Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman is the foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times.
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- Middle East at war
We’ve never had a Middle East war like this. Many will regret ‘going all the way’
Regime change could be on the cards across Israel, Iran and Palestinian communities, as people challenge the leaders who drew them into this bloody conflict.
- Thomas L. Friedman
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- Middle East at war
There’s a smart way for Trump to end this war
Donald Trump has a chance to create the best opportunity for stabilising the Middle East in decades — if he is up to it.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- US politics
As an American, I have never been more afraid for my country’s future
The world is now seeing Donald Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue state led by an impulsive strongman disconnected from the rule of law.
- Thomas L. Friedman
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- Trump diplomacy
Trump has put America into a no-win war just to alienate its closest allies
Instead of uniting the industrial world against China, Trump has made it America against the whole industrial world.
- Thomas L. Friedman
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- Trade wars
Why Trump’s bullying is going to backfire on him
The scariest thing about President Donald Trump’s tariffs-for-all strategy is that he has no clue what he is doing - or how the world economy operates.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- Trade wars
How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can resolve US-China relations
While we were sleeping, China took a great leap forward in high-tech manufacturing of everything. Will China bury us? That is not at all inevitable.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the death of Hamas’ leader
Netanyahu has long wanted to show that he is a historic figure. Well, this is his moment.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
This is Code Red time for an Israel-Iran ballistic missile war
We may be about to enter what could be the most dangerous moment in the history of the modern Middle East.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
This is Putin’s war, but the US and NATO are far from blameless
The decision, in 1998, to expand NATO into central and eastern Europe was designed to kick Russia when it was weak. Instead, it fuelled Putin’s nationalistic fires.
- Thomas L. Friedman