Nathan Thrall
Encyclopedia
Nathan Thrall is an American journalist
who writes on Middle East
politics and United States
foreign policy. He has written for GQ, Slate
, The New Republic
, The New York Times
, and The New York Review of Books
, and is a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine
.
in political science
from Columbia University
and lives in New York
.
October 14, 2010 Issue
The American mission to build up West Bank security forces led by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
.
September 9, 2009 Issue
The Guantanamo detainees we sent to Albania.
July 2009
A mentor imprisoned.
May 22, 2008
The risks of negotiation.
July 24, 2008
A response to JFK adviser Ted Sorensen.
September 2, 2009
Tirana's painting, rapping, basketball-dunking mayor calls a foul.
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. I.
September 3, 2009
The Muslim world's most tolerant nation is also its most secular.
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. II.
September 4, 2009
Why do Albanians love George W. Bush?
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. III.
January 21, 2010
A brief history of spies, plots, and mysterious deaths surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.
January 2, 2009
Twenty years later, still unsolved.
March 2008
What lies at the heart of the conflict between Israel and Iran? A review of Trita Parsi's Treacherous Alliance.
June 2007
Reagan's search for Iranian moderates.
November 23, 2007
On November 20, 1979, several hundred armed rebels laid siege to the holiest place in Islam, the Grand Mosque of Mecca.
May 25, 2007
The killing of collaborators in Palestinian society.
December 20, 2006
Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, about a young Jewish woman who joins the Dutch Resistance during World War II
only to fall in love with the SS officer on whom she had been spying.
December 10, 2006
David Mamet’s plea for his assimilationist brethren to rejoin the tribe and religion they have forsaken.
November 3, 2006
Jeffrey Goldberg’s journey from zealous Long Island Zionist to embittered Israeli prison guard.
September 29, 2006
A view of the conflict over the chicken-slaughtering ritual known as kapparot.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who writes on Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
politics and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
foreign policy. He has written for GQ, Slate
Slate (magazine)
Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, and The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
, and is a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine is a two-time National Magazine Award-winning online publication of Jewish life, arts, and ideas. Sponsored by Nextbook, it was launched in June 2009. Its Editor in Chief is Alana Newhouse....
.
Background
Nathan Thrall holds an M.A.Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and lives in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
The New York Review of Books
October 14, 2010 Issue
The American mission to build up West Bank security forces led by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
Salam Fayyad
Salam Fayyad is a Palestinian politician and Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority of the Palestinian National Authority. His first appointment, on 15 June 2007, which was justified by President Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", has not been confirmed by the...
.
The New Republic
September 9, 2009 Issue
The Guantanamo detainees we sent to Albania.
GQ
July 2009
A mentor imprisoned.
The New York Times
May 22, 2008
The risks of negotiation.
The Boston Globe
July 24, 2008
A response to JFK adviser Ted Sorensen.
Slate
September 2, 2009
Tirana's painting, rapping, basketball-dunking mayor calls a foul.
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. I.
September 3, 2009
The Muslim world's most tolerant nation is also its most secular.
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. II.
September 4, 2009
Why do Albanians love George W. Bush?
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State, pt. III.
Tablet Magazine
January 21, 2010
A brief history of spies, plots, and mysterious deaths surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.
US News & World Report
January 2, 2009
Twenty years later, still unsolved.
Commentary
March 2008
What lies at the heart of the conflict between Israel and Iran? A review of Trita Parsi's Treacherous Alliance.
Middle East Review of International Affairs
June 2007
Reagan's search for Iranian moderates.
The Jerusalem Post
November 23, 2007
On November 20, 1979, several hundred armed rebels laid siege to the holiest place in Islam, the Grand Mosque of Mecca.
May 25, 2007
The killing of collaborators in Palestinian society.
December 20, 2006
Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, about a young Jewish woman who joins the Dutch Resistance during World War II
only to fall in love with the SS officer on whom she had been spying.
December 10, 2006
David Mamet’s plea for his assimilationist brethren to rejoin the tribe and religion they have forsaken.
November 3, 2006
Jeffrey Goldberg’s journey from zealous Long Island Zionist to embittered Israeli prison guard.
September 29, 2006
A view of the conflict over the chicken-slaughtering ritual known as kapparot.