Foreign-affairs columnist for The New York Times and a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Author of widely read books on globalization and geopolitics, including 'The Lexus and the Olive Tree', 'The World Is Flat', and 'Thank You for Being Late'. He has covered the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy for decades.
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Thomas L. Friedman
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Public positions Thomas L. Friedman has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Trade with China"Has shifted from globalization optimism toward emphasizing the need to manage strategic competition with China"
- U.S. climate policy"Argues for a 'green revolution' driven by clean-tech innovation and strong climate policy"
- U.S. policy on Israel and Palestine"Longtime advocate of a two-state solution and critic of Israeli settlement expansion"
- U.S. support for Ukraine"Supports sustained Western backing of Ukraine against Russian invasion"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.