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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.

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

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.

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

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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