Historian of Russia, China, Iran, socialism, and revolution. Author "Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World." Prof @HarvardHBS. Powerlifter.
Joined March 2022
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Thank you @ForeignAffairs and @MariaLipman for the positive review of my book "Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World" in the Nov/Dec edition of Foreign Affairs: foreignaffairs.com/reviews/r…
Never let the facts get in the way of your ideology, Glenn
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(2/3) We asked Gregg Brazinsky (@GBrazinsky, @GWTweets), Jeremy Friedman, (@JeremySFriedman, @UTAustin), Rana Mitter (@KennedySchool) and Kathryn Weathersby (@Georgetown) to fill in the gaps.
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Does China actually want America’s global role? @JeremySFriedman argues Beijing wants influence, but not necessarily the full burden of global leadership.
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The clearest evidence of this war's stupidity and failure are the arguments of its most sophisticated proponents:
is happy to announce that I will be joining the University of Texas at Austin's School of Civic Leadership and Clements Center for National Security as a full professor this fall!
The WSJ writes about Europe war-gaming a scenario in which Russia invades Lithuania: wsj.com/world/europe/a-warga… We ran this exact scenario in a simulation at Yale in 2014, and I played Putin:
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China does not aspire to write all the rules of the international system, but it does want the power to revise or veto rules that conflict with its interests, writes @JeremySFriedman. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21…
My latest for @ForeignPolicy , in which I argue that China is not seeking global hegemony but global preeminence, i.e. a sort of "first among equals" status without bearing the burdens of hegemony: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21…
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The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-13
Donald Stoker’s Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present
“a critique of both American policymakers...[and] American scholars in their efforts to employ the concept of grand strategy” –Jeremy Friedman
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If Juan Soto steals two more bases, we can be sure he will consider it a successful series - and a successful season.
Putin is likely to fail in Alaska for the same reason Russian leaders have historically failed to understand the US: failing to see how democracy constrains American leaders jurist.org/commentary/2025/0…
Not a great move strategically - India's relationship with Russia is a major source of tension between Moscow and Beijing, and it's therefore not necessarily in the US interest to weaken that relationship: wsj.com/livecoverage/fed-mee…
My latest on misconceptions about the issue of demographic decline with @JURISTnews jurist.org/commentary/2025/0…
The obvious fact about demographic decline is that, contrary to UN models, there is no reason to believe the decline will magically stabilize, but every reason to believe it will snowball - the fewer kids there are, the harder it becomes to have kids: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
My book Shadow Cold War is apparently being read, or at least carried, in high places, according to @NYMag
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What keeps #Iran going despite sanctions? How does #Tehran's regime work - and why does Iran resemble #India's 1960s #LicenseRaj? Prof @JeremySFriedman @HarvardHBS tells @srijanapiya17 in #ETEvoke | ecoti.in/maGHda91
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E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 2 w/
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The second part of our discussion with Jeremy Friedman on the Sino-Soviet split is out for all!
