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The trajectory of American politics, power and prestige: A conversation with Tom Friedman
Episode 56

The trajectory of American politics, power and prestige: A conversation with Tom Friedman

2020 has thrown out the rule book for presidential election campaigning, tanked global economies, stoked international competition and suspicion and unleashed a hellish pandemic which has disrupted the whole world order. This will all culminate in a US pr

USSC Live · The United States Studies Centre

August 19, 20201h 0m

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Show Notes

Thomas L Friedman is an internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist; recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes; and author of seven best-selling books: From Beirut to Jerusalem; The Lexus and the Olive Tree; Longitudes and Attitudes; The World Is Flat; Hot, Flat, and Crowded; That Used to Be Us, which he co-wrote with Michael Mandelbaum and Thank you For Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, was updated and released 2017. Friedman’s foreign affairs column in The New York Times, which he has written since 1995, reports on US domestic politics and foreign policy, Middle East conflicts, international economics, environment, biodiversity, and energy. He has been with The New York Times since 1981. 

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