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.

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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.

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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

From Exceptional to Routine: The Rise of Euthanasia in Canada

Alexander Raikin

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Cardus / August 7, 2024

Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?

Alexander Raikin

Fact: Most judges appointed by Trump ruled against him in election interference cases.

Articles

Breaking Battlegrounds / July 31, 2024