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Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is the author (with Ron Dermer) of The Case for Democracy (PublicAffairs) and of Fear No Evil (PublicAffairs), a memoir of his struggle against the KGB and his years as a political prisoner in the Soviet gulag. The present essay is an expansion of his March 13, 2011 op-ed piece in The Washington Post.

March 17, 2021

Freedom in the Face of Tyranny: A Conversation with Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy

with Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy

Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy, coauthors of Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People, join JRB for a conversation about how Sharansky's years in Soviet prisons prepared him for a very public life.

Spring 2011

The Stakes in the Middle East

Natan Sharansky

Reformers and democrats are the real hope for a future of peace, liberty, and stability in the Middle East. This historic moment presents the West with a remarkable opportunity.