Alexander Raikin
Visiting Fellow in Bioethics
Alexander Raikin is a Visiting Fellow in Bioethics and American Democracy Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His research focuses on the dignity of human life and end-of-life issues, especially on its impact on the field of medicine and broader ethical questions of social belonging.
Alexander Raikin is a Visiting Fellow in Bioethics and American Democracy Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His research focuses on the dignity of human life and end-of-life issues, especially on its impact on the field of medicine and broader ethical questions of social belonging.
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His writing has been widely cited in major publications such as The Atlantic and the New York Times and in academic journals in the United States, Canada, UK, and France. He wrote cover stories for National Review and The New Atlantis, while his other bylines include City Journal, Plough, and the Washington Free Beacon. Raikin frequently speaks on national radio and on major podcasts.
Last year, Raikin was an inaugural Richard John Neuhaus Fellow at the Public Interest Fellowship and EPPC. He was a Tikvah Summer Fellow and a Killam scholar with Fulbright at American University. He graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor’s degree in public policy. Raikin is a proud member of Kesher Israel synagogue and lives with his wife in Washington, D.C.
No, there aren’t 15,000 transgender troops in the US military
Alexander Raikin
How flawed data skews the debate.
Articles
Breaking Battlegrounds / December 5, 2024
Assisted Suicide is the End of Tory Values
Alexander Raikin
A ‘conservative’ movement that compromises on the value of life is conservative in name only.
Articles
The European Conservative / November 29, 2024
A quarter of all Ontario MAID providers may have violated the Criminal Code. Does anyone…
Alexander Raikin
Each Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) practitioner is meant to follow the criminal law. Yet Dirk Huyer, Ontario’s chief coroner,…
Articles
The Hub / November 18, 2024
A Pattern of Noncompliance
Alexander Raikin
Ontario’s euthanasia regulators have tracked 428 cases of possible criminal violations — and not referred a single case to law enforcement, say leaked documents.
Articles
The New Atlantis / November 11, 2024
The Problem of Christ in The Master and Margarita
Alexander Raikin
When the Soviet Union declared Christ a fairy tale, a censored novel daringly challenged the idea. The new film adaptation proves controversial too.
Articles
Plough / November 5, 2024
The Cautionary Tale of Canada’s Euthanasia Regime: An Interview with Alexander Raikin
Alexander Raikin
In a generation, we will be speaking of euthanasia the same way that we speak of forced sterilization.
Articles, Interviews
European Conservative / October 9, 2024
We were promised MAiD would be rare. Instead, Canadian euthanasia deaths are soaring
Alexander Raikin
This rapid growth rate is a uniquely Canadian problem.
Articles
The Hub / August 21, 2024