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

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