George Szamuely
Encyclopedia
George Szamuely is a frequent columnist
for the Taki's Top Drawer
pages of the New York Press
. Szamuely has also written for Antiwar.com
, Counterpunch
, Commentary
, The Observer
and the Centre for Research on Globalization.
(1925–1972) and his great-uncle the Communist revolutionary Tibor Szamuely
(1890–1919), and he was educated in England
at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He worked for some years as an editor at the Times Literary Supplement and at The National Law Journal
. He was also a columnist at New York Press
.
foreign policy. Despite his former association with the neoconservative
Hudson Institute
, his opposition to the state of Israel has allied him with the paleoconservatism
and libertarianism
.
He has been highly critical of the workings of the United Nations tribunals, in particular the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
. He argues that it and human rights groups like Human Rights Watch
foster conflict rather than reconciliation and serve the interests of Western powers by targeting their opponents, while ignoring or minimizing their, often far more serious, crimes as well as those of their allies. He has argued that Serbia
's actions in Yugoslavia
have been unfairly misinterpreted.
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
for the Taki's Top Drawer
Taki's Top Drawer
Taki's Magazine, called "Takimag" for short, is an online magazine of "politics and culture" published by the Greek paleoconservative journalist and socialite Taki Theodoracopulos and edited by his daughter Mandolyna Theodoracopulos...
pages of the New York Press
New York Press
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
. Szamuely has also written for Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com is a website devoted to opposing aggressive war, imperialism, and assaults on freedom associated with both. The editors describe their politics as libertarian. Their stated motiviation is, "to show how the imperialistic tendencies of the American government lead to a loss of civil...
, Counterpunch
CounterPunch (newsletter)
CounterPunch is a bi-weekly newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude"...
, Commentary
Commentary (magazine)
Commentary is a monthly American magazine on politics, Judaism, social and cultural issues. It was founded by the American Jewish Committee in 1945. By 1960 its editor was Norman Podhoretz, a liberal at the time who moved sharply to the right in the 1970s and 1980s becoming a strong voice for the...
, The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
and the Centre for Research on Globalization.
Biography
He was born in Hungary, his father being Tibor SzamuelyTibor Szamuely (historian)
Tibor Szamuely was a Hungarian-born historian and polemicist. He left Hungary in 1963 and taught at the Kwame Nkrumah Institute of Economic and Political Sciences in Winneba, Ghana...
(1925–1972) and his great-uncle the Communist revolutionary Tibor Szamuely
Tibor Szamuely
Tibor Szamuely was a Hungarian Communist leader.Born in Nyíregyháza, a city in the Northeast of Hungary, Szamuely was the oldest son of five children of a Jewish family. After completing his university studies, he became a journalist...
(1890–1919), and he was educated in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He worked for some years as an editor at the Times Literary Supplement and at The National Law Journal
The National Law Journal
The National Law Journal, a U.S. periodical founded in 1978, reports legal information of national importance to attorneys, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners' columns, coverage of legislative issues and legal news for the business and private sectors.The...
. He was also a columnist at New York Press
New York Press
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
.
Political views
Szamuely has been an ardent critic of the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
foreign policy. Despite his former association with the neoconservative
Neoconservatism
Neoconservatism in the United States is a branch of American conservatism. Since 2001, neoconservatism has been associated with democracy promotion, that is with assisting movements for democracy, in some cases by economic sanctions or military action....
Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute
The Hudson Institute is an American think tank founded in 1961, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation...
, his opposition to the state of Israel has allied him with the paleoconservatism
Paleoconservatism
Paleoconservatism is a term for a conservative political philosophy found primarily in the United States stressing tradition, limited government, civil society, anti-colonialism, anti-corporatism and anti-federalism, along with religious, regional, national and Western identity. Chilton...
and libertarianism
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
.
He has been highly critical of the workings of the United Nations tribunals, in particular the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
. He argues that it and human rights groups like Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
foster conflict rather than reconciliation and serve the interests of Western powers by targeting their opponents, while ignoring or minimizing their, often far more serious, crimes as well as those of their allies. He has argued that Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
's actions in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
have been unfairly misinterpreted.