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Thomas Friedman

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Foreign Affairs Columnist at The New York Times

NY Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lexus and the Olive Tree and From Beirut to Jerusalem.

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  • 1 week ago | dtnext.in | Thomas Friedman

    Behind the strikes and counterstrikes in the current Israel-Iran war stands the clash of two strategic doctrines, one animating Iran and the other animating Israel, that are both deeply flawed. President Donald Trump has a chance to correct both of them and to create the best opportunity for stabilising the Middle East in decades — if he is up to it.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Thomas Friedman

    Detrás de los ataques y contraataques en la actual guerra entre Israel e Irán está el enfrentamiento de dos doctrinas estratégicas, una que impulsa a Irán y otra que impulsa a Israel, ambas profundamente erróneas. El presidente Donald Trump tiene la oportunidad de corregirlas y de crear la mejor oportunidad de estabilizar Medio Oriente en décadas, si está dispuesto a hacerlo.

  • 1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Thomas Friedman

    Behind the strikes and counterstrikes in the current Israel-Iran war stands the clash of two strategic doctrines, one animating Iran and the other animating Israel, that are both deeply flawed. President Donald Trump has a chance to correct both of them and to create the best opportunity for stabilizing the Middle East in decades – if he is up to it.

  • 1 week ago | demorgen.be | Thomas Friedman

    De gebrekkige strategische doctrine van Iran – dat ookHezbollah even slechte resultaten oplevert – is er een die ik graag onder ‘de tegenstander proberen te overtreffen in gekte’ indeel. Iran en Hezbollah zijn immers altijd bereid om tot het uiterste te gaan: in de veronderstelling dat wat hun tegenstanders ook doen, ze zullen hen altijd overtreffen met een nog extremer manoeuvre.

  • 1 week ago | respekt.cz | Thomas Friedman

    ••8 minutZatím nelze říci, jak izraelsko-íránský konflikt změní mocenské vztahy na Blízkém východě. Tohle jsou možné scénáře:Páteční rozsáhlý izraelský útok na íránskou jadernou infrastrukturu je třeba přidat na seznam těch konfliktů, které od druhé světové války klíčovým způsobem měnily situaci na Blízkém východě. Jsou známé už jen podle dat. 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, 2023 – a nyní i 2025.

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Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman
9 Jun 25

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Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman
8 Jun 25

If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.

Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman
7 Jun 25

If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.