=Upgrading Education |first=Lawrence |last=Goodman |website=Brown Alumni Magazine |url=http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/2982/40/}}{{citation |title=Writer Takes Controversial Look at Israel-South Africa Ties |first=Gal |last=Beckerman |date=June 9, 2010 |website=The Forward |url=http://forward.com/news/128666/writer-takes-controversial-look-at-israel-south-af/}}

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}}

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