Sasha Polakow-Suransky

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Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Born (1979-04-03) April 3, 1979 (age 46)
United States
Education Brown University
Oxford University
Occupation Investigative 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]

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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

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]

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References

  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
  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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